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Direct linkSwidler, Stephen A. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2005
This article describes the teaching practices at Upper Rill School, a 1-teacher school in rural Nebraska. With its 8 students, grades 1 through 8, the teacher considers the school?s size and continuity of student enrollment flexible and generative. Subject matter and grade levels are regularly integrated though common curricula. Instruction is…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Enrollment, One Teacher Schools, Rural Schools
Wilgoren, Jodi – New York Times Education Life, 2000
A visit to a Montana one-room school reveals the characteristics and advantages of one-room schools. Small schools are crucial to student success in early grades and students from small schools tend to outperform their peers. Large schools are borrowing features such as multiage classrooms, peer tutoring, and interdisciplinary projects as they…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mixed Age Grouping
Swidler, Stephen A. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2000
The use of "recitation" lessons in a rural Nebraska one-room school was investigated. Conservative in its orientation toward knowledge and student learning, the recitation is a functional response to the context of smallness, implicit parental and community expectations, inevitable student transfer to a large graded school, and threats…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Context, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Practices
