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Direct linkStortz, Paul; Panayotidis, E. Lisa – Education Canada, 2004
This article discusses the myth and reality of the ubiquitous one-room school in Canada. A marker of civilization, it bespoke a desire to spread the merits of education to the rugged laborers and their families in even the most remote areas of rural Canada. This historical vestige, particularly in the early-to-mid 20th century, painted a…
Descriptors: One Teacher Schools, Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Rural Areas
Calam, John, Ed. – 1991
Alex Lord, a pioneer inspector of rural British Columbia (Canada) schools, shares in these recollections of his experiences in a province barely out of the stagecoach era. Traveling through vast northern territory, using unreliable transportation, and enduring climate extremes, Lord became familiar with the aspirations of remote communities and…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, North American History
Noseworthy, Randy P. – 1997
During the mid-1930s, the main line of the Newfoundland (Canada) Railway stretched 547 miles from St. John's to Port aux Basques, and railway workers and their families lived along the line in small isolated settlements. The provincial department of education, the Newfoundland Railway, and the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company devised an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correspondence Study, Educational History, Elementary Education
WOLCOTT, HARRY F. – 1967
THE AUTHOR'S ONE-YEAR RESIDENCY AS TEACHER IN A KWAKIUTL INDIAN VILLAGE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA FORMS THE BASIS OF THIS CASE STUDY. WITH EMPHASIS ON THE LIVES AND FAMILIES OF 5 SCHOOL CHILDREN, THE STUDY DEALS WITH THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF THE VILLAGE, DISINTEGRATION OF THE INDIAN CULTURE AND THE TRANSITION TOWARD THE…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Attitudes, Cultural Background, Culture Lag
Haughey, Margaret; Murphy, Peter – 1983
Based on research and discussions with rural educators in Australia and New Zealand, a new rural teacher preparation program at the University of Victoria (British Columbia) is intended to sensitize students to the professional life of teachers in small rural communities and to acquaint them with the demands of teaching multi-graded classes. The…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Elementary Education, Faculty Mobility
Download full textFoght, Harold W. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
This bulletin is the result of a study made in the Province of Ontario during the fall of 1914. The purpose of the investigation was, more than anything else, to seek some fair basis for comparison of the Schools of Old Ontario--wedged in as it is between New York and Michigan--and the States across the border. Chief attention is to rural life and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Rural Areas, Rural Education
