Rural voices
Subtitle: place-conscious education and the teaching of writing
By: edited by Robert E. Brooke.
Contributors: Brooke, Robert, 1958-
Series: The practitioner inquiry series
Publisher: Teachers College Press; National Writing Project
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Education, Rural -- Social aspects -- United States; Regionalism and education -- United States; English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index.
Table of contents: title: Inviting children into community: growing readers and writers in elementary school / Sandy Bangert with Robert E. Brooke; title: A geography of stories: helping secondary students come to voice through readings, people, and place / Phip Ross; title: A sense of place / Sharon Bishop; title: "Common threads": a writing curriculum centered in our place / Bev Wilhelm; title: Being an adult in rural America: projects connecting high school students with community members / Judith K. Schafer; title: What to preserve in rising city?: a community confronts the economics of school change / Amy Hottovy; title: Career education: creating personal and civic futures through career discernment / Robyn A. Dalton; title: Developing school/community connections: the Nebraska writing project's rural institute program / Carol MacDaniels with Robert E. Brooke; title: Afterword: mentoring: learning about place-conscious teaching / Marian Matthews.