The Arthurdale Community School : education and reform in depression-era Appalachia /

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This work examines the Arthurdale School, which was created during the Great Depression and dedicated to the purpose of building community and preparing students for participation in democratic society.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stack, Sam F., 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2016]
Colección:Place matters (Series) (Lexington, Ky.)
Temas:
Arthurdale Community School (Arthurdale, W. Va.) > History.
1900-1999
Community and school > West Virginia > Arthurdale > History > 20th century.
Place-based education > Appalachian Region > History > 20th century.
Educational change > Appalachian Region > History > 20th century.
Depressions > 1929 > Appalachian Region.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Community and school.
Depressions.
Educational change.
Place-based education.
Appalachian Region.
West Virginia > Arthurdale.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Progressive education and the Depression
  • Back to the land and the Arthurdale School
  • Elsie Ripley Clapp and the community school
  • Beginning a community school
  • The struggle to survive
  • From community school to traditional
  • The end of a dream?

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