Lucy Nulton Explained

Lucy Nulton
Birth Name:Lucian M. Nulton
Birth Date:June 18, 1903
Birth Place:Missouri, U.S.
Death Date:November 23, 2000
Death Place:Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Occupation:Educator, folklorist

Lucy M. Nulton (June 18, 1903 – November 23, 2000) was an American educator. She taught at East Carolina Teachers College, and worked at the P. K. Yonge Laboratory School at the University of Florida.

Early life and education

Nulton was born in Missouri, the daughter of John Nulton and Letha Ellen Jackson Nulton.[1] She graduated Peabody College in Tennessee in 1928,[2] and earned a master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1933.[3] [4]

Career

Nulton was on the faculty at East Carolina Teachers College in the 1930s[5] and 1940s.[6] [7] She was second vice-president of the North Carolina Association for Childhood Education.[8] In the 1950s and 1960s, she was a teacher and researcher at the P. K. Yonge Laboratory School at the University of Florida.[9] She was first vice-president of the Alachua County Association for Childhood Education.[10] She was named Gainesville's Teacher of the Year in 1960.[11]

Nulton also played violin, and was a member of the University of Florida Symphony Orchestra.[12] She took a particular interest in children's songs and rhymes, especially those used in jumping rope.[13]

Publications

Nulton was a "prolific" academic writer, and her research appeared in scholarly journals including Peabody Journal of Education, The North Carolina Teacher,[14] [15] Childhood Education,[16] The High School Journal, Educational Leadership,[17] The Journal of American Folklore, and Elementary English.

Personal life

Nulton died in 2000, at the age of 97, in Tallahassee, Florida.

Notes and References

  1. News: 1963-03-09 . Mrs. Letha J. Nulton . 2024-03-16 . The Tampa Tribune . 17 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: 1925-09-19 . News of Palmetto . 2024-03-16 . The Bradenton Herald . 13 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 1932-09-24 . Brooksville . 2024-03-16 . The Tampa Times . 6 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: 1933-06-24 . Brooksville . 2024-03-16 . The Tampa Times . 10 . Newspapers.com.
  5. East Carolina Teachers' College, The Tecoan (1932 yearbook): 29.
  6. News: 1935-10-26 . Teachers in Craven County Are Taking Special Course . 2024-03-16 . News and Record . 3 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: 1949-12-18 . E.C.T.C. Faculty Has Yule Party . 2024-03-16 . News and Record . 65 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: 1947-04-27 . Named President . 2024-03-16 . News and Record . 24 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: 1955-08-17 . They Teach Teachers . 2024-03-16 . The Orlando Sentinel . 23 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: 1954-05-04 . Education Group is Reorganized . 2024-03-16 . The Tampa Tribune . 12 . Newspapers.com.
  11. News: 1960-02-16 . Miss Nulton is Gainesville's Teacher of the Year . 2024-03-16 . The Tampa Tribune . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  12. https://original-ufdc.uflib.ufl.edu/UF00006077/00001/28j "Interview with Edward C. Troupin, April 9, 1987"
  13. News: 1948-05-16 . Children Create Own Folklore in Jump Rope Rhymes . 2024-03-16 . The News and Observer . 43 . Newspapers.com.
  14. Nulton . Lucy . January 1930 . Elementary Child's Play Educative If It Is Supervised . The North Carolina Teacher . 6 . 5 . 172, 200.
  15. Nulton . Lucy . Lucy Nulton . May 1930 . Churn, Butter, Churn: A Project from Live-at-Home Week . The North Carolina Teacher . 6 . 9 . 362–363.
  16. Nulton . Lucy . Lucy Nulton . October 1962 . Environments Today That Invite Learning . Childhood Education . en . 39 . 2 . 57–60 . 10.1080/00094056.1962.10726983 . 0009-4056.
  17. Nulton . Lucy . Lucy Nulton . February 1954 . A Classroom for Living . Educational Leadership . 291–295.
  18. Nulton . Lucy . July 1928 . Analyzing and criticizing student teaching in the early elementary grades . Peabody Journal of Education . en . 6 . 1 . 15–23 . 10.1080/01619562809534848 . 0161-956X.
  19. Nulton . Lucy . Lucy Nulton . January 1930 . Science interests and questions of a second grade . Peabody Journal of Education . en . 7 . 4 . 224–230 . 10.1080/01619563009534929 . 0161-956X.
  20. Nulton . Lucy . Lucy Nulton . November 1930 . A comparison of the science interests of two successive second grades . Peabody Journal of Education . en . 8 . 3 . 140–143 . 10.1080/01619563009534994 . 0161-956X.
  21. Nulton . Lucy . Lucy Nulton . December 1930 . A Second Grade Experience with Blackboard Drawing . Childhood Education . en . 7 . 4 . 206–213 . 10.1080/00094056.1930.10723611 . 0009-4056.
  22. Nulton . Lucy . Lucy Nulton . 1942 . The Practice of Democracy in Our Public Schools . The High School Journal . 25 . 7 . 291–296 . 40367585 . 0018-1498.
  23. Nulton . Lucy . Lucy Nulton . 1948 . Jump Rope Rhymes as Folk Literature . The Journal of American Folklore . 61 . 239 . 53–67 . 10.2307/536973 . 536973 . 0021-8715.
  24. News: 1948-05-16 . College Teacher Gets Article in Magazine . 2024-03-16 . News and Record . 48 . Newspapers.com.
  25. Nulton . Lucy . Lucy Nulton . December 1952 . What should I do about him?: That Silent One . Childhood Education . en . 29 . 4 . 168–170 . 10.1080/00094056.1952.10724972 . 0009-4056.
  26. Nulton . Lucy . Lucy Nulton . December 1953 . Adult-Made Time: In which the Child Must Learn to Live . Childhood Education . en . 30 . 4 . 160–163 . 10.1080/00094056.1953.10726435 . 0009-4056.
  27. Nulton . Lucy . Lucy Nulton . 1954 . Eight-Year-Olds Tangled in "Charlotte's Web" . Elementary English . 31 . 1 . 11–16 . 41384150 . 0013-5968.
  28. Nulton . Lucy . Lucy Nulton . December 1954 . Continuing Curiosity Develops Concepts . Childhood Education . en . 31 . 4 . 179–182 . 10.1080/00094056.1954.10726568 . 0009-4056.
  29. Nulton . Lucy . 1957 . From Manuscript to Cursive--How . Elementary English . 34 . 8 . 553–556 . 41384672 . 0013-5968.
  30. Nulton . Lucy . October 1957 . A Loosened Spirit . Childhood Education . en . 34 . 2 . 63–68 . 10.1080/00094056.1957.10728755 . 0009-4056.
  31. Nulton . Lucy . Rexinger . Lena . January 1961 . Listen! the Children! . Childhood Education . en . 37 . 5 . 216–220 . 10.1080/00094056.1961.10727882 . 0009-4056.
  32. Nulton . Lucy . May 1965 . "… but the Children Just Love it!" . Childhood Education . en . 41 . 9 . 469–471 . 10.1080/00094056.1965.10729017 . 0009-4056.

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