[PDF] Documentary History Of Education In Upper Canada From The Passing Of The Constitutional Act Of 1791 To The Close Of Dr Ryersons Administration Of The Education Department In 1876 1869 1871 eBook

Author : J. George Hodgins
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Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,92 MB
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781330547977

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Excerpt from Documentary History of Education in Upper Canada, Vol. 22: From the Passing of the Constitutional Act of 1791 to the Close of the Reverend Doctor Ryerson's Administration of the Education Department in 1876; 1869-1871 The question of improving the condition of the Grammar and Common Schools of Ontario occupied a great deal of public attention during the years 1869, 1870 and 1871. Not only were Drafts of School Bills, with expositions of their provisions submitted to the Government by the Chief Superintendent of Education, but the Public Press, the Members of Parliament and the Common and Grammar School Masters in their Annual Conventions discussed the provisions and details of these Bills. In several respects they were much more comprehensive in their scope and object than any former measures submitted to the Government by the Chief Superintendent of Education. They were, therefore, subjected to much more than the usual amount of criticism. That was particularly the case in the House of Assembly; so much so that the Attorney General regarded this criticism as so unappresiative of the superior character of the Bills and as so hypercritical that he withdrew both Bills from the House for the Session. In the Public School Bill provision was made for the introduction of elementary science as a subject of study in the Public Schools, and, under its authority Regulations were proposed to be adopted by the Council of Public Instruction, fixing a high standard for the qualifications of Public School County Inspectors, so that hereafter inferior Township Superintendents could no longer be legally appointed to office. The standard of County Examiners of Public School Teachers was also raised, so that as Examiners they would be competent to decide upon the answers made by Teachers in regard to the teaching, discipline and management of schools. In the Grammar School Bill, provision was made for the establishment of superior Classes of Grammar Schools to be known respectively as "High Schools," with at least two masters, and a higher grade still, to be designated Collegiate Institutes, or local Colleges, with at least six Masters, and an attendance of seventy boys learning Greek and Latin as well as the other subjects of a superior English Education. In fixing this as the standard for Collegiate Institutes we had fortunately not to theorize on the subject, as the Grammar School at Galt taught by Mr. William Tassie furnished just the ideal of such an Institution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.