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Author : Arthur D. Little, Inc
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Teachers in Appalachia written by Arthur D. Little, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Theresa L. Burriss
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821444565
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Appalachia in the Classroom written by Theresa L. Burriss and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appalachia in the Classroom contributes to the twenty-first century dialogue about Appalachia by offering topics and teaching strategies that represent the diversity found within the region. Appalachia is a distinctive region with various cultural characteristics that can’t be essentialized or summed up by a single text. Appalachia in the Classroom offers chapters on teaching Appalachian poetry and fiction as well as discussions of nonfiction, films, and folklore. Educators will find teaching strategies that they can readily implement in their own classrooms; they’ll also be inspired to employ creative ways of teaching marginalized voices and to bring those voices to the fore. In the growing national movement toward place-based education, Appalachia in the Classroom offers a critical resource and model for engaging place in various disciplines and at several different levels in a thoughtful and inspiring way. Contributors: Emily Satterwhite, Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt, John C. Inscoe, Erica Abrams Locklear, Jeff Mann, Linda Tate, Tina L. Hanlon, Patricia M. Gantt, Ricky L. Cox, Felicia Mitchell, R. Parks Lanier, Jr., Theresa L. Burriss, Grace Toney Edwards, and Robert M. West.
Author : Chad Berry
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252097343
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Studying Appalachian Studies written by Chad Berry and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection, contributors reflect on scholarly, artistic, activist, educational, and practical endeavor known as Appalachian Studies. Following an introduction to the field, the writers discuss how Appalachian Studies illustrates the ways interdisciplinary studies emerge, organize, and institutionalize themselves, and how they engage with intellectual, political, and economic forces both locally and around the world. Essayists argue for Appalachian Studies' integration with kindred fields like African American studies, women's studies, and Southern studies, and they urge those involved in the field to globalize the perspective of Appalachian Studies; to commit to continued applied, participatory action, and community-based research; to embrace more fully the field's capacity for bringing about social justice; to advocate for a more accurate understanding of Appalachia and its people; and to understand and overcome the obstacles interdisciplinary studies face in the social and institutional construction of knowledge. Contributors: Chris Baker, Chad Berry, Donald Edward Davis, Amanda Fickey, Chris Green, Erica Abrams Locklear, Phillip J. Obermiller, Douglas Reichert Powell, Michael Samers, Shaunna L. Scott, and Barbara Ellen Smith.
Author : Ronald D. Eller
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813138639
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Uneven Ground written by Ronald D. Eller and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2008-10-24 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This award-winning history examines the politics of progress in America through a close look at industrial development in Appalachia since WWII. Appalachia has played a complex role in the unfolding of American history. Early-twentieth-century critics of modernity saw the region as a remnant of frontier life that should be preserved and protected. However, supporters of material production and technology decried what they saw as a the isolation and backwardness of the region and sought to “uplift” its people through education and industrialization. In Uneven Ground, Ronald D. Eller examines the politics of development in Appalachia while exploring the idea of progress as it has evolved in America. “Passionate, clear, concise, and at times profound,” this volume demonstrates that Appalachia's struggle to overcome poverty, to live in harmony with the land, and to respect the value of community is a truly American story (Chad Berry, author of Southern Migrants, Northern Exiles). Winner of the Appalachian Studies Association’s Weatherford Award and the Southern Political Science Association’s V.O. Key Award
Author : Matthew J. Ferrence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Appalachia North written by Matthew J. Ferrence and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appalachia North is the first book-length treatment of the cultural position of northern Appalachia--roughly the portion of the official Appalachian Regional Commission zone that lies above the Mason-Dixon line. For Matthew Ferrence this region fits into a tight space of not-quite: not quite "regular" America and yet not quite Appalachia. Ferrence's sense of geographic ambiguity is compounded when he learns that his birthplace in western Pennsylvania is technically not a mountain but, instead, a dissected plateau shaped by the slow, deep cuts of erosion. That discovery is followed by the diagnosis of a brain tumor, setting Ferrence on a journey that is part memoir, part exploration of geology and place. Appalachia North is an investigation of how the labels of Appalachia have been drawn and written, and also a reckoning with how a body always in recovery can, like a region viewed always as a site of extraction, find new territories of growth.
Author : Anthony Harkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781946684790
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (847 download)
Download or read book Appalachian Reckoning written by Anthony Harkins and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hillbilly elegy, J.D. Vance described how his family moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan while navigating the collective demons of the past. The book has come to define Appalachia for much of the nation. This collection of essays is a retort, at turns rigorous, critical, angry, and hopeful, to the long shadow cast over the region and its imagining. But it also moves beyond Vance's book to allow Appalachians to tell their own diverse and complex stories of a place that is at once culturally rich and economically distressed, unique and typically American. -- adapted from back cover
Author : Terry Huffman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793603111
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)
Download or read book An Appalachian School in Coal Country written by Terry Huffman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Appalachian School in Coal Country examines the struggles and triumphs of an elementary school in one of the poorest counties in the United States. Despite economic crisis in the county, Creekside Elementary School is achieving unprecedented academic success. This study explores the objectives, goals, and challenges of the educators of Creekside Elementary and the ways in which they are able to serve the needs of their students and community. Creekside is a microcosm of the changes occurring in the Appalachian region itself, and this book examines how one elementary school is able to succeed despite all odds and how others like it can achieve similar results as well.
Author : Melissa R. McClain
Publisher :
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Southern Appalachian Teachers' Perceptions of Their Teacher Preparation Program Regarding the Education of Rural, Economically Disadvantaged Students written by Melissa R. McClain and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural, economically disadvantaged students in Southern Appalachia experienced numerous situations that could negatively affect them socially, emotionally, behaviorally, and academically. Educators who routinely worked with rural, economically disadvantaged students should understand the difficulties these students experienced, as well as employ beneficial instructional strategies aimed at positively impacting their academic success. The purpose of this quantitative non-experimental correlational study was to determine the perceptions of teachers located in the Appalachian region of northeastern Tennessee regarding their preservice teacher preparation programs and their beliefs about how adequately prepared they were to teach ED students in such a way as to positively affect those students’ educational outcomes. For this research study, I surveyed educators in a small, rural, economically disadvantaged Southern Appalachian school district to understand their perceptions of their teacher preparation programs and how well prepared the educators felt to teach rural, economically disadvantaged students. Educators that participated were grouped by teacher preparation program degree type (bachelor’s, master’s, alternative) and years of experience in education (0-10 years, 11-20 years, 21-30 years, 31+ years). From the survey results, it was determined that educators with fewer years of experience in the field of education felt most prepared to teach rural, economically disadvantaged students.
Author : Albert Poudrier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781424185245
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (852 download)
Download or read book Mist Over Appalachia written by Albert Poudrier and published by . This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story unfolds in Appalachia, a small coal mining town in the southwest corner of Virginia. After graduate school and a year of post-graduate studies in secondary education, I accept the first teaching contract offered to me, an eighth grade science position at Powell Valley High School, a comprehensive school integrating grades seven through twelve located a few miles west in the town of Big Stone Gap. A new teacher in a new town, I strive to make science relevant to the adolescents who will soon work and pay taxes in these southern mountain villages. Life makes us all travelers, presented with unforeseen characters and challenges along the way regardless of the paths we choose. Enjoy a novel of personal triumphs and ghastly missteps, of bizarre and beautiful friends, both human and non-human, that journey these pages with me.
Author : Kiplyn J. Collins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Teacher Perceptions of Funds of Knowledge in Central Appalachia written by Kiplyn J. Collins and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined teacher perceptions of their use of funds of knowledge pedagogy in classrooms in two counties in central Appalachia. The funds of knowledge theory was originally applied to the migrant Mexican American population and then transitioned to other minority populations but has rarely been examined within the Appalachian region, nor the central Appalachian region specifically. Since the President’s Appalachian Regional Commission in 1964, the Appalachian region has been recognized by its financial struggles, low employment rates, and low educational achievement. While numerous researchers have examined the problems of education in the area, few studies have sought methods for improving student achievement. Applying funds of knowledge to pedagogy in this region offers a potential improvement to educational achievement. In this basic qualitative research study, teachers were selected from grades 6-8 at schools in two counties in central Appalachia and completed surveys, interviews, and focus groups about the use of funds of knowledge pedagogy in their own classroom, as well their perceptions of their students’ funds of knowledge and the benefits or negative aspects of using this strategy as part of their pedagogy.
Author : Sam F. StackJr.
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813166896
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book The Arthurdale Community School written by Sam F. StackJr. and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of many homestead communities designed during the rollout of the New Deal, Arthurdale, West Virginia, was a bold experiment in progressive social planning. At the center of the settlement was the school, which was established to improve the curriculum offered to Appalachian students. Offering displaced and unemployed coal miners and their families new opportunities, the school also helped those in need to develop a sense of dignity during the Great Depression. The first book-length study of the well-known educational experiment, The Arthurdale Community School illuminates the institution's history, influence, and impact. Founded on American philosopher and reformer John Dewey's idea that learning should be based not on competition but on community, and informed by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's guidance, the Arthurdale project sought to enable both children and adults to regain a sense of identity and place by studying the history and culture of Appalachia. Its goal was not to produce workers for global capitalism but to provide citizens with the tools to participate in a democracy. Author Sam F. Stack Jr. examines both the successes and failures of this famous progressive experiment, providing an in-depth analysis of the Arthurdale School's legacy. A fascinating study of innovation and reform in Appalachia, Stack's book also investigates how this project's community model may offer insights into the challenges facing schools today.
Author : Neema Avashia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781952271427
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (714 download)
Download or read book Another Appalachia written by Neema Avashia and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines both the roots and the resonance of Neema Avashia's identity as a queer desi Appalachian woman. With lyric and narrative explorations of foodways, religion, sports, standards of beauty, social media, and gun culture"--
Author : Amanda E. Hayes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781946684462
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (844 download)
Download or read book The Politics of Appalachian Rhetoric written by Amanda E. Hayes and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In exploring the ways that Appalachian people speak and write, Amanda E. Hayes raises the importance of knowing and respecting communication styles within a marginalized culture. Diving deep into the region's historical roots--especially those of the Scotch-Irish and their influence on her own Appalachian Ohio--Hayes reveals a rhetoric with its own unique logic, utility, and poetry. Hayes also considers the headwinds against Appalachian rhetoric, notably the resistance from ideologies about poverty and the biases of the school system. She connects these to challenges that Appalachian students face in the classroom and pinpoints pedagogical and structural approaches for change. Throughout, Hayes blends conventional scholarship with autobiography, storytelling, and language, illustrating Appalachian rhetoric's validity as a means of creating and sharing knowledge"--
Author : Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Bulletin of Appalachian State Teachers College written by Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.) and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kirk Hazen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781949199550
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
Download or read book Appalachian Englishes in the Twenty-First Century written by Kirk Hazen and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appalachian Englishes in the Twenty-First Century provides a complete exploration of English in Appalachia for a broad audience of scholars and educators. Starting from the premise that just as there is no single Appalachia, there is no single Appalachian dialect, this essay collection brings together wide-ranging perspectives on language variation in the region. Contributors from the fields of linguistics, education, and folklore debunk myths about the dialect's ancient origins, examine subregional and ethnic differences, and consider the relationships between language and identity--individual and collective--in a variety of settings, including schools. They are attentive to the full range of linguistic expression, from everyday spoken grammar to subversive Dale Earnhardt memes. A portal to the language scholarship of the last thirty years, Appalachian Englishes in the Twenty-First Century translates state-of-the-art research for a nonspecialist audience, while setting the agenda for further study of language in one of America's most recognized regions.
Author : Dwight B. Billings
Publisher : Place Matters: New Directions
ISBN 13 : 9780813179131
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (791 download)
Download or read book Appalachia in Regional Context written by Dwight B. Billings and published by Place Matters: New Directions. This book was released on 2020-02-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. Nowhere is that more true than in Appalachian studies--a field which brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around a region to contest misappropriations of resources and power and combat stereotypes of isolation and intolerance. In Appalachian studies, the diverse ways in which place is invoked, the person who invokes it, and the reasons behind that invocation all matter greatly. In Appalachia in Regional Context: Place Matters, Dwight B. Billings and Ann E. Kingsolver bring together voices from a variety of disciplines to broaden the conversation. The book begins with chapters challenging conventional representations of Appalachia by exploring the relationship between regionalism, globalism, activism, and everyday experience theoretically. Other chapters examine foodways, depictions of Appalachia in popular culture, and the experiences of rural LGBTQ youth. Poems by renowned social critic bell hooks interleave the chapters and add context to reflections on the region. Drawing on cultural anthropology, sociology, geography, media studies, political science, gender and women's studies, ethnography, social theory, art, music, literature and regional studies pedagogy, this volume furthers the exploration of new perspectives on one of America's most compelling and misunderstood regions."--
Author : Betty Jamerson Reed
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 9781973637448
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (374 download)
Download or read book Soldiers in Petticoats written by Betty Jamerson Reed and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophia Sawyer, Emily Prudden, and Martha Berry encountered sexism, prejudice, financial hardship, discrimination, challenging travel conditions, exclusion from the right to vote, and social complacency. On one occasion two militiamen showed up at the school door and threatened to arrest the teacher if she continued teaching black children to read. Another instructor dealt with murder and mayhem, violence, loss of life, and racial hostility. And a third was shunned by her neighbors because she associated with poor mountaineers and "begged" to keep her school open. Their victories against overwhelming obstacles on behalf of struggling youth in the Southern Appalachian region, as well as in Oklahoma and Arkansas, led each into a deeper Christian life. With vision, audacity, and resolution these teachers enabled students to succeed. Their accomplishments as educators and as Christians provide inspiration for today's readers. Sawyer, Prudden, and Berry were viewed in their culture as weak. However, they battled ignorance, bias, superstition, and even dirt, as they effectively changed the lives of thousands of children and adults.
