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Download full textLock, Graeme – Rural Educator, 2008
Education authorities continue to experience difficulty in recruiting and retaining teachers in rural and remote schools. In Western Australia (WA), a state noted for its vastness and number of schools located in rural and remote settings, a scheme developed by the Western Australian Department of Education and Training (DET) and the WA Chamber of…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Practicums, Foreign Countries, Financial Support
Pitzel, Gerald R.; Benavidez, Alicia C.; Bianchi, Barbara C.; Croom, Linda L.; de la Riva, Brandy R.; Grein, Donna L.; Holloway, James E.; Rendon, Andrew T. – Rural Educator, 2007
The Rural Education Bureau of the New Mexico Public Education Department has established a program to address the special needs of schools and communities in the extensive rural areas of the state. High poverty rates, depopulation and a general lack of viable economic opportunity have marked rural New Mexico for decades. The program underway aims…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Poverty, Foreign Countries, Rural Development
Peer reviewedBirch, Ian; Lally, Mike – Rural Educator, 1994
Among 336 students aged 4-8 in 4 rural Australian schools, transient students scored marginally lower on ability tests than their residentially stable peers. However, teachers gave more weight to family background and support, as opposed to disruption of schooling, as influencing children's adjustment to change and school achievement. (LP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Family Characteristics
Peer reviewedStevens, Ken – Rural Educator, 1993
Distance education can improve rural education by alleviating geographic isolation of small rural schools and increasing educational opportunities for both students and teachers. In Australia, distance education technologies include telecourses for staff development and an electronic mail and bulletin board system linking schools. (LP)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Distance Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedDavis, John E. – Rural Educator, 1983
Discusses supervised correspondence education for both teachers and students to complement conventional classrooms and expand secondary curriculum for rural schools. Recommends needs assessment; checking availability of needed materials; sharing material among schools; course scheduling to assure students of regualar supervision and assistance;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Correspondence Study, Curriculum Enrichment, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDavis, John – Rural Educator, 1987
Questionnaires mailed to a sample of teachers, students, and parents in Western Australia and Northwestern Ontario (Canada) were used to study the effects of isolation on rural education. Although the geographical distance may permeate all aspects of isolation, three discrete types of isolation emerged from the responses--social, cultural, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Isolation, Distance, Elementary Secondary Education
