Schooling and Scholars in Nineteenth-Century Ontario (State and Economic Life) - Softcover

Houston, Susan; Prentice, Alison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802067174 ISBN 13: 9780802067173

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1988

Synopsis

Nineteenth-century educational reformers were fond of an agricultural metaphor when it came to the provision of more and better schooling: even good land, they argued, had to be cultiated; othersie noxious weeds sprang up. In this study of education in Ontario from the establishment of Upper Canada to the end of Egerton Ryerson's career as chief superintendent of schools in 1876, Susan Houston and Alison Prentice explore the roots of the provincial public school system, set up to instill a work ethic and moral discipline appropriate to the new society, as well as the beginnings of separate schools.

today the Ontario school system is once again the subject of intense and often bitter deabte. Many of the most contentious issues have deep and complex roots that go back to this era. Houston and Prentice tell the story of how Ontario came to have a universal school system of exceptional quality and shed valuable light on an area of current concern.

About this title

About the Author:

Susan E. Houston is a professor in the department of History at York University.

Alison Prentice is Professor, Department of Theory and Policy Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education / University of Toronto.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0802067174
• ISBN 13: 9780802067173
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 418