Called to Teach: Percy and Anna Pennybacker's Contributions to Education in Texas, 1880-1899

Autor/in	King, Kelley M.
Titel	Called to Teach: Percy and Anna Pennybacker's Contributions to Education in Texas, 1880-1899
Quelle	In: American Educational History Journal, 39 (2012) 1, S.87-105 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1535-0584
ISBN	978-1-6239-6008-7
Schlagwörter	Educational History; United States History; Teacher Education; State Government; Public Schools; Public Education; Educational Improvement; Instructional Program Divisions; Politics of Education; Educational Finance; Educational Change; Barriers; Resistance to Change; Teaching (Occupation); Leadership Role; Reputation; Professional Recognition; Spouses; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Öffentliche Erziehung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsfonds; Bildungsreform; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Ehepartner
Abstract	In 1879, with aid from the Peabody fund, Texas's first tax-supported teacher training institution, Sam Houston State Normal Institute (SHNI), opened on the site of the old Austin College in Huntsville (Richmond 1941, 37). The need for qualified educators in Texas was growing as the state struggled to make up for decades of neglect of and antipathy toward its public schools. In the years after its establishment, graduates of SHNI would fill many of the top positions in education in the state. This article examines the contributions of two members of the first graduating class--Percy V. Pennybacker and Anna Hardwicke Pennybacker--to education in Texas during the post-reconstruction period. From their graduation in 1880 until Percy's death in 1899, the Pennybackers worked to develop new systems of public graded schools in several communities, promoted public education and the teaching profession across the state, served in leadership roles in teacher organizations, and introduced and expanded progressive educational thought in Texas through published articles and presentations. Their efforts in the development of education in Texas helped to establish a modern system of public schools in a state that was understood to lag badly behind. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10