Sociology 2215A/B Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Canada, Ontario, Norm Social

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2215A/B
• Professor: L. Jakubowski

Document Summary

Note: people didn"t use to take edu(cid:272)ation in order to get a jo(cid:271) it used to (cid:271)e philosophi(cid:272)al/classical studies. Now you need university education to get a job. Dark ages 13th and 14th centuries: monks bible, jews torah, arabs quran. Religious influences implied messaging: school act of 1851, laval university jesuits in 1636, oldest higher education facility, u of t and mcgill church of england. Religious involvement: judeo-christian values and morality, quebec roman catholic, ontario protestant, british north america act. Number of different school acts across canada. Canada started providing schools and school boards. Civic responsibility (commitment to education requires this: means to social improvement, political socialization (you are more likely to be involved with government, patriotism (more involved with your country, principles of democracy. Main goal was to assimilate everyone to british culture. Relationship between school and government tightened with school becoming compulsory.