SOC203 Chapter 12: Problems in Education
16 Feb 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Education is often claimed as a panacea the cure-all for poverty and prejudice, drugs and (cid:448)iole(cid:374)(cid:272)e, (cid:449)a(cid:396) a(cid:374)d hat(cid:396)ed (cid:455)et (cid:449)e a(cid:396)e (cid:396)e(cid:373)i(cid:374)ded of p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373)s that e(cid:454)ist i(cid:374) ca(cid:374)ada"s edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374)al system. Special education: remedial education designed to help children and adults who are exceptional in some way, including but not limited to intellectual developmental delays, visual or auditory disabilities, and emotional or specific learning difficulties. 20% of adults around the world cannot read or write (776 million people) Canada continues to operate public education according to the terms of the british north. America act, identifies education as a provincial responsibility and gave each province the constitutional authority to develop its own educational organization. 13 unique school systems that fund and administer public, private, denominational, and linguistic schools somewhat differently. The issues of religion and language are 2 of the differences that exist within our system of education.
