"The Important Consideration, after All, Is Disability": Physical Standards for Teachers in Los Angeles, 1930-1970

Autor/in	Chmielewski, Kristen
Titel	"The Important Consideration, after All, Is Disability": Physical Standards for Teachers in Los Angeles, 1930-1970
Quelle	In: History of Education Quarterly, 60 (2020) 3, S.351-379 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2680
Schlagwörter	Teachers; Public Schools; Educational History; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Retirement; Educational Policy; Aging (Individuals); Teacher Competencies; Clinical Diagnosis; Standards; Social Bias; Physical Disabilities; Physical Examinations; Federal Legislation; Civil Rights Legislation; California (Los Angeles) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Aging; Altern; Lehrkunst; Standard; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung; Medical examination; Medizinische Untersuchung; Bundesrecht; Private law; Bürgerliches Recht
Abstract	Ideas and norms about disability shaped the experiences and careers of every teacher and prospective teacher in the Los Angeles public schools between 1930 and 1970. Medical doctors created and conducted the extensive medical examinations that teaching candidates and practicing teachers needed to pass to enter or remain in the classroom. The Los Angeles City Board of Education capitalized on existing disability-related retirement policies, targeting educators with age-related disabilities and enacting a compulsory retirement age for all teachers. Teachers accused of disability-related incompetence could only retain their positions if they could disprove their diagnoses. By adding this discussion of teachers' bodies and disability to the historiography of teachers, we can better understand teachers' experiences and the ways in which school leaders attempted to define and enforce standards of normality. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01