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Title	The professional education association movement and Utah : an interpretive history
Publication Type	dissertation
School or College	College of Education
Department	Educational Leadership & Policy
Author	Rees, Willard Dale
Date	1977
Description	This study is largely an examination of the rhetoric of the opponents and proponents of unionism. Statements are analyzed in the attempt to determine whether the motives of the arguing parties have been other than strictly educational. While the issue has centered around the meaning of professionalism, it is clear that a major concern of all parties is economic. The rhetorical arguments associated with merit pay, accountability, and class size are also examined. Findings again suggest that such arguments, although presented in educational terms, are based in large part on economic considerations. The research further suggests that since professionalism implies that a scientific body of knowledge should be used to settle issues, the question might be asked why such a knowledge has not conscientiously been sought to help solve such issues. The national scene is explored in general while the movement in Utah is analyzed more specifically. The Utah situation is studied to determine if the development of the teacher power movement in Utah has been affected by the prominence of the Mormon Church in the state and whether the development in Utah has been significantly different from the development nationally. Given the dominant role of the Mormon value system in Utah, and the explicit statements vis-a-vis unionism by Mormon leaders, one might expect the adoption of unionism by Utah teachers to proceed slowly. However, a close examination of actual developments in Utah since the late 1950's indicates that the movement in Utah has essentially followed the national pattern. In fact, Utah was one of the early states to adopt union tactics. Why this is so is largely left unstudied. It is suggested that this be a topic for future study.
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Publisher	University of Utah
Dissertation Name	Doctor of Philosophy
Language	eng
Rights Management	© Willard Dale Rees
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OCR Text	Show 14 teacher walkout valuable information and statements from provides representatives of various power groups in Utah which in what the role of the UEA ought be.27 to Kelley'sstudy Utah Council for the Improvement of Education arm of the UEA, outlines the "need" for such Though his study does not which UCIE is involved, vides historical data concerning the UEA and in addition states such an organization Thomas F. some M ormons by providing James R. ships a of the UEA as a peop 1 non-Mormon e. 29 a viewpoint arm. problems with in that it pro involvement of the scholarly work which study of the Mormon influence in Utah. "Church and State Relation- in Mormonism of the Church from those of the As for literature political justification for having in Education in Utah" has also been of difficulty the of the It has contributed to this Clark's doctoral dissertation, understand the political helpful political O'Dea's The Mormons is . examlnes a the interested UCIE.28 the as (UCIE), objectively consider it is nevertheless are some sorting help in trying to out the domains of state.3D pertaining to the professional education 27Dallas Dee Morgan, liThe Utah Educational Controversy, 19631964: A Study in Political Behavior" (M.S. thesis, University of Utah, 1967). 28Darrell Major Kelley, "Major Political Strategies of Pro (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Utah,1970). fessional Organizations" 29Thomas Press, 1957). 30 F. O'Dea, The Mormons (Chicago: University of Chicago James R. Clark, "Church and State Relationships in Education in Utah" (Ph. D. di sserta ti on, Utah State Uni vers i ty, 1958).
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