Border crossings : US culture and education in Saskatchewan 1905-1937 / Kerry Alcorn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alcorn, Kerry, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Saskatchewan--American influences--History--20th century.

Education.

Education and state--Saskatchewan--History--20th century.

Education and state.

Education--Saskatchewan--Philosophy--History--20th century.

Comparative education.

Great Plains--History.

Great Plains.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Distribution:

Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013.

Place of Publication:

Montreal [Quebec] ; Kingston [Ontario] ; London [England] ; Ithaca [New York] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the dawn of the last century a shift in direction emerged among education policy-makers in Saskatchewan. Prior to 1905, the territories that would become Saskatchewan and Alberta maintained a school system largely modelled after Ontario's British-inspired system. Between 1905 and 1937 however, the shared geography and culture of the continental plains that span the border between the United States and Canada became the primary influence on education in the Canadian prairies. In Border Crossings, Kerry Alcorn examines Saskatchewan's embrace of the culture of farmer revolt and populist and progressive democratic thought that originated south of the border. He argues that as a consequence Saskatchewan education developed in resistance to eastern Canadian forms, with education policy makers - some brought in from the United States - consciously looking to their southern neighbours for direction in developing educational models. Alcorn's detailed portrait of University of Saskatchewan president Walter C. Murray and his "Wisconsin Idea," further highlight the influence of the north-south axis. A challenge to standard histories of Canadian education, Border Crossings encapsulates the development of the meaning, practice, and language of Saskatchewan education in the early twentieth century.

Contents:

Part One: Transferring US Culture. 1. Introduction: The Continental West

2. The Continental Plains in Historical Perspective

3. US Culture in Saskatchewan

Part Two: Forging Saskatchewan Education. 4. US Contributions to K-12 Education Policy

5. The "Populist Moment" in K-12 Education

6. The University of Saskatchewan and Its "Culture of Emulation"

7. Parallel Meanings: Democracy and Education

8. Putting It Together.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index.

ISBN:

9780773590045

0773590048

9780773542884

0773542884

9780773590038

077359003X

OCLC:

870652427