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Tremont, Joshua W.; Templeton, Nathan R. – School Leadership Review, 2019
The purpose of this descriptive embedded case study is to address a reading literacy problem at a rural school district through a principal's instructional leadership and to determine whether student outcomes improved. Campus principals are tasked with the responsibility of ensuring every student receives high-quality instruction that aligns with…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Case Studies, Rural Schools
Bhengu, Thamsanqa T.; Svosve, Evangelista – Africa Education Review, 2019
This article presents and discusses the findings of a multi-case study that was conducted in four remote rural early childhood development (ECD) schools located in the Chiredzi district, in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe. The article explored how school heads enhanced resources mobilisation in remote rural ECD schools through school-community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, School Community Relationship, Case Studies
Ngwenya, J. C. – Perspectives in Education, 2020
This paper explores the resources Accounting teachers draw on and how they use the identified resources in the teaching of Accounting in a rural school. The study adopted an interpretive qualitative case study and employed semi-structured individual interviews to collect data from the Accounting teachers. Thematic analysis revealed that Accounting…
Descriptors: Accounting, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Rural Schools
DeVore-Wedding, Beverly R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Recruitment and retention concerns for teachers, particularly in rural school districts and in science, fill the daily news and research literature. The shortage of STEM workers is also another concern as well. Then why do nationally recognized secondary science teachers remain in rural schools with lower salaries, increased responsibilities…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Case Studies, Experienced Teachers
Li, Yongjian; Dervin, Fred – Education and Society, 2018
This article reflects on the meanings of comparing and contrasting in international and comparative education, using two education utopias as case studies. It is inspired by our visits to schools in rural China and Finland and by our interest in issues of social justice, equality/equity. The article also discusses the meanings of the fashionable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Chu, Lisa; Waite, Chelsea – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2023
Nokomis Regional High School, which draws nearly 600 students from eight different towns in rural Maine, has spent 10 years transforming its instructional model to immerse students in meaningful learning experiences that relate to their interests and passions. Project-based learning, interdisciplinary courses, and career exploration units are…
Descriptors: High School Students, School Choice, Rural Schools, Organizational Change
Klar, Hans W.; Moyi, Peter; Ylimaki, Rose M.; Hardie, Suzy; Andreoli, Parker M.; Dou, Jingtong; Harrington, Keneisha; Roper, Cindy; Buskey, Frederick C. – Journal of School Leadership, 2020
In this article, we report findings from two cases of rural, high-needs elementary schools in the Southeastern United States that successfully improved learning outcomes for their students. As illustrated by our findings, a combination of effective teacher professional development, focused student learning initiatives, and enhanced community and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Rural Schools, Cultural Context, Instructional Leadership
Pei, Miao; Yang, Hongzhi – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2019
The research literature indicates that self-regulated learning can strengthen teacher agency in taking charge of their own learning and teaching, which is important when teachers encounter difficulties or challenges due to the requirements of educational and curriculum reform. This study explores how professional teacher development training…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Foreign Countries, Professional Autonomy, Educational Change
Zulkefly, Farah; Razali, Abu Bakar – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
Students' attitudes towards learning English as a second language is not a new issue, yet much is to be known about the factors that actually affect the students' attitudes, especially those who live in rural areas that are known to have poor perceptions towards as well as poor performance in learning the English language as compared to Malaysian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes
Lewis, Charla Dawn – Online Submission, 2022
This action research project examined a rural band director's attrition/retention and possible reasons for staying or leaving a position. The purpose of this case study was to describe a rural band director's experience with content-related professional development and support networks, providing access to and a process for collaboration in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Music Education, Teacher Persistence, Administrators
Sahin, Sebahat; Acar, Melike – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2018
This study examines how the neoliberal education design operates in classrooms by observing in-class practices in a fourth-grade classroom of a public primary school. It is an attempt to illustrate the current structure of the public primary education system in Turkey. It discusses the faces of neoliberalism in the context of classroom practices,…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Case Studies
Chao, Jen Yi; Liu, Chuan Hsi – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
The main objective of this study was to investigate and compare the spatial conceptualization performance for sixth grade elementary school students from urban, suburban and remote schools in Taiwan. This study involved 27, 25, and 26 sixth grade students from one remote indigenous school in eastern Taiwan, one suburban indigenous school in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Spatial Ability, Elementary School Students, Urban Schools
Kiramba, Lydiah Kananu – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2017
In many countries, educational policies typically mandate school activities that promote a homogeneous and narrow range of academic literacies for all learners despite the diverse nature of human learning. This ethnographic case study examines how a 12-year-old Kenyan fourth-grade student performing below average on all standardized tests used…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Case Studies, Grade 4, Rural Schools
Sullivan, Bonnie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This descriptive qualitative case study examined how rural superintendents implement the eight turnaround principles to foster and sustain improvement in the school district organization. The eight turnaround principles are as follows: school leadership, school climate and culture, effective instruction, curriculum, assessment and intervention…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Rural Schools, Partnerships in Education, Case Studies
Pierce, Corey D.; Mueller, Tracy Gershwin – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2018
The challenges of working within rural schools can impact successful implementation of a multitiered system of supports (MTSS). Although special education and general education teachers' responsibilities within a MTSS framework have been addressed through a myriad of school districts across the nation, rural districts face unique challenges that…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Response to Intervention, Positive Behavior Supports, Evidence Based Practice