The sociology of education in Canada
Subtitle: critical perspectives
By: Terry Wotherspoon.
Publisher: New York; Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Educational sociology -- Canada.; Education -- Social aspects -- Cananda.; Educational change -- Canada.; Sociologie de l'éducation -- Canada.
Description: "In The Sociology of Education in Canada Professor Terry Wotherspoon traces the historical development and organization of Canadian education, and describes sociological theories and analysis of education. Using a critical perspective, the author examines schooling and its impact on children and youth in Canada; the roles of teachers and teaching, and how these have and have not changed over the years; the relationship between education and employment; how education succeeds - and fails - in its task of social reproduction; and contemporary challenges and proposed reforms in provinces across Canada, where a secular multicultural society has created new demands on an institution formed in an earlier, more homogeneous Canada."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-233) and index.