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Investing in Sustainable and Resilient Rural Social Space: Lessons for Teacher Education
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White, Simone; Lock, Graeme; Hastings, Wendy; Cooper, Maxine; Reid, Jo-Anne; Green, Bill – Education in Rural Australia, 2011
Attracting and retaining effective education leaders and teaching staff for regional, rural and remote schools in Australia is a major sustainability and quality issue facing every State and Territory. It is also a major concern in pre-service teacher education, particularly for those universities which have a commitment to rural and regional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Rural Schools, Educational Change
Resourcing Change in Small Schools
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Anderson, Michelle; White, Simone – Australian Journal of Education, 2011
The theme of this article is the challenge that school leaders face in creating the conditions for learning in small schools. We draw on the concepts of "social capital" and "social entrepreneurship" to identify tensions and possibilities for school leaders in a case study of a small rural school as they seek to find resources…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Small Schools, Social Capital, Instructional Leadership
Supporting Beginning Rural Teachers: Lessons from Successful Schools
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White, Simone; Lock, Graeme; Hastings, Wendy; Reid, Jo-Anne; Green, Bill; Cooper, Maxine – Australian Teacher Education Association, 2009
Across Australia and internationally, the vexed problem of staffing rural school remains a major issue affecting the educational outcomes of many rural students and their families. TERRAnova, (New Ground in Teacher Education for Rural and Regional Australia), is the name of a large Australian Research Council funded (2008-2010) project involving:…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Teacher Persistence, Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers