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ERIC Number: EJ598241
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
Becoming a Special Educator: Specialized Professional Training for Teachers of Children with Disabilities in Boston, 1870-1930.
Osgood, Robert L.
Teachers College Record, v101 n1 p82-105 Fall 1999
Examines the development of a separate professional identity for teachers of children with disabilities, highlighting Boston public schools from 1870-1930, tracing emergent professionalization and training among teachers in institutions for individuals with disabilities, discussing specialized training for teachers working in four special education programs, and noting how teacher training has contributed to the separation between general and special educators. (SM)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Public Schools, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Qualifications
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Boston Public Schools MA; Professionalization of Teaching