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Fieldwork
*A Country School Tradition: Recitation as an Individual Strategy *Rural one teachers schools are naturally occurring instances of small-scale schooling.
The researcher had hundreds of conversations with the teacher and students during the regular school day (in the classroom, during lunch, even on the playground).
The goal of the researcher is to provide a more complicated picture of the traditional recitation used by schools in the U.S.A, especially in smaller schools in the country. Finally, reforms must also take into account the cultural context of the country's school.
The group is formed by the teacher and students from Bighand School in rural Nebraska, who keep the tradition of one teacher school and therefore recitation as an individual strategy.
Years ago, Bighand School district was composed of 10 square miles, now it includes 25 square miles. Most of the residents are retired farmers who don't consider each others as wealthy. *Nowdays, In the schools there are 12 students from different grades. Once inside the classroom, students get ready for their recitations with Mrs. Hoffman, a teacher who is very knowledgeable about teaching in a country school.
This research took place on Bighand School which is located in the rolling prairie of eastern Nebraska.
This inquiry employs the ethnographic staples of long-term participant-observation, interviews, and artifact and documentary examination.
The pattererned meaning of the recitation as a central feature of a school. Likewise, residents share some community values which are present in the school, including respect for and assent to adult authority, independence, hard work, following through, and self-discipline.