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Direct linkStevens, Ken – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2017
In the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, rural schools are increasingly organised within digital environments, facilitating synergy between in-service and pre-service teachers. The integration of educational theory and teaching practice that is integral to the preparation of teachers for initial positions in rural schools is also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Theories, Educational Practices, Theory Practice Relationship
Download full textCraig, Barbara; Stevens, Ken – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2012
The research outlined in this paper is based on the convergence of two conceptual frameworks that guide the transfer of knowledge and skills from traditional teacher education, which focused on teaching in single classrooms, to open networked learning environments that include both inter-institutional teaching and learning and local and global…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Professional Development, Electronic Learning
Stevens, Ken – Rural Society, 2009
Australia and Canada are large countries with small populations relative to their size, in which a not inconsiderable number of citizens live beyond major centres of population. In both resource-based economies, the provision of quality education in rural schools is an important part of the national social and economic infrastructure. This article…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Teacher Education Programs, Urban Universities, Educational Quality
Furey, Doug; Stevens, Ken – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2008
The introduction of web-based education in Canadian schools, as in other developed countries, has been particularly noticeable in rural areas. Small schools in rural communities have continued to get smaller as families relocate in urban areas in search of increased educational and vocational opportunities. There are a number of issues common to…
Descriptors: Educational Responsibility, Leadership Role, Rural Schools, Online Courses
Stevens, Ken – Online Submission, 2007
The introduction of inter-school electronic networks has added a new dimension to education in Canada that has many implications for students who attend schools in rural communities. Collaborative internet-based teaching and learning and the creation of virtual classes within regional intranets now complement traditional on-site instruction in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Articulation (Education), Educational Cooperation, Rural Areas
Stevens, Ken; Mulcahy, Dennis – 1997
The TeleLearning and Rural Education Centre was established in January 1997 at Memorial University of Newfoundland, in one of the most sparsely populated and economically depressed areas of Canada. Of 462 schools in Newfoundland and Labrador, 66 percent are rural and over half have enrollments of under 200 students. The Centre was established to…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Distance Education, Educational Policy, Educational Research
