| Description |
xi, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The practitioner inquiry series
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index. |
| Contents |
Inviting children into community : growing readers and writers in elementary school / Sandy Bangert, Robert E. Brooke -- Geography of stories : helping secondary students come to voice through readings, people, and place / Phip Ross -- Sense of place / Sharon Bishop -- "Common threads" : a writing curriculum centered in our place / Bev Wilhelm -- Being an adult in rural America : projects connecting high school students with community members / Judith K. Schafer -- What to preserve in rising city? : a community confronts the economics of school change / Amy Hottovy -- Career education : creating personal and civic futures through career discernment / Robyn A. Dalton -- Developing school / community connections : the Nebraska writing project's rural institute program / Carol MacDaniels, Robert E. Brooke -- Afterword : Mentoring : learning about place-conscious teaching / Marian Matthews. |
| Subject |
Education, Rural -- Social aspects.
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Regionalism and education.
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English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching.
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| Added Author |
Brooke, Robert, 1958-
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| ISBN |
0807743666 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0807743658 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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