Amish Children

, by Spindler, Louise S.; Huntington, Gertrude Enders; Hostetler, John Andrew

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ISBN: 9780030315923 | 0030315921
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/2/1992

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Foreword

Amish Culture and Educational Goals

(18)

Introduction

(2)

Location and Origin

(3)

Community Organization

(2)

Core Values

(5)

Maintaining a redemptive community

(1)

Separation from the world

(1)

Voluntary adult baptism

(1)

The maintenance of community discipline

(1)

Excommunication and shunning

(1)

A life in harmony with the soil and nature

(1)

The Goals of Education: ``Humility and Simple Living''

(1)

Beliefs about Human Nature

(2)

Methods of the Study

(3)

Socialization Patterns and the Life Cycle

(18)

The Age Stages

(1)

Adulthood

(1)

Babies

(1)

Little Children

(2)

Scholars

(5)

Young People

(4)

Old Folks

(4)

The Rise of Amish Schools

(14)

Confrontations

(6)

The Supreme Court Decision

(2)

Schools on a Human Scale

(2)

The Vulnerability of the Amish School System

(4)

The Elementary School

(24)

Organization

(1)

The School Board

(3)

Finances

(2)

Enrollment and Attendance

(1)

Compulsory Age

(1)

Areas of Cooperation with the State

(1)

The Physical Setting

(2)

Calendar and Schedule

(2)

The school year

(1)

Weekly schedule

(1)

Daily schedule

(1)

Curriculum

(3)

Extracurricular Learning

(2)

Language Roles

(1)

Post-Elementary School

(1)

Special Schools

(1)

The Problem School

(2)

Training for Community Life

(2)

Proverbs and Wise Sayings

(2)

The Amish Teacher

(18)

Role Expectations

(3)

Teacher Selection

(1)

Teacher Training

(3)

School Management and Teaching Methods

(5)

Rules and Discipline

(3)

Relation to Parents and School Board

(3)

The Amish Scholar

(16)

Standardized Test Results

(4)

The Amish Personality

(7)

Dropouts from Amish Society

104

(2)

Summary

106

(3)

Perspectives on Amish Education

109

(12)

Schools and Community: A Single Integrated Structure

109

(1)

Local Control

110

(1)

Education for Cohesion and Caring

111

(1)

Practical and Visceral Learning

112

(2)

Apprenticeship Training

114

(1)

Small Scale

115

(2)

A Comfortable Identity

117

(1)

A Model for the Post-Industrial Age

118

(3)

Bibliography

121

(4)

Index

125

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Amish Children

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