Meeting of the People
：School Boards and Protestant Communities in Quebec, 1801B1998
( Studies on the History of Quebec/Études dhistoire du Quebec )
Publication subTitle ：School Boards and Protestant Communities in Quebec, 1801B1998
Publication series ：Studies on the History of Quebec/Études dhistoire du Quebec
Publisher： McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication year： 2004
E-ISBN: 9780773571839
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780773526952
Subject： G4 Education
Keyword： 教育
Language： ENG
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Description
In A Meeting of the People Roderick MacLeod and Mary Anne Poutanen look at the Protestant public education system and the communities that established, and were served by, its schools, from the origins of public education in 1801 to the dissolution of confessional school boards in 1998. They focus on key issues such as class, ethnicity, religion, gender, health and welfare, patriotism, and the nature of local administration, bringing to life the people who attempted to establish and maintain schools and considering relationships between school trustees, parents, teachers, and the wider public. Their analysis shows that communities recognized the importance of providing schooling, despite what were often bleak circumstances.