The School Promoters
Education and Social Class in Mid-Nineteenth Century Upper Canada
1st Edition
Published on 16. December 2003
192 pages
978-1-4426-8230-6 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
File size
10,27 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-8230-6 (9781442682306)
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Alison Prentice
The School Promoters
Education and Social Class in Mid-Nineteenth Century Upper Canada
Book
01/2004
University of Toronto Press
€40.85
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Alison Prentice is Professor, Department of Theory and Policy Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education / University of Toronto.
