The Schools of Ontario, 1876–1976 /

The Schools of Ontario, 1876–1976 / / Robert M. Stamp.

In the late nineteenth and throughout much of the twentieth century, the image of Ontario education has been one of extreme centralization and of a supposedly superior system. This study presents both the illusion and the reality, documenting the accomplishments and shortcomings of a massive provinc...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
VerfasserIn:
Stamp, Robert M.,
MitwirkendeR:
Beck, Jeanne,
French, Goldwin,
Oliver, Peter,
Ross, Murray G.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1982
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • The Ontario Historical Studies Series
  • Preface
  • Photographic Credits
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. The Illusion and the Reality: Ontario Schools in the 1870s
  • 2. 'The Nooks and Crannies of Dr. Ryerson's Den'
  • 3. The New Education Movement- Those 'Yankee Frills'
  • 4. Industry, Efficiency, and Imperialism
  • 5. Post-war Change and the Education of the Adolescent
  • 6. Equality of Educational Opportunity
  • 7. The Ontario Taxpayer and the Depression
  • 8. Education for Democratic Citizenship
  • 9. The Triumph of Conservatism
  • 10. The Liberalization of the Big Blue Schoolhouse
  • 11. As the Pendulum Swings
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Appendices
  • Index

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