{"product_id":"a-class-by-themselves-the-origins-of-special-education-in-toronto-and-beyond-paperback-softback-9781442628717","title":"A Class by Themselves?; The Origins of Special Education in Toronto and Beyond (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442628717","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Class by Themselves?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Origins of Special Education in Toronto and Beyond\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJason Ellis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442628717\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 February 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Class by Themselves?\u003c\/i\u003e, Jason Ellis provides an 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. \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEllis situates the evolution of this educational innovation in its proper historical context to explore the rise of intelligence testing, the decline of child labour and rise of vocational guidance, emerging trends in mental hygiene and child psychology, and the implementation of a new progressive curriculum. At the core of this study are the students. This book is the first to draw deeply on rich archival sources, including 1000 pupil records of young people with learning difficulties, who attended public schools between 1918 and 1945. Ellis uses these records to retell individual stories that illuminate how disability filtered down through the school system\u0026amp;#x2019;s many nooks and crannies to mark disabled students as different from (and often inferior to) other school children.  \u003ci\u003eA Class by Themselves?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003esheds new light on these and other issues by bringing special education\u0026amp;#x2019;s curious past to bear on its constantly contested present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Eugenics Goes to School and Other Strange Legacies: Auxiliary Education\u0026amp;#x2019;s Entangled Reform Origins\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 \"Inequalities of Children in Original Endowment\": iq Testing Transforms Auxiliary Education, 1919–30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Avoiding \"Blunders and Stupid Mistakes\": Auxiliary Education for Adolescents, 1923–35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 \"A Mental Equality Where Physical Equality Has Been Denied\": Sight-Saving, Speech and Hearing, and Orthopaedic Classes, 1920–45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The \"Remarkable Case of Mabel Helen\": Special-Subject Disabilities and Auxiliary Education, 1930–45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Changing Ideas in a Changing Environment: The Impact of Personality Adjustment and Child Guidance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A Pupil Record Cards\u003c\/p\u003eAppendix B Auxiliary Program Enrolments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52588162384152,"sku":"9781442628717","price":22.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-class-by-themselves-the-origins-of-special-education-in-toronto-and-beyond-paperback-softback-9781442628717","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}