essay

Persistence and change in Amish education

amish struggle with modernityHanover, 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).
Subjects
Congregations
Education system
Teachers
General character of religion
Sociocultural trends
Press
culture
Amish
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