Amish Children: Education in the Family, School, and Community

by John A. Hostetler

PLEASE Supplemental materials (workbooks, access codes etc.) are NOT included. This book is in GOOD condition - pages have some wrinkles, writing, markings, and highlighting, the cover may have some wear, scratching,used book stickers, or cracking.

Genres: Amish

127 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1991

About the author

Dr. John Andrew Hostetler, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University, 1953) was a scholar of Amish and Hutterite societies, a Fulbright scholar, and occasional film consultant and expert witness. He retired from the faculty of Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in 1985, and served the next five years as Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, where his wife Beulah also held a teaching appointment.

Reviews

[J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hoststetler does a wonderful job of accurately presenting the often misunderstood educational system of the Old Order Amish communities. Not only does he give us an overview of what and how, he also takes us into the reasoning behind the seemingly restrictive and authoritarian school system. Awesome!

[Lynne · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very dry academic book, lacks any empathy with Amish.