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Chamberlain, Jonathan M. – 1970
Three years of intensive activity, which characterized the development and management of the rural psychological service, are overviewed. Five adjacent rural school district superintendents proposed a project to determine the feasibility of providing psychological and social work services in a sparsely populated area. Planning Phase 1 sought to…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Guidance Programs, Psychoeducational Methods, Psychological Services
Muse, Ivan D. – 1977
Characterized by limited financial resources, course offerings, vocational education programs, faculty, and administrators, rural schools have a student population that is generally poorer, less motivated, more culturally deprived, and more isolated than its urban counterpart. Consequently, the rural school teacher has an especially demanding job,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Competency Based Teacher Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Miller, Bruce A. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1995
Explores issues related to expanding the roles of rural schools and youth in community development; summarizes literature related to community development and social capital; reports on how three rural Midwest communities built linkages between the school and community; reports on data from a symposium on community-based learning; and addresses…
Descriptors: Community Development, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Bloodsworth, Gaston; Fitzgerald, Doris – 1993
Most educational movements have been in the direction of national standards, have been urban oriented, and often have failed to recognize or acknowledge the uniqueness of rural education. Consequently, rural education has become little more than a second thought as teachers' skills are developed. This paper examines the contribution colleges of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Curriculum Design, Education Courses, Educational Practices

Cusack, Mary Ann – 1974
An eight-year project--Project SACI--begun in 1969 is introducing technology into Brazil's educational system. It is based upon the hypotheses that technology can deliver education to more students, increase achievement, and provide cost-effective teacher education. To rest these hypotheses, Project SACI aims to bring satellite transmission of…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Developing Nations, Educational Radio, Educational Technology
Payne-Bourcy, Laura – 2001
This doctoral study examined the literacy practices of two rural adolescents as they crossed between the social contexts of their rural community, Winnona Hill, and higher education. Data collected primarily through semi-structured e-mail interviews over a 4-year period indicated that both informants used multiple literacies and a range of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Dissonance, College Environment, College Students, Coping
Enochs, Larry G. – 1988
This paper studies the needs and strengths of rural schools with the intent of improving rural science education. It examines the history of rural schools, and posits a rural-to-urban continuum of characteristics, citing studies that indicate rural schools are more effective in some ways than urban schools. The paper looks at needs of rural/small…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Community Development, Community Support, Educational Quality
Call, Vaughn R. A. – 1980
To measure urban-rural differences in types of career counseling received by students and perceptions held by students regarding career planning activities, research was conducted to extend the 1975 study by Noeth, Roth, and Prediger, which used the same career questions and resulting data, but did not include the urban-rural comparison. The…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning
CHARLES, EDGAR B. – 1968
THE PHENONMENON OF RURALITY OCCURS ALONG A RURAL-URBAN CONTINUUM, WITH THE DEGREE OF RURALITY DEPENDING UPON ENVIRONMENTAL, OCCUPATIONAL, AND SOCIO-CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS. A HIGH DEGREE OF RURALITY IS LIKELY TO EXIST IN AREAS WHERE POPULATION CENTERS DO NOT EXCEED 2,500 PERSONS, OCCUPATIONS ARE PRIMARILY BASED ON NATURAL RESOURCE AND/OR LAND…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Community Benefits
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1967
The Alaska State Department of Education's position paper on the size and type of secondary schools needed for Alaska's rural youth includes a revision of the existing Rural School Plan, an overview of areas where educational opportunities are presently available for high school-age students in Alaska, and a discussion of potential areas where…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Rural Development Perspectives, 1995
This special theme issue reports key results from a comprehensive assessment of skill development among the rural workforce and of rural education and job training in rural areas. This comprehensive assessment had three goals: to develop better measures of rural skills than were previously available, to identify human capital initiatives that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Dropouts, Educational Attainment
Gibbs, Robert M., Ed.; Swaim, Paul L., Ed.; Teixeira, Ruy, Ed. – 1998
This book examines the education, training, and skill supply of the rural workforce; the role of rural workforce quality in rural development; and the barriers that prevent many rural people from obtaining the skills needed for good jobs. Data are drawn from large national surveys of schools, students, and households. The first three chapters…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship

Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1978
The annotated bibliography provides a guide to the latest resource material, research findings, and/or developments in rural career guidance found in the ERIC system. Section I contains 158 citations and abstracts which have appeared in "Resources in Education" (RIE). RIE document resumes include the ERIC accession number, author(s), title,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Awareness
Geurin, Virginia; And Others – 1977
To determine how well rural youths were adjusting to modern society, a study on educational and occupational aspirations of male high school seniors from two counties in Southwest Arkansas was begun in 1965 and completed in 1972. A major finding in the first stage was that 70% of the 165 seniors (121 Whites, 44 Blacks) overaspired for their…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Ingram, Judith K. – 1982
The practical steps outlined in this manual are based on the experience of establishing Marquette (Michigan) Alternative Senior High (MASH), organized in 1978 to serve rural youth who had dropped out or were not benefiting significantly from the regular high school programs. Chapters are organized in chronological progression and each refers to…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Dropout Prevention, Employment Potential, Faculty Development