Public School and Political Ideas : : Canadian Educational Policy in Historical Perspective / / Ronald Manzer.

Education in Canda has become the scene of ongoing conflict, with various factions vying for representation of their political, economic, and cultural interests. Schools have become obejcts of domination and products of compromise. In this book, Ronald Manzer interprets the political ideas and belie...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1994
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (366 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Political Ideas, Educational Policy, and Policy Analysis
  • 1. Principles of State Organization and Educational Governance
  • 2. Principles of Educational Policy Design
  • 3. Foundations of Public Education: Religion, Language, and Public Schools
  • 4. Foundations of Public Education: Secondary School Organization and Curriculum
  • 5. Political Authority and the Foundations of Public Education: Governing Schools in Nineteenth-Century Canada
  • 6. Economic Liberalism and Secondary Educational Policy: Occupational Selection and Accessibility of Education
  • 7. Occupational Selection and Accessibility of Education: Institutional Reforms and Public Resources
  • 8. Economic Liberalism and the Governance of Education: The Foundations of Educational Policy Communities
  • 9. Ethical Liberalism and Person-Regarding Education: Ideologies and Policies of Comprehensive Secondary Education
  • 10. Ethical Liberalism and Cultural Community: Religion and Language in Person-Regarding Public Education
  • 11. Ethical Liberalism and the Governance of Public Education: Policy Interdependence in Policy Communities
  • 12. In Pursuit of Educational Excellence: Public Education and Policy Analysis in the 1990s
  • 13. Educational Reform in the 1990s: Policy Development and Political Prospects
  • Conclusion: Liberal Educational Projects and Canadian Public Philosophy
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliographical Notes
  • Notes on Statistical Sources
  • Index