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Schoolsofeducationwithutilitariangoalsandstrictstandardizationx13oftencalledx1cNormalSchoolsx1dx13havebeenwidelycriticizedbyboththeacademyandthegeneralpublic.InastorythatresonatesacrossCanadaTheGrandRegulatorexaminesaneducationalsystemthatfailedtoinspiregreatteachersandproduceimaginativethinkingcitizens.Drawingonanarrayofarchivalmaterialsgovernmentpublicationsandx1ersthandaccountsofformerNormalSchoolstudentsGeorgePerryprovidesarichreconstructionoftheintellectualsocialeconomicandpoliticalfoundationsofteachereducationinNovaScotiaandthemethodologicalpreoccupationsthathavehampereditssubsequentdevelopment.Heshowshowasupposedscienceofeducationbasedonchildpsychologyinconcertwiththeprovincex19sregulationofpublicschoolingjustix1eedlowexpectationsfortheeducationofmostchildrenandhowstandardizedtrainingprogramsdeemphasizedteachersx19generalliberaleducationandintellectualcuriosity.ThemostcompletestudyofCanadianteachereducationtodateTheGrandRegulatorpresentsananalysisofperennialissuesregardingtheimprovementofeducationthatcontinuetoconcernusandilluminateswaysofraisingthelevelofinstructioninourpresent-dayschools.GeorgeD.PerryhasheldfacultypositionsinteachereducationatuniversitiesinCanadaChinaandPapuaNewGuineaandhastaughtinsecondaryschoolsinZambiaandCanada.HelivesinHalifax.In1912theOntarioConservativegovernmentissuedthecontroversialRegula-tion17inanattempttoimprovethequalityofEnglish-languageteachingintheprovincewhileeffectivelyrestrictingFrench-languageinstructionwithinbilingualschools.PrayersPetitionsandProtestsexplorespopularreactiontothepolicyintheWindsorborderareaandtheradicaloppositionoftheCatholichierarchytobilingualschooling.JackCecillonpresentsacomprehensivestudyofdivisionsthatwerecreatedorexacerbatedwithinthelocalfrancophonecommunitiesaswellasthepivotalroleplayedbythebishopofLondonMichaelFrancisFallonwhostronglyopposedbilingualeducationwithinhisdiocese.AlsoinstrumentalwastheCatholicChurchx19sdesperationtostaveoffchallengestotheprovincex19sseparateschoolssystemwhichwasmetwithaggressiveresistancefromcongregationsofFrench-speakingCatholics.Thisdisputewasofsuchgraveconcerntochurchofx1ecialsthatthePopehadtointervenetwicetomanagetheconx1fictbetweenthewarringIrish-andFrench-Canadianfactions.AlthoughmuchoftheprovinceeffectivelyresistedtheschoolreformswhatemergedinWindsorwasverydifferent.PrayersPetitionsandProtestsuncoversaconx1fictwithinthechurchwherepriestsandlaypeoplechallengedthehierarchydisobeyedordersandstirredpublicresistance.JackD.CecillonhastaughtCanadianAmericanandworldhistoryatGlendonCollegeYorkUniversityandLakeheadUniversityOrillia.32MQUPSPRING2013SPECIFICATIONSJuly2013978-0-7735-4181-834.95ACDN34.95AUS22.99paper978-0-7735-4146-7100.00SCDN100.00SUS75.00cloth6x9384pp4tables5diagramsSimultaneouselectroniceditionavailableHISTORYOFEDUCATIONCANADIANHISTORYTheGrandRegulatorTheMiseducationofNovaScotiax19sTeachers1838x131997georged.perryTherstfull-lengthstudyofthehistoricalfailureofteachereducationinCanada.CANADIANHISTORYHISTORYOFEDUCATIONPrayersPetitionsandProtestsTheCatholicChurchandtheOntarioSchoolsCrisisintheWindsorBorderRegion1910x131928jackd.cecillonHowtheOntarioSchoolsCrisisturnedintoaviolentpublicprotestwithintheCatholicChurch.SPECIFICATIONSJuly2013978-0-7735-4161-0100.00SCDN100.00SUS75.00cloth6x9336ppSimultaneouselectroniceditionavailable