Sociology 2235 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Ingroups And Outgroups, Alternative School, Protective Factor
27 Jul 2013
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Rarely referred to as a key source of happiness. Schools second most named source of past misery (after peers) Religion a dominant role in a minority of students. Students from asian, middle eastern countries; religion as central theme. Middle class benefitted; working/rural class suffered from loss of children"s labour/wage. First part of 20th century; schooling finally spread to all classes equally. First charitable infant school (1828) daycare (1858) opened in montreal. Early edu focused on emotional and social development. Spread slowly; low # of poor wage-earning mothers. At younger ages (some as young as 6 weeks) Canada; most kids now begin school earlier than 40 years ago. Institutions took over education function traditionally performed by parents. Parents have to do far more planning now. Definition: care given to a child by a person other than his or her primary caregiver. Lack of government funded child care facilities, long waiting lists.
