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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
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OCR Text	Show 64 by the Church and its members in fluence will now an attempt in- to establish this be examined. Methods Used to Establish LOS Influence in Utah Statements of the First Presidency The LOS Church has several ways of making its The most formal way is for the First issue a wards (congregations) known.16 the Church to statement which is issued to the officers of the local of the Church. In owned Oeseret News17 statements the Presidency of feelings are being read to the membership addition, the statement is printed in the Church also and Church published which is Ensign, for the purpose of a News.18 Official in other official monthly magazine. First Presidency publications such as 19 l6These methods have been modified over the years. There were fewer methods. The pulpit and the Oeseret News seem to have served as vehicles of communication of Church feelings. Today the Oeseret News is careful to express Mormon views on issues which the Church considers moral issues. On political questions, the Oeseret News, especially since the 19501s, has been careful to avoid the appearance of being an instrument to allow the Church to make politi cal pronouncements. formerly l7Some people have incorrectly stated that the Salt Lake Tribune and the Oeseret News are both owned by the Church. It is true that the agency which prints and distributes the papers is jointly owned. One study of the editorial policies of both papers concluded that the Tribune changed its policies when the "Oeseret News bought out the " Tribune One only need refer to the newspapers' statement of ownership which are periodically published by law. The study in error is Ardath Ivadell Champl in, "Editorial Pol ic tes of the Oeseret News and Salt Lake Tribune Newspapers Toward Education in Utah," (M.A. Thesis, University of Utah, 1963), pp. 127-128. .... 18The Church News is published weekly as a section of the Oeseret News. It is available separately by subscription to persons living outside of Utah. 19An example of an official First Presidency statement is the
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