SOC224H5- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 25 pages long!)
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Children were valued as they would help on these farms. Ed u c a tio n a n d te a c h in g in ca n a d a. Education in the 17th-18th century: in this time, provinces were not responsible for the education system, economy was based on agriculture, if there was a school, parents would hesitate as kids would not be helping. People started to think that children have childhoods which involve things other than just work (immature, innocent, need of guidance) Get kids into someplace where they can learn something to allow them to socialize and develop skills to work. Only attended if their labour was not needed on the farm. Oral history, social practices meant to preserve traditions. Aboriginal education: historically looked different, racist myths about wild aboriginal savages, considered a genocide of the aboriginal culture at the hands of the canadian. Extra motivation for making a formalized school setting.
