Beyond The One Room School

Author : P. Bruce Uhrmacher,Kristen E Bunn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789460912870

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Beyond the One Room School by P. Bruce Uhrmacher,Kristen E Bunn Pdf

The purpose of this book is to showcase K-12 unique and educational significant activities that we may all learn from. The essays in the book, under girded by sound research, highlight remarkable activities that are already taking place around the world. The essays offer a detailed description of a classroom or a school; provide an interpretation of what is taking place in this setting and why; and inform readers about what can be learned from the setting. Some readers will appreciate the vivid descriptions, which will encourage them to push their own thinking. Others may learn from the author’s discussion of essential ideas from the essay, which can be reflected upon and tranferred into other situations. All readers are likely to appreciate hearing about the varied and creative activities. The stories of these noteworthy teachers fall into four categories: risk-taking, creativity, care and community, and interconnectedness. Within these themes are ideas that teachers can use to create their own remarkable classrooms. Each theme is discussed and then several examples of how the theme plays out in the educational setting are described.

Author : Raymond Bial
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education, Rural
ISBN : 9780395905142

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One-room School by Raymond Bial Pdf

Presents a brief history of the one-room schools that existed in the United States from the 1700s to the 1950s.

Author : Avi
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0152046992

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The Secret School by Avi Pdf

A story about a headstrong fourteen-year-old girl determined to control her own destiny and become a young teacher.

Author : William Lynwood Montell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813129808

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Tales from Kentucky One-Room School Teachers by William Lynwood Montell Pdf

In an educational era defined by large school campuses and overcrowded classrooms, it is easy to overlook the era of one-room schools, when teachers filled every role, including janitor, and provided a familylike atmosphere in which children also learned from one another. In Tales from Kentucky One-Room School Teachers, William Lynwood Montell reclaims an important part of Kentucky's social, cultural, and educational heritage, assembling a fun and fascinating collection of schoolroom stories that chronicle a golden era in Kentucky. The firsthand narratives and anecdotes in this collection cover topics such as teacher-student relationships, day-to-day activities, lunchtime foods, students' personal relationships, and, of course, the challenges of teaching in a one-room school. Montell includes tales about fund-raising pie suppers, pranks, outrageous student behavior (such as the quiet little boy whose first "sharing" involved profanity), and variety of other topics. Montell even includes some of his own memories from his days as a pupil in a one-room school. Tales from Kentucky One-Room School Teachers is a delightful glimpse of the history of education.

Author : Salman Khan
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781455508396

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The One World Schoolhouse by Salman Khan Pdf

A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-engineer and hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with algebra, into a worldwide phenomenon. Today millions of students, parents, and teachers use the Khan Academy's free videos and software, which have expanded to encompass nearly every conceivable subject; and Academy techniques are being employed with exciting results in a growing number of classrooms around the globe. Like many innovators, Khan rethinks existing assumptions and imagines what education could be if freed from them. And his core idea-liberating teachers from lecturing and state-mandated calendars and opening up class time for truly human interaction-has become his life's passion. Schools seek his advice about connecting to students in a digital age, and people of all ages and backgrounds flock to the site to utilize this fresh approach to learning. In The One World Schoolhouse, Khan presents his radical vision for the future of education, as well as his own remarkable story, for the first time. In these pages, you will discover, among other things: How both students and teachers are being bound by a broken top-down model invented in Prussia two centuries ago Why technology will make classrooms more human and teachers more important How and why we can afford to pay educators the same as other professionals/DIV How we can bring creativity and true human interactivity back to learning/DIV Why we should be very optimistic about the future of learning. Parents and politicians routinely bemoan the state of our education system. Statistics suggest we've fallen behind the rest of the world in literacy, math, and sciences. With a shrewd reading of history, Khan explains how this crisis presented itself, and why a return to "mastery learning," abandoned in the twentieth century and ingeniously revived by tools like the Khan Academy, could offer the best opportunity to level the playing field, and to give all of our children a world-class education now. More than just a solution, The One World Schoolhouse serves as a call for free, universal, global education, and an explanation of how Khan's simple yet revolutionary thinking can help achieve this inspiring goal.

Author : Susan Apps-Bodilly
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780870206160

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One Room Schools by Susan Apps-Bodilly Pdf

Have you ever wondered what it was like to attend a one-room school, to be in the same classroom as your older brother or younger sister, or to have your teacher live with your family for part of the school year? In One Room Schools, Susan Apps-Bodilly chronicles life in Wisconsin’s early country schools, detailing the experiences of the students, the role of the teacher, and examples of the curriculum, including the importance of Wisconsin School of the Air radio programs. She describes the duties children had at school besides their schoolwork, from cleaning the erasers and sweeping cobwebs out of the outhouse to carrying in wood for the stove. She also tells what led to the closing of the one room schools, which were more than just centers of learning: they also served as the gathering place for the community. Susan Apps-Bodilly drew from the research compiled by her father Jerry Apps for his book, One-Room Country Schools: History and Recollections. Apps-Bodilly has geared her book toward young readers who will learn what students and their teacher did on cold mornings before the wood stove warmed them up. They also will find out how to play recess games like Fox and Geese and Anti-I-Over and will learn the locations of 10 former one room schools that can be toured. Apps-Bodilly also encourages readers to ask themselves what lessons can be learned from these early schools that have application for today’s schools? One Room Schools will transport young readers back in time and make their grandparents and others of that generation nostalgic—perhaps even prompting them to share memories of their school days.

Author : Wj Reichertz
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1469198770

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Purpose Beyond 2012 by Wj Reichertz Pdf

Like many Americans, Ricky Vogt was searching for a career and purpose during the fallout from America's 2008 economic implosion. At the same time the nation was searching to resolve energy, environmental, and economic problems within a dysfunctional political system. This story explains how Vogt joined his fellow Americans as they fought amongst themselves in search of a better vision. He questions how community resolves the tension between intolerance and personal liberty; between the selfishness of trickle-down economics and the ideals of spirituality and our founding documents promoting the common good. The book depicts Vogt's evolving search for better solutions and a new way forward.

Author : Ray Long
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781450259811

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Beyond the Hills That Beckon by Ray Long Pdf

Various folk who enjoyed reading The Hills That Beckon questioned the author, When are you going to write a sequel? After much consideration Mr. Long decided to comply with their requests. His first narrative was confined to the Poosey Ridge area of Madison County, Kentucky.The sequel goes beyond the borders written about in the first book and includes other areas hence, the title Beyond The Hills That Beckon. This writing differs by focusing on other families and events in the region rather than only the authors family. The reader will be reintroduced to the Poosey Ridge location from a perspective not addressed in The Hills That Beckon.

Author : Jean Barman
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802071856

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The West Beyond the West by Jean Barman Pdf

Critically acclaimed since its publication in 1991, the BC history of choice has now been revised. Here is the story of Canada's westernmost province, beginning at the point of contact between Native peoples and Europeans and continuing up to 1995. Jean Barman tells the story by focusing not only on the history made by leaders in government but also by including the roles of women, immigrants, and Native peoples. She interweaves political, social, economic, and demographic events into an absorbing account that reveals the roots of contemporary British Columbia in all its diversity and apparent contradictions. The revised edition has been updated to include information from the 1991 census and revisions have been made throughout the book, including the references, to update it to 1995.

Author : Michael P. Harker,Paul Theobald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131681376

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Harker's One-room Schoolhouses by Michael P. Harker,Paul Theobald Pdf

Michael Harker’s goal is to record Iowa’s historically significant architecture before it disappears forever. From Coon Center School no. 5 in Albert City to Pleasant Valley School in Kalona, North River School in Winterset to Douglas Center School in Sioux Rapids, and Iowa’s first school to Grant Wood’s first school, he has achieved this goal on a grand scale in Harker’s One-Room Schoolhouses.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015079893023

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tabitha Carwile Daniel,Kay W. Terry
Publisher : Corwin
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1995-07-13
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015035023970

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Multiage Classrooms by Design by Tabitha Carwile Daniel,Kay W. Terry Pdf

This concise guidebook brings together all the basics you need to know about the multiage classroom. Daniel and Terry discuss the importance of developmentally appropriate practice and examine the roles and responsibilities of teachers with regard to curriculum planning, instructional delivery systems, classroom organization, classroom management, student self-directed learning, and peer tutoring. The authors explain how the role of principal is critical to the success of your multiage classrooms. You'll also learn how to arrange the physical environment of your classrooms to provide the most effective environment for learning. In a section of real-life interviews, teachers, principals, parents, and community members share their perceptions and concerns about multiage classrooms.

Author : J. Morgan
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798888320679

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Beyond Blood by J. Morgan Pdf

John Hunter and Tom Byner are two young men from the Saline District of the Cherokee Nation during the fateful period between the United States Civil War and Oklahoma statehood. Theirs is a land and a people caught between the courts of Hanging Judge Parker and local tribal authority. In a time and place where most still carried a gun, events were occurring almost daily that were to bring about change to their people. Intent on survival, nonetheless, the blood that flows in their veins propels them down a path where they find themselves struggling to maintain the convictions and beliefs that had been passed down to them since the Trail of Tears. It is their anonymity that provides the illusion of sanctuary, but even this is shattered with the arrival of Katie Dickinson, an attractive young girl caught up in the designs of those who see the opportunities to be had at the expense of the Cherokee people. It is through her friendship with Mary Baldridge that she connects with the young men and finds in these three friends her only hope for escape. But Katie's presence places the young men on a path that directly collides with the powers that be, unscrupulous powers that see the friends as impediments to plans for control and reward. As events unfold, each must search within themselves and come face-to-face with their own core beliefs and choose whether to strengthen or weaken in the face of adversity. They are aided by the oversight of their enemies that simply do not recognize the abilities of John Hunter. As they are forced to maneuver the changing world of their people, each step must be placed with care on a path where the gate is strait and the way increasingly narrow. 1

Author : David E. Shi
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1570034664

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The Bell Tower and Beyond by David E. Shi Pdf

The president of Furman University reflects on a variety of subjects.

Author : Ken Tate,Janice Tate
Publisher : DRG Wholesale
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 1882138503

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Good Old Days Remembers the Little Country Schoolhouse by Ken Tate,Janice Tate Pdf

What was is about the little country schoolhouse that so endears it to us? Travel with us to a time when education was a lot more than the three R's. You'll treasure this collection of heartwarming memories about those "dear old Golden Rule days."