ERIC Number: EJ1433974
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-0046-760X
EISSN: EISSN-1464-5130
Giving "Reality to the Dim Vision of a Life of Freedom:" A Reassessment of the Impact of the Oswego State Normal School
History of Education, v53 n5 p791-815 2024
Drawing from the Sheldon and Manktelow collections at SUNY Oswego's Penfield Library, along with sociological criteria for a profession -- graduate-level training, autonomy, peer evaluation and responsibility to the public -- this article reassesses Oswego State Normal School's impact on nineteenth-century teacher education. Descriptions of Oswego identify the school as an active site of object teaching and Pestalozzianism in the US. Yet, as this analysis reveals, Edward Austin Sheldon and Oswego's faculty oversaw the development of practices and innovations that were designed to enhance teacher autonomy and to involve teachers in their own learning and evaluation. With Oswego's reputation for innovation spreading, Sheldon took responsibility to describe and defend the teacher preparation work conducted at Oswego. This article argues that Oswego should be remembered not just for the promotion of object teaching and Pestalozzian principles, but also for its efforts to leverage such practices and principles to cultivate a stronger teaching profession.
Descriptors: Educational History, Academic Libraries, Teacher Education, College Faculty, Educational Innovation, Public Schools, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Philosophy, Sensory Experience, Active Learning, Teacher Educators, Advocacy, Peer Evaluation, Teacher Empowerment, Professional Autonomy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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