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Tales from Kentucky one-room school teachers / William Lynwood Montell.

Author/creator Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,
Description293 pages : 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Contents Initial teaching years -- Teaching methods and philosophy -- Bad boys and girls -- Vignettes of one-room schoolhouse life -- Disciplining students -- Daily activities -- Outhouses -- Getting to and from school -- Teacher and community relations -- Students with special needs -- Before and after consolidation -- Home life of students.
Abstract "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].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010044909
ISBN9780813129792 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0813129796 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813129808 (ebook)
ISBN081312980X (ebook)

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