Lucy Nulton

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.

Lucy Nulton
Lucy Nulton, from the 1932 yearbook of East Carolina Teachers College
Born	Lucian M. Nulton June 18, 1903 Missouri, U.S.
Died	November 23, 2000 Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Educator, folklorist

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.^[11][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,^[11] and her research appeared in scholarly journals including Peabody Journal of Education,^[14][15] The North Carolina Teacher,^[16][17] Childhood Education,^[18][19] The High School Journal,^[20] Educational Leadership,^[21] The Journal of American Folklore,^[22] and Elementary English.^[23][24]

• "Analyzing and criticizing student teaching in the early elementary grades" (1928)^[14]
• "Elementary Child's Play Educative If It Is Supervised" (1930)^[16]
• "'Churn, Butter, Churn': A Project from Live-at-Home Week" (1930)^[17]
• "Science interests and questions of a second grade" (1930)^[25]
• "A comparison of the science interests of two successive second grades" (1930)^[15]
• "A Second Grade Experience with Blackboard Drawing" (1930)^[18]
• "The Practice of Democracy in Our Public Schools" (1942)^[20]
• "Jump Rope Rhymes as Folk Literature" (1948)^[22][26]
• "What should I do about him?: That Silent One" (1952)^[27]
• "Adult-Made Time: In which the Child Must Learn to Live" (1953)^[28]
• "Eight-Year-Olds Tangled in Charlotte's Web" (1954)^[23]
• "A Classroom for Living" (1954)^[21]
• "Continuing Curiosity Develops Concepts" (1954)^[29]
• "From Manuscript to Cursive--How" (1957)^[24]
• "A Loosened Spirit" (1957)^[30]
• "Listen! the Children!" (1961, with Lena Rexinger)^[31]
• "Environments Today that Invite Learning" (1962)^[19]
• "'… but the Children Just Love it!'" (1965)^[32]

Personal life

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

References

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