One room schools

Ingrid Vooglaid

 

 

 

 

Tartu 2018

 

One room schools

 

*1 teacher + 2-8 grades

*in many countries, including Estonia

*late 19th to mid-20th century

*compulsory schooling

*lack of students/teachers

*rural areas

Two room schools

 

*also common

*infantry: ages 4-6, "babies"

*elementary: ages 7-12

*Miss Read "Village School"

 

Famous people

 

*Abraham Lincoln

*Herbert Hoover

*Laura Ingalls Wilder

 

Books

*L. I. Wilder, Little House on the Prairie

*L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

*D. C. Fisher, Understood Betsy

*K. D. Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

*AVI, Secret School

 

 

TV series

 

*Road to Avonlea

*Little House on the Prairie

 

Today

 

*remote areas

*USA, Falklands, Shetland islands

*private micro schools 

*multi-age classrooms

*Leiutajate külakool