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Between education and catastrophe : the battle over public schooling in postwar Manitoba /

"After the Second World War, progressives and traditionalists waged a quieter battle over schools. In Between Education and Catastrophe, George Buri connects the educational debates of the 1950s to the broader Canadian postwar political conversation about the social welfare state and Keynesian...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buri, George, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reconstruction, the new liberalism, and child psychology
  • Child-centred education : the progressive curriculum in theory
  • Education for democratic citizenship : the postwar curriculum in practice
  • The traditionalist backlash
  • The battle over reading and grammar
  • The reinvention of the high school
  • Rural schools and rural life
  • The battle over teachers
  • The Royal Commission on Education and the battle over the schools in Manitoba.