User:Lindasreyes/Egerton Ryerson

Cultual Education
Ryerson and his daughter Sophia had collected forms of art (buying a total of Two-Hundred and Thirty-Six Paintings by more than One-Hundred Artists) in Europe to add to The Educational Museum (which was to be affiliated with the Normal School) in Toronto, this Museum would be open to Teachers and the Public. This resulted in the opening of cultural education and expanded urban centres. He did this to elevate cultural perspectives, Ryerson ensured that the paintings he came across. while travelling was touching in the sense that it would get the public to use their mind and spirit - throughout this trip with his daughter (Sophia) he kept in touch with John George Hodgins, his Deputy Superintendent in the Ontario Education Department. Egerton Ryerson was instrumental in building our current education system in Canada. His most notable achievement was the creation of the Normal School in Toronto which was a college for in-class training of teachers. The normal school was also home to the department of education and a museum which introduced people to art and different scientific activities that normalized publicly funded art galleries, museums and other places in Canada.

Cultural Education lead Ryerson to coin a theory in which he believed that family was the "link between individual and the society" - the family is where individuals learn who they are and what role they will play in civilization. Ryerson had thought society in terms of a "union of individuals" people showed their basic premise to society. He strongly believed that a strong, well-intact government was important to society, because without individuals passions will cause chaos, so it was, therefore, important that interests were preserved for the greater good.

Perspective on Religion
Egerton Ryerson was also well known as an advocate for freedom of religion. He believed that freedom of religion and proper education were the keys to improving people and society as a whole. was a believer that rising in social scale depends on the work you put into society and with the rise in this social scare; individuals would gain respect from others. Individuals needed to learn about this at a young age so they would have a stronger likelihood of being successful. He strongly suggested that the well-being of an individual and their scale in terms of society go hand-in-hand, he, therefore, did not develop any desire to have a strong footing in society for his benefit. Ryerson suggested that many societies problems are fixed by sharing historical experiences, from this Political Leaders would decide what their next decision would be. Due to the way Ryerson viewed how to solve for a societal problem he was viewed as a leader who strongly believed in symbolism and history. . Ryerson Made a claim that caused controversy. The claim is that the Political and Philosophical economies were incomplete in terms of confronting values in Human Existence. Ryerson as an Individual had personal religious views, which many had thought that his views should be shared with all of the public before he made such large claims., that could overall affect society.

Common School Act
The Common School Bill of 1846, was an act that had established the First General School Board, where it would consist of Seven Members, that would each have their own responsibilities. Ryerson set the groundwork for compulsory education, which is what it has become today, he ensured that curriculums were made and that teaching and learning materials were provided and delivered to Schools, in the result of the best possible education. Ryerson did not believe that caucasian and Aboriginal children should not be taught in the same schools due to their different civilization and their upbringings.

The common school act of 1871 was created in hopes to improve the education system Ontario had at the time. This act was supposed to ensure free and standardized education for all. Religious teachings were made illegal in order to let people from all kinds of different religious backgrounds have access to proper education. This act also made it mandatory for kids to be in school until the age of 14. Egerton Ryerson believed by creating this act he would be closer to defeating issues in Ontario such as poverty, deviance and people being uneducated.

Egerton Ryerson had mandated The School Act of 1871, which was the last important School Legislation. It were to fix the penalties that parents and guardians, whom neglected education to their children. This Act had required payments (Which ranges from Four Dollars - Six Dollars) to be made by different grade teachers every year, to ensure a type of Pension Plan upon Retirement. This overall, was to benefit the teachers. The Act had also ensured that property were to be reserved in order for Education to continue with aSecure teaching location.