Historical Studies in Education / Revue d'histoire de l'éducation
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“Children Who Drill, Seldom Are Ill.” Drill, Movement and Sport: The Rise and Fall of a Female Tradition in Ontario Elementary Physical Education (1850s to 2000)
Get PDFThis paper presents an analysis of the Province of Ontario’s elementary school physical education curriculum with respect to the dominant discourses that framed policy documents from the 1850s to 2000. Through an examination of curriculum documents, archival materials, and interviews with those who were teachers and lecturers at the time, the paper argues that a male-centered physical education agenda—dominated by fitness and competitive sport—eclipsed a female-centered tradition, characterized by more broadly conceived movement curriculum of dance, games and gymnastics. This paper examines these competing ideologies in the waves of curriculum reform that characterized Ontario elementary school physical education curriculum during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Community in Early Twentieth Century Schools, A Case Study: 1920s-1940s
Get PDF“Community civics” developed as a new American school program for citizenship education at the turn of the twentieth century. It conceived of good citizens as individuals who understood, valued, and lived in a manner that nurtured “communities” and was linked to Progressivist philosophy. Like many American educational ideas, it found its way into Canada. After briefly describing Community Civics, this paper presents the findings of a case study of one BC school that illustrates how it attempted to develop a common feeling of community in its student body through its textbooks and school culture from the 1920s to the 1940s
Trois congrégations religieuses enseignantes au Mont Saint-Bruno. 1. Les Frères de Saint-Gabriel.
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Industrious, but Formal and Mechanical: The Sisters of Charity of Providence in Residential School Classrooms
Get PDFDuring the 1940s and 1950s the classrooms at St. Martin's (Wabasca) and St. Bruno's (Joussard) residential schools for First Nations' children in northern Alberta were staffed by the Sisters of Charity of Providence, a religious community that specialized in caring for the sick and elderly. In this essay the effectiveness of the sisters as teachers is examined in the context of a missionary/reformatory model of schooling that was rapidly falling into disfavour. A picture emerges of a hard-working group of women whose lack of education and teacher training hampered their ability to meet the needs of their students
L’Institut Raymond-Dewar et ses institutions d’origine. 160 ans d’histoire avec les personnes sourdes
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‘Remember Now Thy Creator in the Days of Thy Youth’: The Quiet Religious Revolution on a Canadian Campus in the 1960s
Get PDFWhile increasing information in becoming available on Canadian student activists of the 1960s, little is known of the religious beliefs and practices of average university students. Relying on never before analyzed information on students attending Glendon College (the original campus of York University) from 1963 to 1967, it is shown that religion was not an important component of public or private discourse. Moreover, while a majority adhered to the religions of their parents, over the course of their studies, a considerable number of students rejected religion or had become atheists or agnostics, particularly if they were enrolled in the humanities. Such students were more likely than others to identify with the political left. Overall, students experienced more change in religion than in politics. The impetus to religious change included formal courses, a general increase in knowledge, and interactions with other students and faculty. Despite change, few students reported religious problems