THE NEW EDUCATION 1880 S 1920 S Domestic
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THE NEW EDUCATION 1880 S – 1920 S Domestic Science Manual & Agricultural Training
LECTURE OUTLINE 1. Social Change in Canada 2. Education Reformers 3. Objectives Domestic Science 4. Industrialization & Urbanization Adelaide Hoodless Manual & Agricultural Training Mac. Donald-Robertson movement
1. SOCIAL CHANGE IN CANADA 1880 S 1920 S Reformers Poverty & social problems Education: Too formal Not practical Not relevant to modern society New Education: Practical The whole child
DOMESTIC SCIENCE Adelaide Hoodless Infant/child mortality Maternal ignorance Teaching proper motherhood Public & private spheres
DOMESTIC SCIENCE Domestic science class c. 1909, Guelph ON
MANUAL TRAINING Main Goal: to make the education system adequately prepare boys for their future James Robertson William C. Macdonald-Robertson Movement Manual training Agriculture
MANUAL TRAINING from collectionscanada. gc. ca
MANUAL TRAINING Manual Training Moral character Brain health Hand-eye coordination 20 centres across Canada, expert teachers
MANUAL TRAINING Agriculture Practical not theoretical Help prevent rural depopulation & decline School gardens Criticisms Parents/farmers: better suited to teach their children Questioned usefulness of the programs Too expensive
SIX SAUCEPANS TO ONE: DOMESTIC SCIENCE VS THE HOME IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1900 -1939 1. What ideas informed the introduction of domestic science to the BC curriculum? 2. What is scientific management and how did reformers use it to their advantage? How did it inform the teaching of food preparation? 3. What critiques were levelled against the domestic science curriculum? By whom? 4. Was there a class-based element to the critiques?
