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Hofmann, Michèle – History of Education, 2021
The article explores the notions of children's intellectual 'ab/normality' that were conceptualised in the context of emerging special educational measures at the turn of the twentieth century and the concomitant notions of child development. From the mid-nineteenth century onwards, the medical classification of 'idiocy' provided the framework for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Intellectual Development, Special Education