1. Week One Visual Assignment: Susan Muir- Education as Socialization
In order to understand the history and growth of education in Canada, we must first understand
why decisions about education were made. The result of the industrial revolution brought about
an understanding that education was inculcation. It is important that this time in history is viewed
as decisions made from a social and political view point of the early 1900‟s.
Figure 1.Teacher and students, county
school, Saskatchewan, ca. 1920J. George
Hodgins, The School House, Its
Architecture, External and Internal
Arrangements: With Additional Papers on
Gymnastics, the Use of Apparatus, School
Discipline, Methods of Teaching (Toronto:
Lovell and Gibson, 1857),p. 81.Taken
from:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/school
house/008003-2200-e.html
Figure2.A teacher and students in a classroom at the Montreal Protestant Orphan Asylum, ca.
1900. Taken from:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/schoolhouse/008003-2100-e.html

2. Week One Visual Assignment: Susan Muir- Education as Socialization
In order to understand the history and growth of education in Canada, we must first understand
why decisions about education were made. The result of the industrial revolution brought about
an understanding that education was inculcation. It is important that this time in history is viewed
as decisions made from a social and political view point of the early 1900‟s.
The Canadian insistence on
the collective concerns of
peace, order and good
government has meant that
state projects such as
schooling are seen in terms of
their overall impact on
society.
From:
http://www.thecanadianencyc lopedia.com/e
n/articlistory-of-education/
Figure 3.EliaShklanka, teacher, with
students at Kalush School, Alberta, 1917.
From Library and Archives Canada. Taken
from:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/schoolh
ouse/008003-2100-e.html
After the decline of child labour in the
early 1900‟s, the focus of education was
inculcating certain values or “socialization”. The
progression of industry made school a
compulsory way to educate students and make
better workers for the future. A teacher‟s job
included influencing children of the „truths‟ of
the time which included society‟s clear views of
lessons children should learn. Most often it was
the male teacher that educated the older students,
whereas,the female, having a more nurturing
personality, taught the younger students.
Education for students included teachers teaching
through universal instruction that included rote
learning and long hours of repetition work.
Children were forced to be obedient and learning
was thought of as workrather than play. The roles
of the teacher were not onlyto teach the desirable
morals outcomes of society but the teacher also
took on the role as sole administrator and janitor.
Figure 4. J.L. MacDonald, teacher, and
students, School District #3, Glenelg,
Ontario, 1910. From Library and Archives
Canada. Taken from:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/schoolh
ouse/008003-2100-e.html