To me being a history major, I feel that knowing the history of Education is really worth knowing. Even for those who don’t enjoy history it should be something they need or at least want to know. To know where it began, how it has evolved, and all the major changes that can easily tell us where education is going.
In the early years of Canada schools were predominantly run by the church, but nowadays it is not very often you see that. Most church run schools now are private, and few and far between. We are now living in a secular world. The church is gone by the wayside in all aspects. Early schools based a lot of their teaching on the three R’s: reading, writing, and arithmetic, whereas now our education is outcome based and assessment driven. We like to see learning in wide views from many different angles, whereas in the “olden” days it was straight laced right from wrong.
I as a teacher enjoy seeing how education has evolved, and I like seeing where it is going. As a prospective teacher, I want to be part of more change, change in how we approach things (for the better), and change in how we let our children learn, to flourish, to let them be as brilliant as they are.
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