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Chapter Ten The “Degradation” of the Public School

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Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Tables ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. Introduction 3
  6. Patterns of Educational Provision in Upper Canada 11
  7. The Provision of School Places: The Roles of Demand and Supply 38
  8. The Failure of Voluntarism and the Transition to Public Education 60
  9. The Development of the Grammar Schools, 1807–66 80
  10. Teachers, Pupils, and Pedagogy: Inside the World of the Grammar School, 1855–70 115
  11. “A Blot upon the Whole School System”: The Attempt to Reform the Grammar Schools, 1853–65 150
  12. The Revenge of the “Parasite Grammar Schools,” 1866–69 175
  13. Ryerson in Retreat: The Politics of Education, 1868–76 196
  14. The “Degradation” of the Public School 214
  15. Reshaping the High School Curriculum 231
  16. Defining the Upper Boundaries of the High School 254
  17. The Social and Educational Limits of a High School Education 274
  18. The High School in the 1880s: Changes and Continuities 296
  19. Conclusion 313
  20. General Tables 321
  21. Appendices
  22. Sources for the Study of the Private Sector 333
  23. Linkage Rates and Problems 338
  24. Occupational Classification 340
  25. Notes 343
  26. Index 407
Inventing Secondary Education
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773562394-012

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Tables ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. Introduction 3
  6. Patterns of Educational Provision in Upper Canada 11
  7. The Provision of School Places: The Roles of Demand and Supply 38
  8. The Failure of Voluntarism and the Transition to Public Education 60
  9. The Development of the Grammar Schools, 1807–66 80
  10. Teachers, Pupils, and Pedagogy: Inside the World of the Grammar School, 1855–70 115
  11. “A Blot upon the Whole School System”: The Attempt to Reform the Grammar Schools, 1853–65 150
  12. The Revenge of the “Parasite Grammar Schools,” 1866–69 175
  13. Ryerson in Retreat: The Politics of Education, 1868–76 196
  14. The “Degradation” of the Public School 214
  15. Reshaping the High School Curriculum 231
  16. Defining the Upper Boundaries of the High School 254
  17. The Social and Educational Limits of a High School Education 274
  18. The High School in the 1880s: Changes and Continuities 296
  19. Conclusion 313
  20. General Tables 321
  21. Appendices
  22. Sources for the Study of the Private Sector 333
  23. Linkage Rates and Problems 338
  24. Occupational Classification 340
  25. Notes 343
  26. Index 407
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