Book
Children in Amish society: socialization and community education
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • New York • Published In 1971 • Pages: 16, 119
By: Hostetler, John Andrew, Huntington, Gertrude Enders.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a detailed study of socialization and education among the Old Order Amish. The study is framed by a consideration of the major cultural themes in Old Order Amish society, the goals of the education and socialization of children and young people among the Old Order Amish and the intersection of the two. Specifically, the authors examine school organization and administration, curriculum and educational theory and method in elementary and vocational schools, teacher qualifications and teacher-student and teacher-community relations. In addition, on the basis of a variety of testing procedures, the authors present conclusions on the personality, vocational aspirations and academic achievement of Old Order Amish children. Two other topics that receive considerable treatment in this document are the relationship between Old Order Amish schools and non-Amish public school systems and the role of the Amish school as a point of both cultural contact and separation. The authors conclude with a discussion of the lessons of Old Order Amish education for schooling in American society in general.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Education system
- Educational theory and methods
- Teachers
- Elementary education
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Tests and schedules administered in the field
- Modification of behavior
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Amish
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gerald Reid ; John Beierle ; 1987: John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1727-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] John Andrew Hostetler and Gertrude Enders Huntington
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-119)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72157454
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Amish