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

Prentice, Alison

 
9780802086921: The School Promoters: Education and Social Class in Mid-Nineteenth Century Upper Canada

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Alison Prentice was a Canadian historian, a member of the Order of Canada and the founding head of OISE’s Centre for Women’s Studies in Education.

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9780771071812: The school promoters: Education and social class in mid-nineteenth century Upper Canada (Canadian social history series)

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0771071817 ISBN 13 :  9780771071812
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