ERIC Number: ED541546
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1922
Pages: 91
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Status of the Rural Teacher in Pennsylvania. Bulletin, 1921, No. 34
King, Le Roy Albert
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior
The purpose of this study is to learn the true status of the rural teacher in Pennsylvania. The study is restricted for the most part to the facts and conditions pertaining to the teachers in the one-teacher schools. In some instances data will be given regarding the teachers in two-teacher schools, villages, and boroughs, either for the purpose of helping to verify the conclusions concerning the teachers in the one teacher schools. or merely to show contrasts and significant similarities. As to scope. this study endeavors to collect all the data possible relating to: (1) the personal social and economic status of the teacher; (2) conditions under which the work is conducted; (3) academic and professional preparation and training; (4) certification; (5) experience in teaching and tenure; and (6) salary. Each of these aspects will receive detailed consideration in single chapters as designated. This bulletin contains the following chapters: (1) Introduction; (2) Social and Economic Status; (3) The Teacher at Work; (4) Academic and Professional Training; (5) Certification; (6) Experience and Tenure; (7) Salaries; and (8) Summary. An index is also included. Individual sections contain footnotes. (Contains 55 tables.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Descriptors: Educational History, Teaching (Occupation), Teaching Conditions, Socioeconomic Status, Teacher Education, Teaching Experience, Teacher Salaries, County School Districts, Public Schools, Public School Teachers, Tenure, Teacher Certification, Professional Training, Rural Schools, One Teacher Schools, Teacher Characteristics, Males, Females, Housing, Questionnaires, Teacher Surveys, State Surveys, Teacher Student Ratio, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Small Schools, State Schools
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior.
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education; Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education (ED)
Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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