CLD 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Infant School, Crown Colony

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Early Childhood Studies
• Course: CLD 213
• Professor: Susan Jagger

Document Summary

Schooling and school: western constructs that has become an institution. 1763 royal proclamation: recognized aboriginal land rights, boundaries set for crown colonies. War of 1812: 1839 crown lands protection act. Aboriginal lands declared to the crown lands, crown as guardian of lands: 1857 gradual assimilation act remove special status for aboriginal people through enfranchisement. What did assimilation mean for indigenous people: conversion. 1840s: favored approach for schooling indigenous children with the aim of assimilation. 1847: egerton ryerson"s survey of native education led to the model followed for residential schools. 1876 indian act: defined who had indian status, control over many aspects of lives of indigenous people. 1894 amendment to indian act: government could forcibly commit children to school, non-attendance parents fined, children delinquents . Goals of (residential) schools: humanitarian effort, promote social and economic stability, social amelioration, improving lives of poor.