SOC224H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Character Education, Canadian Indian Residential School System, Cultural Assimilation
Document Summary
The education system in canada was tied to what was happening economically, politically, and socially. No one was really in charge of creating and nurturing a school system. Canada was largely rural, agricultural, emphasis on physical labour especially on the farm. Schools not in every community, and even where there were schools, not every kid went; not a lot of participation in a school system. Children"s knowledge passed down to them from family; learned on the farm . Children economically useful ; children a source of in-house labour for you on the farm disincentive to send your child to school. Skilled trades apprenticeship system (closest thing to a schooling system was the apprenticeship system); informal; small-scaled. Confederation provinces became responsible for developing a school system. Still large variation in schooling across the country. Religious groups were the dominate force behind the creation and development of schools at this time.
