The Arm of the School that Extends into the Homes: The Visiting Teacher Movement, 1906-1940.

Knupfer, Anne Meis

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ERIC Number: EJ588866

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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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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