Category Reading Analysis

Public schools offer education to all children now from age 5 to 17. The benefit for the childhood experience that allow growth, social interactions, and knowledge that will allow equal opportunity for all socioeconomic groups was not always available in… Continue Reading →

Eric Sager’s article “Women Teachers in Canada, 1881-1901” explores many variables that lead to the shift towards female teachers across Canada. The article offers detailed statistics that are almost an overwhelming amount of data that was hard to digest and comprehend…. Continue Reading →

The purpose of Gerald Thomson’s article, ‘“Through No Fault of Their Own’: Josephine Dauphinee and the ‘Subnormal’ Pupils of the Vancouver School System, 1911-1941” is to shed light and expose the motivation of Josephine Dauphinee who was seen as an… Continue Reading →

The thesis of Patricia Roy’s article, “The Education of Japanese Children in the British Columbia Interior Housing Settlements during World War Two” is about how the Japanese students in Canada were able to get “the utmost” out of their education… Continue Reading →

The article, “Growing Up Progressive? Part I: Going to Elementary School in 1940s Ontario” by Robert Stamp examines the differences in curriculum from elementary to secondary and the gender specific programs that were offered in the latter. The author describes… Continue Reading →

In the article, “The Community School Literally Takes Place in the Community”: Alternative Education in the Back-to-the-Land Movement of the West Kootenays, 1959-1980” by Nancy Janovicek examines the reason for the shift to rural areas and how the method of… Continue Reading →