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Taylor, Neil; Corrigan, Gerry – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2007
A series of interviews was conducted with NSW primary teachers, working within a rural context, to obtain their views about the benefits of using ICT in the delivery of the primary curriculum and specifically primary science. The interviews were also used to determine how these teachers were using ICT and if they had any specific training needs.…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary School Teachers, Technology Integration, Rural Schools
Upitis, Rena – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2007
The driving premise of this paper is that students should be schooled in built and natural environments that afford them ways of understanding of how their daily physical actions and social choices affect the earth. Views of prominent philosophers and scholars in support of this premise are described. Next, four cases illustrate how schools can…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Conservation (Environment), Physical Environment, Educational Environment
Norris, Greg; Mbokazi, Thembinkosi; Rorke, Francoise; Goba, Sylvia; Mitchell, Claudia – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2007
This paper focuses specifically on the needs and concerns of "very young adolescents" who as defined by the Population Council are young people aged between 10 and 14 years. The title of this paper, "Where Do We Start?", acknowledges that attitudes towards and knowledge of HIV and AIDS are best looked at in a situated way. We…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Ethnic Groups, Adolescents, Health Education
Seaton, Erin E. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2007
This article explores eight rural middle-school girls' perceptions of connections with their teachers. It rests on the finding that teachers offer a vital source of support for adolescent girls living in rural communities as girls come to a critical juncture in the development of their identities. Drawing on ethnographic and narrative data, I…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Females, Womens Education, Middle School Students
Corbett, Michael – Canadian Journal of Education, 2007
This analysis draws on interview data from a three-year study of educational decision making of youth living in a coastal community in Atlantic Canada. Students whose educational and mobility aspirations extend outside the known spaces of the community develop the ability to negotiate multiple social spaces in and out of school. The school- …
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Environment, Rural Sociology, Rural Schools
Abdi, Ali A.; Ellis, Lee – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2007
Zambia, a central African country of about 10 million people, is currently exposed to the nonsubjective forces of globalization, including institutional weaknesses such as high unemployment rated and chronic levels of poverty that ipso facto problematize its governance and social development priorities. The first part of the article focuses on an…
Descriptors: Democracy, Popular Education, Poverty, Females
Lu, Xuejin; Shen, Jianping; Poppink, Sue – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2007
In this study we inquired into the qualifications of public secondary school teachers by examining whether or not teachers met the No Child Left Behind Act's ([NCLB] 2002) definition of "highly qualified" immediately prior to the law's enactment. We examined this by core academic subjects (English, social studies, math, and science) and,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Federal Legislation, Public School Teachers
McConaghy, Cathryn; Lloyd, Linley; Hardy, Joy; Jenkins, Kathy – Education in Rural Australia, 2006
The academic and social achievements of students in rural schools are very uneven and often absenteeism and suspension rates are high. Factors such as globalisation, economic restructuring, unemployment, youth suicide and family trauma, drought and environmental change (see Bourke & Lockie 2001) also impact on rural schooling and add further…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Rural Areas, Beginning Teachers
Browne-Ferrigno, Tricia; Allen, Lawrence W. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2006
This article presents district administrators' reflections about (a) the contextual challenges they face in leading a high-need rural school system in Central Appalachia and (b) the change initiatives they implemented to transform the principalship from school management to instructional leadership. After several years of reform efforts, the…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Rural Schools, Educational Change, Principals
Trotman, Janina – History of Education Quarterly, 2006
Demography, distance, and the expansion of settlements created problems for the State Department of Education in Western Australia and other Australian states in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Educational administration in Canada and parts of the United States faced similar issues with regard to the provision of schools. A common…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Women Faculty, Teachers, Rural Schools
Gajda, Rebecca; Dorfman, Dorinne – Art Education, 2006
The Vermont Department of Education defines a Career Academy as a small learning community that serves a full range of students; that entails a college preparatory curriculum developed in the context of a career cluster; that integrates academic and technical instruction with work-based learning; that involves partnerships with employers, the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Career Academies, Art Education, Rural Schools
Bard, Joe; Gardener, Clark; Wieland, Regi – Rural Educator, 2006
The consolidation of rural schools in the United States has been a controversial topic for policy-makers, school administrators, and rural communities since the 1800s. At issue in the consolidation movement have been concerns of efficiency, economics, student achievement, school size, and community identity. Throughout the history of schooling in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Consolidated Schools, Declining Enrollment, Academic Achievement
Barbour, Michael; Mulcahy, Dennis – Rural Educator, 2006
A decade ago the Advanced Placement (AP) program was introduced into the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Initially, schools embraced this opportunity to provide their students with opportunities that were previously unavailable. However, within a few years the AP program was relegated to urban and large regional high schools. Few…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Advanced Placement, Independent Study, Foreign Countries
Greenberg, Daphne; Gilbert, Amanda; Fredrick, Laura – Reading Horizons, 2006
We examined the reading interest and behavior of students in one rural (n = 664) and one inner-city (n = 510) middle school. Responses to the questionnaire indicated that in general, middle school students are not interested in reading and spend very little time engaged in various reading activities. Further analysis of the data showed differences…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Reading Interests, Middle School Students, Rural Schools
Tsotetsi, Stephen; van Wyk, Noleen; Lemmer, Eleanor – South African Journal of Education, 2008
The concept of decentralisation originates from the belief that the state cannot alone control schools, but should share its power with other stakeholders, particularly those closer to the school, on a partnership basis. The South African Schools Act (Act 84 of 1996) mandates the establishment of school governing bodies that allow…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Educational Needs, Governing Boards