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White, Simone – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2015
This paper, and its position within this special issue, seeks to contribute to the growing discussion and debates about the importance of adding the 'rural' to all matters 'education'. Advocating that indeed rurality is everybody's business, not just for those who live in rural places. The central argument of 'adding the rural' is that in its…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Educators, Rural Education, Faculty Development
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Kline, Jodie; White, Simone; Lock, Graeme – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2013
Communities play a critical role in supporting pre-service teachers during rural and regional professional experience. This support, coupled with access to teacher educators and university resources, appears to positively influence graduate attitudes toward taking up a rural appointment. These are among the key findings to emerge from open-ended…
Descriptors: Incentives, Preservice Teacher Education, Rural Education, Foreign Countries
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White, Simone; Kline, Jodie – Rural Educator, 2012
This paper documents the development of a new website (www.rrrtec.net.au) specifically designed to better equip teacher educators to prepare graduates to teach in rural and regional communities. The two year study (2009-2011) that informed the website's creation included three data sources: A literature review of research into rural teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Curriculum, Graduates, Rural Education, Journal Articles
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Lock, Graeme; Reid, Jo-Anne; Green, Bill; Hastings, Wendy; Cooper, Maxine; White, Simone – Education in Rural Australia, 2009
This article presents descriptive insights into how a national research team located in three Australian states (New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia), is able to maintain a sustained, cohesive approach to achieving the project's aim. The initial section of the article introduces each team member prior to discussing the importance of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Educational Research, Preservice Teacher Education
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White, Simone; Lock, Graeme; Hastings, Wendy; Cooper, Maxine; Reid, Jo-Anne; Green, Bill – Education in Rural Australia, 2011
Attracting and retaining effective education leaders and teaching staff for regional, rural and remote schools in Australia is a major sustainability and quality issue facing every State and Territory. It is also a major concern in pre-service teacher education, particularly for those universities which have a commitment to rural and regional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Rural Schools, Educational Change
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Starr, Karen; White, Simone – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2008
This article explores the responses of school principals of small rural schools in Victoria, Australia to leadership challenges they identify as characteristic of these contexts. The research is an exercise in grounded theory building, with the focus on the principalship as it is enacted in small rural settings. The article also seeks to trace the…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Rural Schools, Foreign Countries, Principals