Historical Context, Professional Authority, and Discourses of Risk: Child Guidance and Special Education

Compares the problem of social maladjustment addressed during the child guidance movement in the 1920s-30s with the issue of minority overrepresentation beginning in the 1960s. Both exhibit similarities as discourses of educational risk shaping the conception of problems facing youth and influencing...

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Published inTeachers College record (1970) Vol. 104; no. 3; p. 563
Main Author Richardson, John G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.04.2002
Subjects
Adjustment (to Environment)
Child Guidance Movement
Educational History
Elementary Secondary Education
Minority Group Children
Racial Discrimination
Social Adjustment
Special Education
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Summary:Compares the problem of social maladjustment addressed during the child guidance movement in the 1920s-30s with the issue of minority overrepresentation beginning in the 1960s. Both exhibit similarities as discourses of educational risk shaping the conception of problems facing youth and influencing professional intervention. The paper examines contrast in the directional fate of each. (Contains references.) (SM)
ISSN:0161-4681
DOI:10.1111/1467-9620.00172