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ERIC Number: EJ588866
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
The Arm of the School that Extends into the Homes: The Visiting Teacher Movement, 1906-1940.
Knupfer, Anne Meis
Teachers College Record, v100 n3 p627-55 Spr 1999
Describes the rise of the visiting teacher movement from 1906 to 1940, examining the sources of early visiting teacher work, discussing the origins of visiting teachers' work, noting medical and psychiatric discourses surrounding visiting teachers' work, describing the influence on preservice teacher-education programs, and considering the lessons for current efforts to develop school-linked social services. (SM)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Home Instruction, Itinerant Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Public Education, Social Services
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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