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Evolution of the teaching profession. 09 November 2011. Lecture Outline. Recap: early teacher training Normal schools Teaching certificates Different certificate levels Teacher organizations & associations Goals Class and g ender based obstacles Article.
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Evolution of the teaching profession 09 November 2011
Lecture Outline • Recap: early teacher training • Normal schools • Teaching certificates • Different certificate levels • Teacher organizations & associations • Goals • Class and gender based obstacles • Article
Normal Schools & Teaching Certificates • Pre-Ryerson: anyone could be a teacher • Normal Schools: • Some standardization • Not mandatory • Teaching Certificates • 3rd class • No experience • Pass a test • 1st and 2nd class certificates • some normal school • practice • test Ontario teacher’s certificate, 1896 source: pada.ca
Teacher organizations & associations Teachers’ Federations • Developed in late 19th century to the end of Great War • Way to collectively deal with grievances • Not removed from wider social contexts Main Goals • Recognition • Professional status • More control & input • Material benefits
Class, Gender, and Teachers’ Federations Obstacles • Pay Equity • Divided the Manitoba Teachers’ Federation 2. Constraining notions of womanhood • Class and gender based 3. Middle-class perceptions about unions St. Boniface Normal School graduating class, 1902