03646nam 2200577 a 450 991078694850332120230126210327.00-7735-8892-210.1515/9780773588929(CKB)2670000000387228(EBL)3332610(CEL)444764(OCoLC)1037930129(OCoLC)830932242(OCoLC)899185066(OCoLC)923238871(OCoLC)960207672(OCoLC)966096892(OCoLC)988515664(OCoLC)992011818(OCoLC)1038415287(OCoLC)1038949620(OCoLC)1043891870(CaBNVSL)slc00232969(OCoLC)830932242(MiAaPQ)EBC3332610(Au-PeEL)EBL3332610(CaPaEBR)ebr10727505(OCoLC)923238871(DE-B1597)655137(DE-B1597)9780773588929(EXLCZ)99267000000038722820130703d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe grand regulator[electronic resource] the miseducation of Nova Scotia's teachers, 1838-1997 /George D. PerryMontreal McGill-Queen's University Press20131 online resource (405 p.)0-7735-4181-0 0-7735-4146-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Teacher training as "grand regulator" : establishing a provincial normal school, 1838-69 -- pt. 2. Beyond "The mere giving of knowledge" : the elusive balance between scholarship and training, 1870-1926 -- pt. 3. Training as a woman's story, 1870-1961 : the licensing, training, and education of women teachers -- pt. 4. Conclusion : 1961-97.Schools of education with utilitarian goals and strict standardization - often called "Normal Schools" - have been widely criticized by both the academy and the general public. In a story that resonates across Canada, The Grand Regulator examines an educational system that failed to inspire great teachers and produce imaginative, thinking citizens. Drawing on an array of archival materials, government publications, and firsthand accounts with former Normal School students, George Perry provides a rich reconstruction of the intellectual, social, economic, and political foundations of teacher education in Nova Scotia, and the methodological preoccupations that have hampered its subsequent development. He shows how a supposed science of education based on child psychology, in concert with the province's regulation of public schooling, justified low expectations for the education of most children and how standardized training programs deemphasized teachers' general liberal education and intellectual curiosity. The most complete study of Canadian teacher education to date, The Grand Regulator presents an analysis of perennial issues regarding the improvement of education that continue to concern us, and illuminates ways of raising the level of instruction in our present-day schools.TeachersTraining ofNova ScotiaHistoryTeachersTraining ofGovernment policyNova ScotiaTeachersTraining ofSocial aspectsNova ScotiaTeachersTraining ofHistory.TeachersTraining ofGovernment policyTeachersTraining ofSocial aspects370.71/1716Perry George D196757MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786948503321The grand regulator3713334UNINA