essay

Persistence and change in Amish education

amish struggle with modernity • Hanover, Nh • Published In 1994 • Pages: 76-95, 267-269

By: Huntington, Gertrude Enders.

Abstract

The massive consolidation of public schools in the middle of the twentieth century endangered the traditional values of Amish education. In response, the Amish developed an extensive network of parochial schools that was endorsed by the U. S. Supreme Court in Wisconsin v. Yoder in 1972. Gertrude Enders Huntington chronicles the Amish struggle with the powerful forces of progress that assumed that all Americans would benefit from greater and greater doses of scientific learning and critical thinking. Huntington shows how Amish education has had to change in order to maintain and preserve its commitment to traditional values (p. 77).

HRAF PubDate

2009

Region

North America

Sub Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle; 2007

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

1940-1995

Coverage Place

United States

Notes

Gertruce Enders Huntington

For bibliographical references see document 20: [Kraybill and Olshan]

LCCN

94013668

LCSH

Amish