Arts, crafts, and rural rehabilitation: the Sisters of Charity, Halifax, and vocational education in Terence Bay, Nova Scotia, 1938-1942

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dc.contributor.authorMullally, Sasha
dc.contributor.authorMacDonald, Heidi
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-14T16:38:08Z
dc.date.available2018-06-14T16:38:08Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionSherpa Romeo blue journal: open accessen_US
dc.description.abstractResponding to rural poverty associated with the declining fishery, the rise of industrial capitalism, and the impact of the Great Depression, the Sisters of Charity, Halifax, implemented a vocational training program in weaving and carpentry in the small community of Terence Bay, Nova Scotia in 1938. Senator William Dennis, a proponent of the New Democracy Movement, financed the program. Because the Sisters based their claims to success on observed behavioural changes among the residents of Terence Bay, the program can be seen as an example of liberal therapeutics in education, a model that placed emphasis on achieving social goals rather than transferring discrete skills and capacities to pupils. Focusing on the years 1938-43, this paper outlines the rehabilitation efforts at Terence Bay, describes the programs the Sisters implemented, and evaluates the definitions of success ascribed to their training school just a few years later.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationMullally, S., & MacDonald, H. (2016). Arts, crafts, and rural rehabilitation: The Sisters of Charity, Halifax, and vocational education in Terence Bay, Nova Scotia, 1938-1942. Historia de la Educacion, 35, 35-51. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14201/hedu2016.353551en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5127
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherEdiciones Universidad de Salamancaen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of New Brunswicken_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.subjectVocational trainingen_US
dc.subjectNova Scotia educationen_US
dc.subjectSisters of Charityen_US
dc.subjectHalifaxen_US
dc.subjectSocial rehabilitationen_US
dc.subjectWilliam H. Dennisen_US
dc.subjectTherapeutic craften_US
dc.subjectTerence Bay
dc.subject.lcshSisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (Halifax, N.S.)
dc.subject.lcshEducation--Nova Scotia--History--20th century
dc.subject.lcshHandicraft--Nova Scotia--History--20th century
dc.subject.lcshWeaving--Nova Scotia--History--20th century
dc.subject.lcshCarpentry--Nova Scotia--History--20th century
dc.subject.lcshNova Scotia--Economic conditions--20th century
dc.subject.lcshNova Scotia--History--20th century
dc.titleArts, crafts, and rural rehabilitation: the Sisters of Charity, Halifax, and vocational education in Terence Bay, Nova Scotia, 1938-1942en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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