Opis: Documentary History of Education in Upper Canada, Vol. 23 - Hodgins J. George

Excerpt from Documentary History of Education in Upper Canada, Vol. 23: From the Passing of the Constitutional Act of 1791; To the Close of the Reverend Doctor Ryerson's Administration of the Education Department in 1876

This Volume furnishes a sort of aftermath to the one which preceded it. It is largely devoted to the reconstruction, on broad and comprehensive lines, of our School System as sketched out for it in the recent School Legislation of 1871.

This reconstruction involved the extension of the Course of Study for the Public Schools by the Council of Public Instruction, so as to include on it the Elements of Mechanical and Natural Science. It also necessitated an enlargement of the scope and object of the Grammar Schools, the better class of which are hereafter to be also known as High Schools and Collegiate Institutes. The Course of Study in this three-fold grade of Schools, as revised by the Council of Public Instruction, included, (1), a good elementary and preliminary Course of English; (2), a Classical and Modern Language Course; and, (3), a superior, but, purely English Course, including a knowledge of English Literature.

The standard of admission to any grade of the Grammar Schools was fixed, so as to include as a basis, a satisfactory knowledge of what was the final Course of Study in the Public Schools; this was prescribed to prevent the influx, as had formerly been the case, of ill-trained and badly prepared Pupils. The design and intention of thus keeping up the standard of admission was that, when admitted, the Parents might intelligently determine which Course of Study should be pursued by their children.

In determining the new and enlarged Course of Study, not only for the Public Schools, but also for the three-fold grade of Grammar Schools, the former lists of Text-books had to be carefully revised, so as to furnish the best aids in promoting the study of the subjects embraced in the enlarged Curriculum, as prescribed.

With a view to aid in the maintenance of the various grades of Grammar Schools, a new financial principle was adopted in regard to the apportionment to them of the Legislative Grants, - that of "payment by results"; which had been for some time in satisfactory operation in England, and which was strongly recommended by our successive Inspectors.

The adoption of this principle, upon the specific report of the Inspectors as to the work actually done in the School, had a most beneficial effect, as it embodied the true principle of payment for good work efficiently done, as certified by the Grammar School Inspectors.

As a fitting sequel to the enlarged Course of Study in our various Schools, was the issue of a Commission by the Government to collect and report full and authentic information in regard to the subject of Technical Education, chiefly in the United States. The result of this new departure was the establishment of a College of Technology in Toronto, which was afterwards enlarged in its scope and functions and re-organized as the School of Practical Science.

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Nazwa: Documentary History of Education in Upper Canada, Vol. 23 From the Passing of the Constitutional Act of 1791; To the Close of the Reverend Doctor Ryerson's Administration of the Education Department in 1876 (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Hodgins J. George
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330650806
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 322
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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