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Article: Old Order Amish philosophy of education.
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- March 22, 2005
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Old Order Amish Education
To meet OOA goals with an eighth grade education, Amish students are very diligent in school work. In rural Bloomfield, Iowa there are eight one room wooden school buildings. Seven of these have two teachers in each school. The teachers are usually Amish women who also have completed eight years of schooling with eight months of education being considered as one school year for OOA children. Periodically, an Amish young man will serve as a teacher. A handicapped Amish male has been a teacher in rural Bloomfield, Iowa for many years. Amish teachers rarely raise their voices at misbehavior in the classroom. They may be copying assignments ...