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Country school memories : an oral history of one-room schooling / Robert L. Leight, Alice Duffy Rinehart.
Van Pelt Library LC5147.P4 L45 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leight, Robert L., 1932-
- Series:
- Contributions to the study of education 0196-707X ; no. 74.
- Contributions to the study of education, 0196-707X ; no. 74
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rural schools--Pennsylvania--History--20th century--Case studies.
- Rural schools.
- Education, Rural--Pennsylvania--History--20th century--Case studies.
- Education, Rural.
- Teachers--Pennsylvania--Interviews.
- Teachers.
- Students--Pennsylvania--Interviews.
- Students.
- Oral history.
- Interviews.
- History.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 154 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- One of the few oral histories of small country schools in the period prior to World War II.
- Contents:
- 1. The One-Room, One-Teacher School 1
- 2. Seven Oral Histories 17
- 3. Teaching and Learning in the One-Room School 59
- 4. Schoolhouse Memories 93
- 5. Lessons Learned from the One-Room School 127.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-149) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313309191
- OCLC:
- 39763378
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