A study of special education during the interwar years.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Special education -- Ontario -- History -- 20th century.
Description: An examination of the creation, development and expansion of Special Education during the interwar years in Ontario is long overdue. For the purpose of this study, legislation, scientific practices, the development of rights, and the role of women as professionals, volunteers and mothers have all been analyzed. As will be demonstrated, legislation during this period was enacted for the purpose of identifying and segregating Special Needs children. The creation of Special Education was cultivated by the discovery that scientific procedures could assist with and determine the identification of Special Needs children. Although my research indicates that emergence of Special Education was fundamentally linked to the eugenics movement, the eugenical perspective does not sufficiently explain the development of rights. This paper will demonstrate that during the interwar years, a significant development and expansion occurred in Special Education, and the transformation was principally attributable to the role women played.
Notes: Adviser:  R. Sandwell.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 43-03, page: 0667.

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