1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781116703321

Autore

Saywell John <1929->

Titolo

Someone to teach them : York and the great university explosion, 1960-1973 / / John T. Saywell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4426-9280-4

1-4426-8917-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Disciplina

378.713/541

Soggetti

School enrollment - Ontario - History

Deans (Education) - Ontario - Toronto

History

Biographies.

Electronic books.

Ontario Toronto

Ontario

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 A Fork in the Road: The Move to York University -- 2 From Illusions to Realities, 1959-1963 -- 3. he 'College System': A Sacred Myth -- 4 'General Education': Flawed Design, Rich Legacy -- 5 'Someone Will Have to Teach Them' -- 6. 'The Imperialists: It's Good to Know They're in Town' -- 7. Students: Prisoners, Clients, or Partners? -- 8 Questions of Quality -- 9 The Politics of the Presidency, 1969-1970 -- 10 You Win Some, You Lose Some: Creating the Faculty of Education -- 11 Other New Faculties -- 12 The Dean's Chair -- 13 The Party is Over, 1972 -- 14 An Unnecessary Tragedy, 1972-1973 -- Reflections: Then and Now -- A Note on Sources.

Sommario/riassunto

Featuring many of the elements of personal memoir, this is also a thoroughly researched account of a critical decade for the history of education in Ontario.