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ERIC Number: EJ590556
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1946
Teaching and Educational Theory: Can (and Should) This Marriage Be Saved?
Laird, Susan
Educational Studies: A Journal in the Foundations of Education, v29 n2 p131-51 Sum 1998
In discussing the intellectual and institutional history of the foundations of education, this paper examines the gendered splits in this history, analyzing ways that women have been historically excluded by the politics of academe from contributing to educational theory, being effectively positioned within "women's true profession." Three contradictions between teaching and educational theory are discussed (demographic, normative, and existential). (SM)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Foundations of Education, Higher Education, Politics of Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Sex Discrimination, Social History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Social Foundations of Education
Note: Journal availability: American Educational Studies Association, Eastern Michigan University, 1215 Huron River Dr., Ypsilanti, MI 48197.