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Title Liberal education, civic education, and the Canadian regime : past principles and present challenges / edited by David W. Livingstone
Published Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015

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Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction / David W. Livingstone -- When Canadians rewrote their history : discarding "liberty" and embracing "community" / Janet Ajzenstat -- Liberal education embedded in civic education for responsible government : the case of John George Bourinot / John von Heyking -- Constituting Canadians : George Brown's confederation address / Geoffrey C. Kellow -- Thomas D'arcy McGee's civic paideia for Canada / David W. Livingstone -- Canadian guardian : the educational statesmanship of Egerton Ryerson / Colin D. Pearce -- Marshall McLuhan, George Grant, and the ancient-modern-Protestant quarrel in Canada / Grant N. Havers -- Catholic education and the culture of life / Ryan N.S. Topping -- Liberal education and the democratic soul : lessons from Alexis de Tocqueville / Richard Myers -- Democracy in Canada : what Tocqueville can teach Canadians / Luigi Bradizza -- Ties of friendship and citizenship in a globalized world / Leah Bradshaw -- The Supreme of Court of Canada as moral tutor : religious freedom, civil society, and charter values / Thomas M.J. Bateman -- The Hobbesian foundations of modern illiberal education / Travis D. Smith -- Contributors -- Index
Summary "Liberal Education, Civic Education, and the Canadian Regime asks what is the place of a liberal education--that is, studying the great books and Canada's political and philosophy history, as in the tradition of the liberal arts--in the education and development of the idea of citizenship in the Canadian public (what the editor, Livingstone, and his contributors call "civic education"). The liberal education stands in contract to the transferable job skills of a vocational training that can further technological, economic, and social progress. In the introduction, Livingstone considers whether studying Canada's early documents and tradition can recover and resuscitate the debates that occurred at the time of the country's founding and also resurface to shed light on contemporary issues."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Education, Humanistic -- Canada
Civics, Canadian -- Study and teaching
Education and state -- Canada -- History
Education, Humanistic -- Canada -- History
Education -- Canada -- Philosophy
Education -- Aims and objectives -- Canada
EDUCATION -- Essays.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION -- Reference.
Education -- Philosophy
Education and state
Education -- Aims and objectives
Civics, Canadian -- Study and teaching
Education, Humanistic
Politics and government -- Study and teaching
SUBJECT Canada -- Politics and government -- Study and teaching
Subject Canada
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Livingstone, David W., 1967- author, editor
Ajzenstat, Janet, 1936- When Canadians rewrote their history
ISBN 9780773597846
0773597840
9780773597853
0773597859