Chapters: EARLY STARTS (the first attempts at organized education) // NINETEENTH CENTURY IDEALISM (the effort to design and build the perfect school) // THE AMISH ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE // THE TEACHER // SCHOOL BOOK // TEACHING APPARATUS // DESKS AND CHAIRS // RULES AND REGULATIONS
61 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-61).
Contents
Early school history -- On the outside -- A look inside the school -- Who were the teachers? -- They didn't spare the rod -- One of a kind -- What did they teach? -- What the students said -- A day in the life of a schoolboy -- The Amish school -- What happened to the schools?
A historical survey of the one-room schools of southern Lancaster County : a research project presented to the faculty of the Graduate School of Millersville State College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education
