The Birth Of Education In One Room Country Schools

Author : Wayne Edison Fuller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One-room Schools of the Middle West written by Wayne Edison Fuller and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Midwest's one-room schools were, Fuller observes, the most democratic in the nation. Located in small, independent school districts, these schools virtually wiped out illiteracy, promoted democratic values, and opened up new vistas beyond the borders of their students' lives. Entire communities, Fuller shows, revolved around these schools. At various times they were used as churches, polling places, sites of political caucuses, and meeting halls for local organizations. But as America urbanized and the movement to consolidate took hold in rural counties, these little centers of learning were left at the margins of the educational system. Some were torn down, some left to weather away, some sold at auction, and still others transformed into museums. Despite its demise, Fuller argues, here was a school system that worked. His book offers a timely reminder of what schools can accomplish when communities work closely together to educate their children.

Author : Charles Athiel Harper
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 9780837139395
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Century of Public Teacher Education written by Charles Athiel Harper and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1970 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ian G. Mackenzie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Birth of Education in One-room Country Schools written by Ian G. Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393285979
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child's Education written by Susan Wise Bauer and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you read only one book on educating children, this should be the book.… With a warm, informative voice, Bauer gives you the knowledge that will help you flex the educational model to meet the needs of your child.” —San Francisco Book Review Our K–12 school system isn’t a good fit for all—or even most—students. It prioritizes a single way of understanding the world over all others, pushes children into a rigid set of grades with little regard for individual maturity, and slaps “disability” labels on differences in learning style. Caught in this system, far too many young learners end up discouraged. This informed, compassionate, and practical guidebook will show you how to take control of your child’s K–12 experience and negotiate the school system in a way that nurtures your child’s mind, emotions, and spirit. Understand why we have twelve grades, and why we match them to ages. Evaluate your child’s maturity, and determine how to use that knowledge to your advantage. Find out what subject areas we study in school, why they exist—and how to tinker with them. Discover what learning disabilities and intellectual giftedness are, how they can overlap, how to recognize them, and how those labels can help (or hinder) you. Work effectively with your child’s teachers, tutors, and coaches. Learn to teach important subjects yourself. Challenge accepted ideas about homework and standardized testing. Help your child develop a vision for the future. Reclaim your families’ priorities (including time for eating together, playing, imagining, traveling, and, yes, sleeping!). Plan for college—or apprenticeships. Consider out-of-the-box alternatives.

Author : Jerry Apps
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870207539
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One-Room Country Schools written by Jerry Apps and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A popular collection of memories and recollections from people who learned at and taught in one-room schools in Wisconsin, including former pupil Jerry Apps, the book’s author.

Author : Franklin L. Yoder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781948509046
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All in One Room written by Franklin L. Yoder and published by . This book was released on 2018-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew Gulliford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Country Schools written by Andrew Gulliford and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An abundantly illustrated history of the country school with plans of interiors and grounds. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Alfie Kohn
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618083459
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Schools Our Children Deserve written by Alfie Kohn and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning. Reprint.

Author : Patricia Beathard
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1466970243
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Schools of Yesteryear written by Patricia Beathard and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 9:00 in the morning, the day begins for children of the 1800's as they walk to their one room school. Children ages eight through eighteen years of age enter the building as they are greeted by their teacher. All of the students will be learning their lessons in one room at the same time. The schoolhouses grades one through eight and all grade level subjects are taught by one teacher. The schoolhouse is often very cold, because there is only a potbelly stove to warm it. Long windows on two sides of the room provide the only light in the room. There is no cafeteria for a warm meal and no bathroom facilities in the building. Even with these minimum facilities, these children have fun as they learn through spelling bees and ciphering contests. This book includes sections on games that were played during recess, recipes of food eaten for lunch, directions on how to make items used in school at this time, and samples of lessons that were learned.

Author : Robert L. Leight
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Country School Memories written by Robert L. Leight and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1999 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small isolated country schools were the major educational institution in rural America for more than two hundred fifty years until they were replaced by consolidated schools by the second half of the twentieth century. Country School Memories uses the techniques of oral history to capture ehe insights of forty-seven individuals who had participated in the one-room school experience as teachers or students during the period from 1900-1955. Beginning with an overview of rural education during the twentieth century, the authors analyze the distinctive pedagogy of rural schoolteachers, the character of the teachers, and the culture of the schools. They discuss the school consolidation movement that ended the reign of one-room schoolhouses and draw conclusions about lessons that can be learned by contemporary educators from old-time schools.