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

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Prentice, Alison (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Colección:Canadian Social History Series
Temas:
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HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-).
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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