Tales from Kentucky One-room School Teachers

by Montell, William Lynwood

• ISBN13: 9780813129792
• ISBN10: 0813129796
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-12
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

Summary

"This book provides descriptive accounts of what the one-room school era was like for teachers, students, and the wider community, encompassing school infrastructure, school events both typical and unusual, teacher-student relationships, and other factors relative to the culture of an educational system that began in pioneer times and ended during the 1950s to the 1970s, primarily in the 1960s"--P. [1].

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Initial Teaching Years	p. 7
Teaching Methods and Philosophy	p. 49
Bad Boys and Girls	p. 65
Vignettes of One-Room Schoolhouse Life	p. 73
Disciplining Students	p. 121
Daily Activities	p. 144
Outhouses	p. 174
Getting to and from School	p. 178
Teacher and Community Relations	p. 192
Students with Special Needs	p. 211
Before and After Consolidation	p. 218
Home Life of Students	p. 240
Conclusion	p. 250
Biographies of Storytellers	p. 253
Index of Stories by County	p. 287
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