Education in Canada

Education would be defined, according to The Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences (from Canada), as "the progressive development of the individual in all his faculties, physical and intellectual, aesthetic and moral." However, education is a lot of thing more, this being influenced for traditions, learning, custom, instructions, experiences, etc. belonging to a society in common.


In this case the commission includes specifically terms for divide education in socializing agencies such as the family, the church, the government and community. In Canada there are many factors that are included in this agencies established in this society.


According to the Commission one of them is the family, it has an important value in the Canada’s culture because is considered most powerful of all educational institutions and, why? It is because is known that the education is obtained firstly at home. Is essential that our family, being kids, inculcate us the good manners and principle. Second we have also the schooling, and it is all of knowledge given in a school, we learning all of the instruction from the teacher and this is very important to have in the future a stable life such economically as emotionally.


The ideology of Canadian people about schooling is choose a school where their children can development a environment of competition that in the future help them to make their own decisions. This thought is obvious in any society for the development of a community. Thirdly, the media have had a heavy influence in the Canadian society because television, radio and internet have been since earliest years in the life of people, that is in the children, providing information political, cultural, social, and economic, enriching the education of this country including also the newspaper and books that are important instrument of education.


The immigrants are considered other important factor as influence, that if long before than areas previously mentioned because since the late 19th and early 20th centuries a large number of immigrants came to Canada producing a multiculturalism that have influenced with their own traditions to the behavior of a society. For this reason, all of this factors being some of the most important and influential in the education of Canada have contributed to the growth of this.


A society formed over time but governed by a commission which the only thing that matters is welfare of the country and as opinion can be said that is important to organize the ways of provide education, taking care always that this is good for a constant growth in Canadian society.


Finally and as a additional information, is important to emphasize a historic event in the history of education in Canada as “the first teachers in Canada”, they were four priests that came to Canada in 1616 bringing the formal education established that period in the country producing the foundation, few centuries later specifically in the 19th century, the Canadian educational system that can be found in the present-day.







Social science


In Canada was produced a slow development in the higher education between 1663 and 1960 but, why the change was so slow? Well, only in the 1950s the change in this discipline could arise. History, economics, political science and psychology could advance because had more emphasis than geography, anthropology and sociology that remains of the same way that in a beginning.


So, the interest that was produced by the social science arises of motivation by Canadian scientist of the need to resolve the related with the complexity of Canada and institutions. And, why this need arises? Because was seen the need to expand the public and private services, all of this, thinking in the people, and mainly the development of the country. It is necessary that the institutions were studied to improve conditions provided in that period, so, a better future would be ensured.


Other important contribute given by social science were the formation of co-operatives, credit unions, workers' syndicates and other institutions, something unheard of at the time, because only had some institutions responsible of the good common of people, especially, for workers and customers.


As we can see, there was a tremendous shift in the policy set in that time. It was the consolidation of social science in Canada bringing earnings, from 1945 to the early 1960s. Besides the great contribution provided by social sciences, the social scientist give reasons about why social sciences are so difficult? So, scientists in this area are related with researches that not reach a wide audience reflecting uncertainties of human life and society.


The growth of the social sciences in Canada can be seen in the number of associations and journals established since 1952 with 10 associations and less of 7 journals, being different in 1995 where there were 45 associations and 45 journals belonging to the social-science community. This is a clear example about the advance that gave this branch, allowing an increase in society of a country with an amazing history. However yet remains to be done in that further open doors to present more precisely what are the social sciences, because in this context we can see clearly the great contributions provided by this area that have been central to this country, contributing to the development of partnerships that at one point looked distant for the public good but over time could turn around and contribute to the welfare of the people both publicly and privately.


Finally with the establishment of the Canada Council in 1957, was and is produced a support from government to the social sciences and humanities, whose functions are promote the interests of the social-science community, the public and the state.



Bibliography

Patterson R.S. and Kach N. Education. The Canadian Encyclopedia 2012. Retrieved from http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/education.


Vallee F., Science Social. The Canadian Encyclopedia 2012. Retrieved from http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/social-science.