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Benjamin, Jane – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this research is to compare the rural education practices of China, Taiwan, Canada and the United States. International comparisons of mathematics achievement find that students in Asian countries outperform those from the USA. Excluded from these studies, however, are students from rural areas in China. This study compares the math…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Cultural Differences, Cross Cultural Studies
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Foster, Felicity; Harvey, Brian – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1996
Stresses the need for research examining the critical shortage of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in rural Canada. Results of a survey of 87 speech language pathologists in rural British Columbia and Saskatchewan (Canada) were similar to earlier American studies in that employment practices, employment benefits, lifestyle, and other personal…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Practices, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction