Inside the classroom (and out) : how we learn through folklore / / edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910163543103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Denton, TX, : University of North Texas Press, c2005
• ISBN: 1-280-73096-X; 9786610730964; 1-57441-404-6; 1-4337-1017-X; 1-4237-9796-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Collana: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society (Cloth), 62
• Altri autori (Persone): UntiedtKenneth L. <1966->
• Disciplina: 371.39
• Soggetti: Folklore and education - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Half Title; Title Page; Preface; Part 1a. The Early Years; Part 1b. The Early Years; Chapter 1. Folklore in a Literate Society; Chapter 2. Folklore 101; Chapter 3. The Faultless Starch Library; Chapter 4. Day Care Oral Traditions and School Yard Games; Chapter 5. You Can Tell A Scout From Texas; Chapter 6. It All Depended on the Teacher; Chapter 7. Folklore in Schools; Part 2a. High School Years; Part 2b. High School Years; Chapter 8. Knowledge About Folk Medicine Among Students in Alice High School; Chapter 9. School Yearbooks; Chapter 10. Two-Bits, Four-Bits, or High School Cheerleading as a Lay Folk RitualChapter 11. Seeing Red over Varsity Blues; Part 3a. A Tribute to Paul Patterson; Part 3b. A Tribute to Paul Patterson; Chapter 12. 'Jes Sir, Meester "Patternson"; Chapter 13. Paul Patterson; Chapter 14. Paul Patterson, Master Teacher; Chapter 15. A Pecos Pilgrim's Pilgrimage; Part 4a. College Years; Part 4b. College Years; Chapter 16. Small-Town Texas Wisdom; Chapter 17. Aggie Incredibles; Chapter 18. Peas in the Family; Chapter 19. College Rodeo Cowgirls; Chapter 20. Ghosts, Goblins, Virgins, and Other Supernatural CreaturesPart 5a. Language and Study; Part 5b. Language and Study; Chapter 21. Popular English Usage in Texas, or How You're S'posed to ; Talk; Chapter 22. Talking Fancy; Chapter 23. Folk Use of Mnemonics; Chapter 24. Some Aspects of Language in Selected Cowboy Poetry; Chapter 25. Some Past Directions of Narrative-Folklore Study; Biographical Information; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines folklore and its many roles in education. Several articles explore teaching in rural school houses in the early twentieth century, while others provide insight into more serious academic scholarship in the field of folklore itself.