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Direct linkNeeganagwedgin, Erica – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2013
This paper provides a historical review of the education system in Canada and its impact on Indigenous women. By doing so, I hope to address the inequities that surround current educational policies and practices. Also in this paper, I critically investigate the salient aspects of the educational experiences of the women in a contemporary context,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Females, Womens Education
Woodall, Susan – History of Education, 2009
William Horsley (1775-1858) was active in London from the late 1790s. A founder member of the Philharmonic Society, Horsley was at the heart of the musical establishment, working as a composer, organist, commentator and teacher. His teaching career spanned over 50 years, during which time he took private pupils, trained choristers and organists…
Descriptors: Females, Teaching Methods, Educational History, Music Activities
Whitehead, Kay – Gender and Education, 2010
British teacher education in the interwar years was a contested field, dominated numerically by women but regulated by the Board of Education. The traditional perception of women's residential training colleges was that they were autocratic and socially isolated. By focusing on Gipsy Hill Training College (GHTC), the first specialist training…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Education Curriculum, Females, Early Childhood Education
Goodman, Joyce – History of Education, 2005
Mary Dendy has received attention from historians because she was the first paid commissioner under the Board of Control (the administrative body that regulated the 1913 Mental Deficiency Act), was at the forefront in disseminating views regarding the sexual proclivities of feeble-minded women and because she advocated permanent segregated care…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Sexuality, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation
Brown, Anna – History of Education, 2005
This paper addresses the theme of "insiders and outsiders in the history of education" in two ways. First, it is an exploration of the journey of one woman from being an educational outsider to her influential position on the inside as a local and national educational policymaker. Ellen Pinsent's life is illustrative of the transition of…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Special Education, Special Schools, Access to Education
Download full textBureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
There are three types of schools for the deaf included in this bulletin: (1) Those controlled and supported by the State; (2) Those controlled and financed by private organizations; and (3) Those operated as a part of the city public-school systems. This bulletin provides information for the schools for the deaf from 1917 to 1918. Contents…
Descriptors: Educational History, Special Education, Special Needs Students, Special Schools
