GENDER RELATIONS AMONG TEACHERS: A STUDY OF ONTARIO TEACHERS IN THE 1930s
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ABSTRACT. Gender relations have played an important role in the development of school systems in Canada. This paper describes and analyzes specific ways in which discriminatory relations were constructed, and subsequently restructured, for women and men teachers in Ontario during the depression years of the 1930s - in particular, in relation to salaries, job tenure, and pensions. Given the recent calls for "restructuring" of schooling and teaching, "lessons" from the 1930s may well prove informative in strategizing for (or against) contemporary change initiatives. RÉSUMÉ. Les relations entre les sexes ont joué un rôle important dans l'évolution des systèmes scolaires au Canada. Cet article décrit et analyse divers modes précis qui ont régi l'établissement puis la restructuration de rapports discriminatoires entre les enseignantes et les enseignants ontariens durant la grande crise des années 1930, particulièrement en ce qui a trait aux salaires, à la permanence et aux retraites. Au vu de la "restructuration" du système scolaire et de l'enseignement que certains appellent de leurs voeux, les leçons tirées de l'expérience des années 30 pourraient se révéler utiles à la formulation de stratégies favorables (ou hostiles) aux mesures actuellement proposées.Downloads
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1996-01-01
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Reynolds, C., & Smaller, H. (1996). GENDER RELATIONS AMONG TEACHERS: A STUDY OF ONTARIO TEACHERS IN THE 1930s. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 31(001). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/8276
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