A wonderful, gentle, teacher
Subtitle: the professional and personal life of a dedicated rural Wisconsin educator
By: Melvin Zahn
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9781452064208; 9781452064215
Subjects: Teachers; Biography; Rural schools; History; Rural Education
Description: Provides "a glimpse of rural life on a family farm in Northeastern Wisconsin in the early 1920's and 1930's. See life in rural Northeastern Wisconsin through the eyes of a young child, adolescent, young man, coach, experienced teacher, father and retired educator's eyes. Read about the physical setup, classroom environment, instructional techniques and responsibilities of the old 'grade one through eight' one-room schools of the 1930's and 1940's. Learn what was required and expected of an upper-Midwest prospective teacher as he prepared for and pursued a career as an educator in mid-20th century America"--Page 4 of cover.