SOC224H5 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Socioeconomic Status, Canada, Reading Company
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No one was in charge of the school system. Canada life was agriculture so families had a lot of kids. There was no need for kids to go to school. Anything you needed to know you learned through work. Only exception were fair trade, (black smith) was only sense of schooling. Changed in british north america act to set up schools and educate kids. Other forces shaping the development of the education system: Even when schools were set up, kids didn"t"t always go, they could only go to school when their labor wasn"t needed. Economic forces: more industrialization more factory work. Social forces: as there became more factories, families were moving into urban areas. Schools became a place where children are manages. People looked at children as kids and not laborers. Political forces: was a concern of a potential french influence. Schools were seen a place where kids would be influenced by british culture.
