Private versus public education: the Alberta debate in the 1980s

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dc.contributor.advisorKnopff, Rainer
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Michael G.
dc.coverage.spatial2000001262en
dc.date.accessioned2005-07-29T22:07:47Z
dc.date.available2005-07-29T22:07:47Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 103-112.en
dc.description.abstractDuring the 1980s Alberta experienced a significant debate about the merits of private education. After describing the historical background of, and major episodes in, this debate, the thesis assesses the three major arguments made against private schools: (1) that they undermined the quality of education expected in Alberta schools; (2) that they threatened the social cohesion of the province; and (3) that they infringed the rights of children to acquire broader intellectual and psychological horizons than those provided by their immediate families and communities. Finding none of these rationales to be so powerful and unquestionable as to support the vehemence with which they were employed, the thesis probes the deeper reasons for this vehemence. While some opponents of private education seemed driven primarily by commitment to the social visions or ideologies summed up by their arguments, the evidence confirms the prediction of public choice theorists that the same arguments would be little more than rationalizations of self-interest for the largest and most powerful opponent: Alberta's public education establishment.
dc.format.extentvii, 112 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationWagner, M. G. (1995). Private versus public education: the Alberta debate in the 1980s (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19195en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/19195
dc.identifier.isbn0612031594en
dc.identifier.lccLA 418 A3 W295 1995en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/29742
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject.lccLA 418 A3 W295 1995en
dc.subject.lcshEducation - Alberta - History
dc.subject.lcshSchool choice - Alberta
dc.subject.lcshPrivate schools - Alberta - History
dc.subject.lcshPublic schools - Alberta - History
dc.titlePrivate versus public education: the Alberta debate in the 1980s
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1007 520538317
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