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Tales from Kentucky one-room school teachers

Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-

Tales from Kentucky one-room school teachers [electronic resource] / William Lynwood Montell. - Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2011. - 1 online resource (293 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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].

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Rural schools--History.--Kentucky
Tales--Kentucky.
Teachers--History.--Kentucky
Teaching--Kentucky.
Education--History.--Kentucky


Kentucky--Social life and customs.


Electronic books.

LA292 / .M66 2011

372.12/509769