Terry Huffman

An Appalachian School in Coal Country

Facing the Challenges of a Changing Region

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Produktbeschreibung

This book describes an elementary school's efforts to respond to the needs of their highly distressed central Appalachian community. These educators, their school, and their community are a microcosm of the changes occurring in the region itself.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9781793603104
• ISBN-10: 1793603103
• Artikelnr.: 56974067

Autorenporträt

By Terry Huffman

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: THE ETHNOGRAPHY Chapter 1: "An
unparalleled place in our cultural imagination"-An Introduction to
Appalachia Chapter 2: "Lonesome beauty"-McDowell County, West Virginia
Chapter 3: "That mountain, it divides the county"-McDowell County School
System and Creekside Elementary School PART II: THE NARRATIVES Chapter 4:
"They were almost always poor"-Identifying the Challenges Chapter 5: "Hold
on to the promise and goodness of a child"-Responding to the Challenges
Chapter 6: "We have to empower them with an education"-Visions of the
Future References About the Author