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Inside the Classroom (And Out): How We Learn through Folklore

by Kenneth L. Untiedt
University of North Texas Press, 2005
Cloth: 978-1-57441-202-4 | eISBN: 978-1-57441-404-2
Library of Congress Classification LB1583.8.I57 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 371.39

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    Contents
    Preface by Kenneth L. Untiedt
    I. The Early Years
    1. Mody C. Boatright-Folklore in a Literate Society
    2. Cynthia Savage-Folklore 101
    3. Ellisene Davis-The Faultless Starch Library
    4. Tierney Untiedt-Day Care Oral Traditions and School Yard Games
    5. Rebecca Matthews-You Can Tell A Scout From Texas 
    6. Lou Rodenberger-It All Depended on the Teacher: Classroom Resources in Texas Country Schools 
    7. Barbara Morgan-Fleming-Folklore in Schools: Connections Between Folklore and Education 
    II. High School
    8. Elizabeth Galindo-Knowledge About Folk Medicine Among Students in Alice High School 
    9. Jean Granberry Schnitz-School Yearbooks: Time Capsules of Texas Folklore 
    10. Earnest B. Speck-Two-Bits, Four- Bits, or High School Cheerleading as a Lay Folk Ritual 
    11. Ty Cashion-Seeing Red Over Varsity Blues 
    III. A Tribute to Paul Patterson
    12. Enerstine P. Sewell-'Jes Sir, Meester Patterson': The Legendry of a Master Teacher 
    13. Elmer Kelton-Paul Patterson 
    14. Evelyn Stroder-Paul Patterson, Master Teacher 
    15. Lawrence Clayton-A Pecos Pilgrim's Pilgrimage: The Prose Narratives of Paul Patterson 
    IV. College
    16. J. G. (Paw-Paw) Pinkerton-Small Town Texas Wisdom 
    17. Palmer Henry Olsen-Aggie Incredibles 
    18. Charles Chupp-Neglected Texas History 
    19. Sylvia Mahoney-College Cowgirls: From Queen to Contestant to Coach 
    20. Mike Felker-Ghosts, Goblins, Virgins, and Other Supernatural Creatures: Ghost Stories at Texas Tech University and South Plains College 
    V. Language and Study
    21. Robert Duncan-Popular English Usage in Texas, or How You're S'posed to Talk 
    22. James Ward Lee-Talking Fancy 
    23. Jerry Crouser-Folk Use of Mnemonics 
    24. Mary Jane Hurst-Linguistic Innovation and Conservatism: Dialect in Cowboy Poetry 25. James T. Bratcher
    Contributors
    Index
    
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