Jason Ellis

A Class by Themselves?

The Origins of Special Education in Toronto and Beyond

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Produktbeschreibung

In A Class by Themselves?, Jason Ellis provides a erudite and balanced history of special needs education, an early twentieth century educational innovation that continues to polarize school communities across Canada, the United States, and beyond.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781442628717
• ISBN-10: 1442628715
• Artikelnr.: 47971005

Autorenporträt

Jason Ellis is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 Eugenics Goes to School and Other Strange Legacies: Auxiliary Education’s
Entangled Reform Origins
2 "Inequalities of Children in Original Endowment": iq Testing Transforms
Auxiliary Education, 1919-30
3 Avoiding "Blunders and Stupid Mistakes": Auxiliary Education for
Adolescents, 1923-35
4 "A Mental Equality Where Physical Equality Has Been Denied":
Sight-Saving, Speech and Hearing, and Orthopaedic Classes, 1920-45
5 The "Remarkable Case of Mabel Helen": Special-Subject Disabilities and
Auxiliary Education, 1930-45
6 Changing Ideas in a Changing Environment: The Impact of Personality
Adjustment and Child Guidance
Conclusion
Appendix A Pupil Record Cards
Appendix B Auxiliary Program Enrolments