The Promise of Schooling: Education in Canada, 1800-1914 (Themes in Canadian History)
By Paul Axelrod.
Description
Between 1800 and 1914, Canadian society and its school systems were forged, populated, expanded and reformed. The Promise of Schooling explores the links between social and educational change in this complex and dynamic period. It raises and seeks to answer a number of questions: How extensive was schooling in the early nineteenth century? What lay behind the campaign to extend publicly funded education? What went on inside the Canadian classroom? How did schools address the needs of Native students, blacks, and the children of immigrants? What cultural and social roles did universities ser...
ISBN(s)
080207815X, 9780802078155
