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ERIC Number: EJ522426
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-6744
Country Schooling in the Heartland.
Friedberger, Mark
American Journal of Education, v104 n2 p148-53 Feb 1996
Presents a critical review of Paul Theobald's work, "Call School: Rural Education in the Middle West to 1918." The author discusses Theobald's observations on class formation and migration; his assessment of school boards, teachers, and teaching methods; and his revisionist reading of the Country Life Movement and rural education at the turn of the century. (GR)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Criticism, Educational History, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Migration, Public Schools, Rural Schools, School Administration, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Book/Product Reviews; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Common Schools; Country Life Movement; Nineteenth Century; Theobald (Paul); United States (Midwest)