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

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

vol. 62: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society

Kenneth L. Untiedt — editor.
Subjects: Education, Folklore

November, 2005

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40 illus. Notes. Bib. Index.

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Inside the Classroom (and Out) examines folklore and its many roles in education. Several articles explore teaching in rural school houses in the early twentieth century, while others provide insight into more serious academic scholarship in the field of folklore itself. One chapter looks at the “early years,” including works about day care centers, scout programs, children’s books, and the basic definition of what we mean by “folklore.” Another chapter covers high school: cheerleading, football, yearbooks, and beliefs of Hispanic students. There is a chapter dedicated to Paul Patterson and his contribution to teaching; a chapter that covers college experiences, with stories about early Aggies, ghosts on university campuses, and collegiate cowgirls; and a chapter involving scholarly works, such as ways to help improve our memories, a linguistic study of cowboy poetry, and a comprehensive look at folklore studies.

The Texas Folklore Society has been collecting and preserving folklore since its first publication in 1912. Since then, it has published or assisted in the publication of 96 volumes of studies in Texas folklore.

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Inside the Classroom (and Out): How We Learn through Folklore is a recommended text for use in classrooms where the following subjects are being studied: Folklore.

This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society examines folklore and its many roles in education. Articles explore teaching in rural school houses in the early twentieth century, academic scholarship in the field of folklore itself, and folklore in the “early years” of day care centers, scout programs, children’s books, and high school. Coverage continues into the college experience, with stories about early Aggies, ghosts on university campuses, and collegiate cowgirls. The book closes with discussions on ways to help improve our memories, a linguistic study of cowboy poetry, and a comprehensive look at folklore studies.

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[“Nicholls State University for "Introduction to Folklore"”]

About the Editor

KENNETH L. UNTIEDT is the Secretary-Editor of the Texas Folklore Society. He earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Texas Tech University. He is a professor of English at Stephen F. Austin State University, where he teaches Technical Writing, American literature, and folklore. He and his family live on a farm west of Nacogdoches, Texas.

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