SOC224H5 Midterm: TEST 1
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Compared to a century ago, school now powerfully shapes of our lives, from preschool to adult. Shapes the individual and shapes the society. Roles of school: socialization, selection, organization, legitimation. Lecture 2 education in canada and teaching in canada. Economy: labour intensive economy, children (cid:862)e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272)all(cid:455) useful(cid:863, provinces were not responsible for managing or creating education system. No one was really thinking about the education system. This was because the economy was based on agriculture. Families that worked on farms, children were valuable because they worked on these farms: the idea that children were to leave and go to school was not reasonable. Even if there was a school it was low in attendance. The parents would teach the children what they needed to know on the farm: the closest thing was apprenticeship, i. e. trades. In this time period, people would learn from people i(cid:374) thei(cid:396) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ities. This (cid:449)as a s(cid:373)all (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396) of kids that (cid:449)ould(cid:859)ve been apprentices.
