Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin, 1933. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Bibliography: leaves [95]-99.

Diss. Stockholm : Stockholms universitet, 2006.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1930. / Vita. Published also as Teachers College, Columbia University, Contributions to education, no. 408. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Bibliography: p. 67-71.

The aim of this study is to examine some teachers and assistants’ perception of conditions for students’ democratic participation in the compulsory school for learning disabilities specialization training school. In order to deepen and more clearly describe the purpose of the study, three issues have been selected. Firstly, how do teachers and assistants perceive the concept of participation? Secondly, how do teachers and assistants perceive students opportunities for participation in teaching? And finally, do teachers and assistants perceive students’ opportunities for participation in democratic activities of school? It is a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. A total of four interviews are included: two with teachers and two with assistants. The study has Shier’s (2001) model of participation as a theoretical basis. The study shows that teachers and assistant’s perception of participation can be divided into three areas. One is the point of view of making the students’ voices heard. The second is the idea that the students are given the opportunity to make choices, and finally participation perceives as the right to be part of a context. The results also show that teachers and assistants perception of the student’s opportunity to participation in education extends to the opportunity to make choices in every-day-school-life and not to actively participate in their own learning process. Finally, the results show that teachers and assistant’s perception of students’ opportunities to participate in democratic processes are limited within the training school. / Syftet med studien är att undersöka några lärares och assistenters uppfattning om förutsättningarna för elevers demokratiska delaktighet på grundsärskolan inriktning träningsskola. För att fördjupa och tydligare beskriva syftet med studien har tre frågeställningar valts. För det första, hur uppfattar lärare och assistenter begreppet delaktighet? För det andra, hur uppfattar lärare och assistenter elevers förutsättningar för delaktighet i undervisningen? Och slutligen, hur uppfattar lärare och assistenter elevers möjlighet till delaktighet i skolans demokratiska verksamheter? Det är en kvalitativ studie med semistrukturerade intervjuer. Två stycken med lärare och två stycken med assistenter, totalt fyra intervjuer ingår. Studien har Shiers (2001) delaktighetsmodell som teoretisk utgångspunkt. Studiens resultat visar på att lärares och assistenters uppfattningar om delaktighet delas in i tre områden. Det första är uppfattningen om att göra elevens röst hörd. Det andra är uppfattningen om att eleven får möjlighet att göra val och slutligen uppfattas delaktighet som rätten att vara en del i ett sammanhang. Resultaten visar också att lärares och assistenters uppfattning om elevens möjlighet till delaktighet i undervisningen sträcker sig till val i skolvardagen och inte till att aktivt delta i sin egen kunskapsprocess. Slutligen visar resultaten att lärares och assistenters uppfattning om elevers möjlighet att delta i demokratiska processer är begränsad inom träningsskolans praktik.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1930. / Vita. Published also as Teachers College, Columbia University, Contributions to education, no. 408. Bibliography: p. 67-71. Also issued in print.

Compulsory sterilization as a tool of eugenics occurred in the United States from before the U.S. Supreme Court upheld its’ constitutionality in 1927 until the early 1970s. Initial justification for removing a person’s ability to procreate was rooted in hereditarian assertions that disability was transmitted from parent to offspring, and incorporated an economic argument that individuals with disabilities placed a financial burden on the state for care. Due to scientific deconstruction of the hereditarian argument, rationalization for sterilization evolved into an anxiety over the perceived inability of the disabled to parent. The state of Utah sterilized 738 individuals with intellectual disabilities from 1935 to 1974. This paper explores how Utah was similar to other states in terms of implementing compulsory sterilization through the establishment of the Utah State Training School and the philosophy of its leadership team.

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"The purpose of this study was to survey the cases of forty mentally retarded patients who have been presented by the Pre-parole Service to the Social Service Planning Staff of the Rosewood State Training School, Owings Mills, Maryland, from March through October 1959, in order to describe the differences--if any--on 18 selected items between the 28 retarded patients approved and the 12 disapproved for eventual return to the community. It was anticipated that such an analysis might more clearly define the term 'readiness for parole'"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1960." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Merle M. Foeckler, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references.

"The purpose of this study was to describe to a limited degree the characteristics of five patients of the Rosewood State Training School under consideration for discharge from the institution through the Community Adjustment Unit during December, 1958. It was believed that a case study of five patients would reveal some of the observable factors which may have influenced these five patients being ready for discharge. In addition, the five case illustrations descriptively present the function and procedures of one unit of the Social Services Department, Rosewood State Training School, Owings Mills, Maryland"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1959." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Dorothy D. Hayes, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references.