Subject Status and Curriculum Change
Commercial Education in London, Ontario, 1920‐1940
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10324324 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher J Anstead (Western University), Ivor Goodson (0000-0001-6839-9490, Western University), Ivor F Goodson |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 459-481 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Paedagogica Historica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-9230 • E-ISSN: 1477-674X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0030923930290202 |
| OpenAlex | W2001999256 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
A case study of commercial studies in London, Ontario, Canada, reveals one aspect of the complex interaction of curriculum change and subject status. During the 1920s, commercial educators at the London Technical and Commercial High School responded to a perceived marginalization of their subject's status by introducing two new courses. Since the decline of commercial studies had followed an influx of female students, and children coming from families headed by manual workers, the subject teachers designed the courses to attract males in one case, and children from higher income groups in the other. Thus, in an attempt to raise their own professional status, commercial educators at the school constructed a curriculum in which class and gender characteristics served to segregate students, structure their schooling experience, and provide differentiated educational outcomes
Class (philosophy · Curriculum · Library science · Low income · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Subject (documents · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Historical Education Studies Worldwide · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 1993 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |