The School Promoters : : Education and Social Class in Mid-Nineteenth Century Upper Canada / / Alison Prentice.

We tend to think of contemporary concern for reform in education as unprecedented in its intensity and scope. But as this book about mid-nineteenth century educational ideology shows, the urge to improve society through its schools has been with us a long time. The author examines the attitudes that...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2003
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Canadian Social History Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
The Canadian Social History Series --
Acknowledgements --
Note on Sources --
Abbreviations --
Introduction: The Public School Movement in Upper Canada and Ontario --
Chapter 1. Human and Child Nature: The Search for Perfection --
Chapter 2. Upper Canada at Mid-Century: The Necessity of Progress --
Chapter 3. Education and the Creation of a Respectable Class --
Chapter 4. Occupations in Transition: The Danger of Downward Mobility --
Chapter 5. The Integration and Invigoration of the Labouring Glosses and the Poor --
Chapter 6. Class and the Schools --
Chapter 7. Nature, Order and Notional Education: The Government as Parent --
Index
Summary:We tend to think of contemporary concern for reform in education as unprecedented in its intensity and scope. But as this book about mid-nineteenth century educational ideology shows, the urge to improve society through its schools has been with us a long time. The author examines the attitudes that shaped the Ontario public school system during its formative years, when Upper Canadians first explored and the provincial government finally adopted the principle of compulsory mass schooling under the auspices and control of the state.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781442682306
DOI:10.3138/9781442682306
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Alison Prentice.