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Full-Text Articles in Education
Baker, L. Alleyne, 1858-1916 (Sc 234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baker, L. Alleyne, 1858-1916 (Sc 234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 234. Two letters written to L. Alleyne Baker, a school teacher In Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky. An 1898 letter, from a cousin, contains family news; a 1907 letter pertains to educational matters. Also includes an undated essay by a female high school student entitled, “Woman’s Sphere.”
Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Mss 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Mss 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and bibliography (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 367. Correspondence, book and article manuscripts, and research material of Alfred Leland Crabb, a native of Warren County, Kentucky and later professor at George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee. The topics of the manuscripts include historical fiction related to Nashville and Bowling Green, biographies of prominent Nashvillians, and articles on all levels of education. Much of the unpublished material is fiction but draws from Crabb's Plum Springs school days and his student experiences at Western Kentucky University.
Chelf, Carl Philip, 1937-2011 (Sc 2393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chelf, Carl Philip, 1937-2011 (Sc 2393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2393. "A Selective View of the Politics of Higher Education in Kentucky and the Role of H.H. Cherry, Educator-Politician," a dissertation presented by Carl Chelf in partial fulfillment fo the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1968.
Glenn, James J., 1842-1930 (Sc 2337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Glenn, James J., 1842-1930 (Sc 2337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2337. Materials relating to James J. Glenn, Hopkins County, Kentucky, Superintendent of Schools and editor of the Madisonville, Kentucky "Hustler." Includes scrapbook of clippings and biographical notes.
Smith, Rebecca M. (Sc 2304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Rebecca M. (Sc 2304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2304. Paper by Rebecca M. Smith, “Informational Outline of Simpson County Schools,” written for a Kentucky History class at Western Kentucky State Teachers College. The paper includes data on various nineteenth-century educational institutions in the county.
Warren County, Kentucky - Public Schools (Mss 311), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Public Schools (Mss 311), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 311. Information collected about schools in Warren County, Kentucky from 1909 to 1928, including photos, physical description of school houses, school populations, school expenses, etc. The school census books (1932 and 1934) contain information about the student population only. Also includes photographs (negatives and proof sheets) that were included with the superintendent's record books, 1909-1928.
Root, Ira, 1806-1868 (Sc 2226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Root, Ira, 1806-1868 (Sc 2226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2226. Letter, 30 July 1838, from Ira Root, Newport, Kentucky, to the "Trustees," Madison Institute, Hamilton County, Ohio, inquiring about teaching opportunities for him and his wife at the institution.
Rubo, Aileen (Fa 490), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rubo, Aileen (Fa 490), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 490. Taped interviews conducted by Aileen Rubo about one-room school houses in Adair County, Kentucky. Includes transcirptions, photographs, and typescripts. To see transcripts of three interviews from this collection, click on the "Additional Files" below.
Journal Of Outdoor Education, Recreation, And Leadership (Jorel)
Journal Of Outdoor Education, Recreation, And Leadership (Jorel)
TopSCHOLAR® Presentations and Reports
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Ralph Bunche Community Center Oral History Project (Fa 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ralph Bunche Community Center Oral History Project (Fa 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 455. Interviews with ten African Americans who attended the Ralph Bunche School in Glasgow, Kentucky. Informants provide history and other information related to the importance of the school in Glasgow's African American community.
Riverside, Kentucky - Schools (Sc 1693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Riverside, Kentucky - Schools (Sc 1693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Mansucripts Small Collection 1693. Enrollment and attendance book kept by teacher Mollie Sherry for the July-December, 1912 term at Riverside School in Warren County, Kentucky.
Burns, William Franklin, 1909-1981 (Sc 1944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Burns, William Franklin, 1909-1981 (Sc 1944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1944. Letters of Burns, Rogers, Arkansas, to O. O. Pillans, director of admissions at the Kentucky Military Institute, Lyndon, Jefferson County, Kentucky, related to the admission of his son Robert J. Burns. Includes instructions to new students at the 1948-1949 session.
Third District Education Association, 1903-1973 (Sc 1937), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Third District Education Association, 1903-1973 (Sc 1937), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1937. Programs, publications and news clippings related to the Third District Education Association, a subordinate organization of the Kentucky Education Association.
Hines, George Lehman, 1851-1943 (Sc 1904), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, George Lehman, 1851-1943 (Sc 1904), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1904. Correspondence, teacher's certificates from the Shelby County, Tennessee public schools, and other materials related to Hines's work and family.
Hughes, Debra (Fa 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hughes, Debra (Fa 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 403. Interviews conducted by Debra Hughes with Neta Hughes, Arthur D. Hughes, Leiah Drake and Joe D. Patton, Sr. related to one-room and rural schools. For transcripts of four interviews with one-room school teachers click on the "Additional Files" below.
Swigert, Anne Howe, 1825-1845 - Letter To (Sc 1892), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Swigert, Anne Howe, 1825-1845 - Letter To (Sc 1892), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1892. Letter, 22 September 1840, from "Nannie," Paris, Kentucky, to her classmate Anne Swigert, telling of her vacation, her reading materials, and general gossip about her classmates.
Bevier-Cleaton High School, 1931 (Sc 1802), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bevier-Cleaton High School, 1931 (Sc 1802), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1802. School stationery with 1931 class list, Bevier-Cleaton High School, Cleaton, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Irvine, M. Loula (Sc 1739), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Irvine, M. Loula (Sc 1739), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1739. Teacher's grade book kept by M. Loula Irvine from September 1889 to January 1890 for an unidentified Kentucky school. Also includes some notes on elocution.
Curing Nature-Deficit Disorder: How Environmental Education Helps Kids Learn, Jamie Leigh Langley
Curing Nature-Deficit Disorder: How Environmental Education Helps Kids Learn, Jamie Leigh Langley
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Walk into any public school and talk with the children about their experiences in nature and you will begin to see a pattern. Children have made few connections with the world around them. They do not spend much time outdoors and the time they do spend outdoors is not spent interacting directly with nature. Why does this matter? Look at these same kids and you will see another pattern emerging: Attention-Deficit Disorder, depression, obesity, emotional problems, etc. While not all of these problems are directly caused by a lack of interaction with the natural world, current research shows that there …
Quality Instruction Creates Higher Student Learning, Kelly Jan Austin
Quality Instruction Creates Higher Student Learning, Kelly Jan Austin
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Many agree that science education is in need of reform, due to the fact that America is falling behind other industrialized nations in measures of science performance. In order to revolutionize the direction of this discipline is it up to the educators to implement changes in their classroom. It seems that our educational settings know what needs to be done in order to reach higher standards of achievement, however it is concerning that schools aren’t taking the steps necessary to reach these levels. In trying to enhance student learning, there are several methods in science education that are targeted at …
Bethel College - Matriculation Records, 1854-1919 (Mss 182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bethel College - Matriculation Records, 1854-1919 (Mss 182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 182. Matriculation book (414 p.) for Bethel College, 1854-1918. Bethel, a Baptist school located in Russellville, Kentucky, started as a high school, evolved into a four-year college, and finally became a junior college.
Simmons, Stella (Sc 1810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Simmons, Stella (Sc 1810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1810. Paper: "Science Hill School: English and Classical School for Girls, Shelbyville, Kentucky" written by Stella Simmons for a Western Kentucky State Teachers College literature class. Includes requirements for admission and graduation taken from the school catalog.
Russellville Institute - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 1789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Russellville Institute - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 1789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1789. Register of the Russellville Institute, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky listing names of students, a conduct report for each, and tuition payment. Also birth, death, and marriage records of the Goucher family.
Multiple Intelligences In The Classroom, Andrea Lauren Heming
Multiple Intelligences In The Classroom, Andrea Lauren Heming
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
This project addresses the current hot topic in the field of education, of Multiple Intelligences. Howard Garner, psychologist and Harvard professor, believes there are multiple ways children learn. Through that belief he created the Multiple Intelligences Theory (MI) which states there are eight ways people learn or complete tasks. This project looked at the Theory of Multiple Intelligences and analyzed how it is applied in the classroom. Through research, direct observation, and interviews with teachers, it was found how this theory is practically applied in classrooms today. The following three questions were answered in this project. How are current teachers …
Bate, Aaron, 1846-1863 (Sc 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bate, Aaron, 1846-1863 (Sc 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 48. Awards of merit in grammar and arithmetic, 1860-1861, presented to Aaron Bate by Georgetown College, Washington, D.C. They are printed and written in Latin.
Alexander, J. M. (Sc 1658), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Alexander, J. M. (Sc 1658), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1658. Letters concerning J.M. Alexander's attempts to receive credit for courses taken at African American educational institutions in Kentucky.
Ua1c7 Departmental Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c7 Departmental Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images showing everyday activities of university departments.
Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1547. Report, dated 14 November 2007, that documents payments made on behalf of the Bowling Green Rotary Club to community members in Kasigau, Kenya, so they could attend school. Includes receipts and thank you letters from students.
Allmond Collection (Mss 12), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allmond Collection (Mss 12), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 12. Genealogical material collected by Allen E. Allmond, Louisville, Kentucky, pertaining to the Allmond and Meade families. Letters, photostats, maps, newspaper clippings and notebook. Also includes information about the Louisville Commercial Club.
Humphreys, John Alsop Yarborough, 1802-1873 (Sc 1319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Humphreys, John Alsop Yarborough, 1802-1873 (Sc 1319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1319. Subscribers' names for John A. Y. Humphreys, Bardstown, Kentucky, to teach a proposed school for twelve months beginning December 1, 1831. Also lists the subjects to be taught.