History of Ed

I found it very interesting to look at the history of education in Canada. It has evolved tremendously over the years and will continue to.

When looking at the French tradition, it reminds me of a private school. How boys and girls are separated. As a female it upsets me that in the olden days males received better educations than females. It is sad that in some places of the world it is still like this. In recent years education in Manitoba has seen a shift to not include any religious teachings, such as Christmas and Easter. In these cases I do not know what the right answer is. I know that Canada is considered a mosaic society, but I feel with moving to a new country people should try to embrace new cultures and traditions, while still keeping their cultural heritage alive. When looking at the English and American Tradition it is not surprising that education was divided by social status. I am glad that in Canada this is not the case, as I feel everyone is entitled to education. The French, English and American all had a strong influence of religious teachings in their education system. The Scottish Tradition, however, solved the problem of religious differences. The Scottish Tradition is one that I most agree with, maybe it is because it most closely resembles our modern day education system, with boys and girls being taught together and education having no class structure.

            The education system varies in different countries and is ever evolving. I am quite happy with Canada’s education system. However, in my view there seems to have been shift among students and I am not sure when it took place. I recently went to a Professional Development where this was the main discussion. When I went to school students, for the must part, respected their teachers and listened. Now it seems students are not scared of anything. They are not scared if they go to the principal’s office, they are not even scared if their parents are called. I know if my parents received a phone call, you were in deep trouble. My conclusion to this shift is that many parents now days have a more laissez faire parenting approach it seems and in the schools we have eliminated the fear of teachers and principles. Now this might be considered a good thing, not having students feeling scared of those in charge. But I feel that it is a good thing for teachers to have the upper hand.