ERIC Number: EJ1013124
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
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Navigating the Rural Terrain: Educators' Visions to Promote Change
Vaughn, Margaret; Saul, Melissa
Rural Educator, v34 n2 Win 2013
Advocates of rural education emphasize the need to examine supports which may promote rural educators given the challenging contexts of which they face. Teacher visioning has been conceptualized as a navigational tool to help sustain and promote teachers given high-challenging contexts. The current study explored 10 public school teachers from rural areas in the Pacific Northwest, and their visions and challenges to practicing their visions in their respective school environments. Findings suggest that visions were described in three domains: visions of students, visions of self as teacher, and visions of school. Teachers expressed visions of self as "change agents," and often expressed a sense of responsibility and vulnerability as they worked to weave knowledge of effective pedagogy, teacher leadership principles, and self-reflection to implement change in their individual schools. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Rural Education, Public School Teachers, Rural Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Interviews, Grounded Theory, Self Concept, Barriers, Educational Change, Change Agents, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Responsibility, Teacher Leadership, Teacher Effectiveness, Reflection, Phenomenology, Focus Groups
National Rural Education Association. Web site: http://www.nrea.net
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Middle Schools; Junior High Schools; High Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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