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Jason Ellis is assistant professor in the Department of Educational Studies at UBC.
In his book, A Class by Themselves? Children, Youth, and Special Education in a North American City - Toronto, 1910 - 45 (U. Of Toronto Press 2018) he provides a history of special needs education, an early 20th century innovation that continues to polarize school communities across Canada. It is the first book to deeply investigate rich archival sources on the subject, including 1,000 pupil records of young people with learning difficulties who attended public schools between 1918 and 1945. These records show that learning disabled students were marked as different and often inferior to other school children.
BOOKS:
A Class by Themselves? Children, Youth, and Special Education in a North American City - Toronto, 1910 - 45 (U. Of Toronto Press 2018) $32.95 978-1-4426-2871-7
[BCBW 2017]
In his book, A Class by Themselves? Children, Youth, and Special Education in a North American City - Toronto, 1910 - 45 (U. Of Toronto Press 2018) he provides a history of special needs education, an early 20th century innovation that continues to polarize school communities across Canada. It is the first book to deeply investigate rich archival sources on the subject, including 1,000 pupil records of young people with learning difficulties who attended public schools between 1918 and 1945. These records show that learning disabled students were marked as different and often inferior to other school children.
BOOKS:
A Class by Themselves? Children, Youth, and Special Education in a North American City - Toronto, 1910 - 45 (U. Of Toronto Press 2018) $32.95 978-1-4426-2871-7
[BCBW 2017]
