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Country School Memories An Oral History of One-Room Schooling
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Robert L. Leight, Alice Duffy Rinehart
ISBN: 0-313-30919-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30919-9
168 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 3/30/1999
List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £68.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    The One-Room, One-Teacher School
    Seven Oral Histories
    Teaching and Learning in the One-Room School
    Schoolhouse Memories
    Lessons Learned from the One-Room School
    Appendix: Persons Interviewed
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: ROBERT L. LEIGHT is Professor Emeritus of Lehigh University, College of Education.

ALICE DUFFY RINEHART is Professor Emerita of Lehigh University, College of Education.
LCC Class: 370
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