LEADER 03954nam 22005055 450 001 9910148694303321 005 20230424053825.0 010 $a1-4426-5458-9 010 $a1-4426-5267-5 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442652675 035 $a(CKB)3710000000922496 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4730244 035 $a(DE-B1597)479240 035 $a(OCoLC)992527610 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442652675 035 $a(OCoLC)962154323 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_107416 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000922496 100 $a20170630d2017 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aTeachers of the Foothill Province $eThe Story of The Alberta Teachers' Association /$fJohn Chalmers 210 1$aToronto : $cUniversity of Toronto Press, $d[2017] 210 4$dİ1968 215 $a1 online resource (365 pages) 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4426-3904-0 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tPrelude -- $tForeword -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPart I. The Alliance -- $t1. Necessity Most Imperious -- $t2. Where Your Beginnings Are -- $t3. Alarms of Struggle -- $t4. The Doleful Tale of the Bureau of Education -- $t5. From Trade to Profession -- $t6. From Trade to Profession -- $tInterlude: They Rode with John -- $tPart II. The Association -- $t7. The Teaching Profession Act -- $t8. Old Wine in a New Wineskin -- $t9. We Sinais Climb -- $t10. Now Lettest Thy Servant Depart -- $t11. The Blackstock Caper -- $t12. The Ultimate Weapon -- $t13. The Rift in the Lute -- $t14. New Brooms -- $t15. Under the Dome: Variations on a Theme -- $t16. A Home of Fairest Mould -- $t17. Infrastructure -- $t18. The Flowering of the Sixties -- $tInterlude: Tribute to F. J. C. Seymour -- $tPart III. The Federation -- $t19. ATA vs. CTF: A Love-Hate Syndrome -- $tPostlude John Walker Barnett, LL.D. -- $tAppendices -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 1967 the Alberta Teachers' Association published, in honour of Canada's Centennial, a history of the public school system in Alberta entitled Schools of the Foothills Province. This informative book published for the Association by University of Toronto Press is now followed by a companion volume written by the same author, which tells the story of the Association itself, and its long and sturdy efforts to improve the position of teachers and the quality of education in the province. After providing the background to the formation of the ATA (which officially began on July 24, 1918) the author goes on to describe the growth of the organization from its beginnings as a spare-time activity for teachers to a strong influential union. From its earliest years it was affiliated with the labour movements of the Twenties, and fought with increasing strength for the rights of Alberta teachers. Throughout this study, the ATA's concern is evident not only for the economic aspects of teaching for higher salaries and pension schemes, but also for other features: departmental examinations and curricula, preparation and certification of teachers, and educational research.The ATA's mercurial relations with the provincial government are related, its struggle through the depression years and its blossoming in the first decade after 1935 under a Social Credit Government. Leading personalities move through this story against the turbulent background of a growing young province, contributing an air of vigorous controversy and achievement to the story of the ATA. 606 $aEducation$zAlberta$xHistory 606 $aPublic schools$zAlberta 615 0$aEducation$xHistory. 615 0$aPublic schools 676 $a371.1/0062/7123 700 $aChalmers$b John$0899163 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910148694303321 996 $aTeachers of the Foothill Province$92008845 997 $aUNINA