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Kaesshaefer, Megan – Instructor, 2011
This article presents an interview with Lyn Huston, who teaches in a one-room schoolhouse--Duckwater School--in Duckwater, Nevada. The school, which has a class of only 15 students, is set on a plot of land between alfalfa farms, an Indian reservation, and a 20,500-acre wilderness area. Huston discusses the challenges that exist when teaching in a…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods
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Simpson, Tracy; Hastings, Wendy; Hill, Bob – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2007
This paper reports the findings of a qualitative case study of the benefits for teachers undertaking the role of mentor/supervisor in pre-service teacher education programmes. The research has a particular focus on school-based teacher educators working in rural and/or isolated communities and uncovers the role of reflection associated with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reflective Teaching, Mentors, Preservice Teacher Education