The School Promoters
Education and Social Class in Mid-Nineteenth Century Upper Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19939698 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alison Prentice (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Pages | 192 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | School Promoters (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.3138/9781442682306 |
| OpenAlex | W2743329006 |
| Open Library | OL33416993M |
| ISBN | 9781442682306 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
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
Biology · Formative assessment · Government (linguistics) · Pedagogy · Political science · Promoter · Social class · Sociology · State (computer science) · Canadian Identity and History · Historical Education Studies Worldwide · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Public Administration · canada · Classes sociales · Comparative · Education · Educational sociology · History · Ontario · Post-Confederation (1867- ) · Social classes · Sociologie de l'éducation · Genetics
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2024 (40) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |