HIST 3510 - The History of Childhood and Education

During this semester I was in a group project that focused on inclusive education. The link below is the handout that we provided to the class after completing the presentation. Alternate Education

Taylor McCourt Dr. Tracy Penny Light HIST 3510 – The History of Childhood and Education April 19th 2019   Education in the Prison Systems During the 1970’s to 1990’s   Education can mean many things to different people around the world. For many it is a privilege, that they take …

Statement Education can mean many things to different people around the world. For many it is a privilege, that they take for granted, to be able to go to school every day. Yet, for many individuals incarcerated they lack an education all together. In the past education systems were put …

The primary source that will be examined in this paper is the article Prison Education: Effects of Vocational Education on Rehabilitation, written in 1986 by Réal Boulianne, who was a researcher at McGill University, along with her colleague Claire Meunier, who was stationed at Université de Montréal. The article explains …

When re-reading my story of competing stories I prefer my story about my university experience. I think that it was such an important turning my point in my life. Although my elementary experience was very important to me, it’s hard to think back and compare that to how I feel …

The first vivid memory I have about my learning was in my fourth grade. My favorite teacher Mr. Smith. This was going to be his last year teaching at Arthur Stevenson Elementary School, and I was very fortunate to be able to have him as my teacher. Mr. Smith taught …

My name is Taylor McCourt. I am currently in my fourth year of my sociology degree at Thompson Rivers University. I was born in a small town north of Kamloops BC, and moved to Kamloops at the age of seven. I took HIST 3510 to get a better understanding about …

Growing Up Progressive? Part I: Going to Elementary School in 1940s Ontario There was a new reversion of the curriculum in 1937 “There was a shift from content to child, and then from child in general into the individual of the child” (Stamp, 2005) They started to change the way …

Selling Progressive Education to Albertans, 1935-1953 Three strains of reform: administrative, social & pedagogical Progressive reform called “The New Education” “By 1944, the Ontario experiment with an activity-based and child-centered curriculum was nearly over” (Heyking, 2012). The old school had history and civils, while the new courses consisted of things …

Cadets, Curfews, and Compulsory Schooling: Mobilizing Anglophone Children in WWII Montreal With male teachers leaving to go to war there was a decrease in the amount of teachers in school Focused on neglected children Lack of males in the family made children to act out Increase in freedom of young …