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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
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Brennan, Marie – Education in Rural Australia, 2005
It is perhaps too easy to suggest that rurality in educational terms has been largely missing from the pages of educational research texts. A search of the past few AARE annual conference papers throws up few papers on this topic; although an issue of "Australian Journal of Education" includes a paper on long-staying rural teachers (Boylan &…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Social Theories