On the surface, Canada’s education system appears to revolve around a well rounded and efficient structure. This notion, however, is far from the truth. Although Canada’s standard system of education may seem like a well balanced and efficient system, there needs to be major adjustments made to repair the holes that it has created.These problems include how schools are demanding students to learn unnecessary information that will not benefit most of them and how schools are preventing many students from doing what they truly desire. The government must change the mindset of our current education system so that it focuses less on mathematical and scientific fields and so that it provides more diverse career paths. Doing so will prevent the further destruction of the creative minds of students.
The Canadian system of education, especially during secondary school years, focuses too heavily on math and sciences. This system is evident not only in Canada but also in many countries around the globe. One of the more common arguments given to support this system is that jobs in the scientific fields are in high demand and so we must train students to eventually fulfill these demands. Although this is not incorrect in theory, it should not be seen as a valid argument to support this current system of education. Secondary schools today are requiring students to learn about subjects that will have little to no benefit in their future. For example, in response to the aforementioned
Despite the many differences in Canada’s and China’s education systems, there are a few similarities between them. In both countries, it is mandatory for children to receive a a certain amount of education. Chinese children must get at least nine years of schooling, which is funded by the government. On the other hand, Canadian children must get education up to the age of sixteen (ages may vary between various provinces.) The subjects taught in both countries are also alike. Mathematics, history, and fine arts are some examples of the shared subjects.
Canada has a long history of labour education. The main themes in the history of Canadian labour education and how did the purposes and practices of Canadian labour education change during the 20th century will be discussed throughout this assignment.
As early as we can remember our parents would tell us we could be whatever we wanted to be when we grow up. Whether we wanted to be an astronaut, a lawyer or even a scientist our parents supported our dreams but how many of these dream careers are still attainable? Most people’s first thought would be to attend university as if it were just that simple. The flawed post secondary system in Canada has caused many unwanted problems in our nation. The overwhelming cost of attending university has caused uproar in the student
The general public’s expectations of the educational system tend to encourage individual success in the outside world. Institutions are expected to teach students general knowledge in language arts, natural sciences and mathematics, and social and behavioral sciences. Critical thinking, reading comprehension, and deep analysis enhance the learning of these subject areas. Nowadays it is also highly encouraged to have knowledge on a second language and foreign cultures. Parents and teachers expect the combination of these to enable students to move up the ladder socially and financially as they get older. The system is also expected to teach children the value of effort and a positive attitude in the process of learning, since this is a process that should not end after high school. Even though the extent to which these expectations are actually put into practice varies among societies, the common belief about education is that it should
The nineteenth century educational system in Canadian saw some improvements from what used to be the educational norm. Some of the educational Acts that were introduced within this period, helped to lay the foundation for common schooling in the nineteenth century Canada and beyond. One of the aims of these educational Acts was to make schools accessible to every child of school age in Canada . Undisputedly, the school reformers presented like one of their proclaimed objectives of reforming school was for students to have access to common schools, regardless of religion, social class, sex and skin colour.
Over the last decade, the province of Ontario has invested heavily in publicly funded education (Achieving excellence:, 2014). Being established as having one of the best educational systems in the world, Ontarians pride themselves on constantly improving their educational institutions through policies that promote high scholastic benchmarks. Accomplishing high academic achievement is a goal of education and schools achieve this by focusing on student learning and performance, as they continuously work to improve their standards.
In the late 1800s, the Canadian government and the church bodies started removing aboriginal children from their homes and started replacing them in industrial schools. The residential schools were the most effective take for destroying aboriginal culture and identity. Many of the Aboriginal children came away from school in their teen year’s barely knowing how to read and write. Thus, what was more critical was that many children were abused emotionally and physically throughout their school years. More importantly, the schools were located far away because the federal government wanted to minimize the amount of parent-child contact. The severity of the abuse suffered in residential schools intended to kill the Indian children within,
Since the birth of Canada, there has been a constant cultural separation between the Indigenous peoples and European settlers. One of the major reasons for this separation came as a result of the residential school system which was put in place in the 1880s, and lasted for over a hundred years. The overall goal of these school systems was to aid in the assimilation of Indigenous peoples into Canadian culture, ignoring all aspects of indigenous culture and religious freedoms up until that point. Despite dismantling indigenous culture in the process, the government believed that these schools were a step in the right direction in reaching peace with the indigenous as it allowed a chance for them to begin to identify as Canadians. However, instead
Additionally, 57 million fewer people would go without medical care because of the cost. “Roughly 40% of both insured and uninsured U.S. respondents spent $1,000 or more out-of-pocket during the year on medical care, not counting premiums,” the report authors say. And, perhaps as a result, more than 50,000 preventable deaths would be avoided. Although it wouldn’t all be good news and Canada’s free system comes at the cost of greater wait times for a few services as well as more ER visits, it is a minimal price to pay for better healthcare outcomes (Khazan, 2014).
The issue selected by my group revolves around the broad debate faced in Ontario high schools regarding the overall educational benefits of Academic versus Applied courses. The basis of our research will look into why applied high school courses are considered substandard in comparison to Academic courses. In regards to my contribution, the first part looked into whether there were any political influences behind the creation and continued status of applied and academic courses. How far the reach of the political power is, whether or not they are a dominant factor behind the issue and what possible gain they may have. Secondly, based on our topic we proposed possible barriers we may face should we come up with opinions or
Canada and Sweden are both wealthy countries without any major issues such as natural disasters or dictatorship. These circumstances have made it a lot easier for the countries to develop good school systems. Because these countries are so similar and because they have developed in the same pace, the school systems are very similar. I have chosen to focus on the differences and similarities between these two countries when it comes to the first six years of education including preschool.
Education, next to politics, is one of the most debated topics in America. More people than ever are attending college because there is a stigma that one has to get a Bachelor’s degree in order to get a good job. People over the last few decades have begun to realize that in order for one to be successful in life they must achieve a higher education, but at the same time people are pondering the question of whether or not America’s educational system is up to par. In a recent study the United States was labeled “average” by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (U.S. Falls In World Education Ranking). It is an international ranking system that rates 35 countries educational system, and the United States was not
In Canada all citizens have a right to education, and this policy is primarily associated to children, and all children even those with disabilities have these rights as Canadian citizens. All children are entitled to a quality, and safe learning experience which accommodates to their needs. To ensure that all students have equal and fair educational opportunities, many Canadian provinces have implemented policies to monitor the educational system. There are some issues with this freedom to equal and accommodating educational opportunities, since the policies are not consistent throughout the country, and their has been reported neglect of children with disabilities by their parents. It becomes difficult for the government to strictly monitor
The National Curriculum for Science (2013), anticipates to advance all pupils’ scientific knowledge and conceptualise understanding through the segmented scientific approaches; biology, chemistry and physics. In addition, pupils should have an awareness of the nature, processes and approaches used within science, through the various scientific enquires that enable pupils to answer questions related to the world and life. Finally, the aims of the science curriculum also consider that children must have the resources to fund the knowledge that is necessary to use science in the, present and future tense states the Department of Education (2013).
Throughout the history of civilization, education has been an important tool in shaping an individual as well as the society that the individual is a part of. In the older civilizations, only the elite upper class had access to education. This kept these people at the top of the social ladder, and suppressed the common people who did not have access to the same education as the nobles. We have come a long way since then, with every child having access to a free high school degree. However, there is still some inequality in this modern education system that has similarities to the old injustices. In this day and age, a college degree is a great start for a young adult starting to enter the work force. According to a study conducted by Pew