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Peer reviewedRedman, Karin – Education in Rural Australia, 1991
Explores quantitative and qualitative dimensions of rurality in pursuit of a definition. Distinguishes between rural education and education in rural areas. Discusses rural-urban differences in values and lifestyle. Advocates defining rurality from the rural resident's perspective, emphasizing diversity of social, cultural, and occupational…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Identification (Psychology)
Baskerville, Roger – 1980
People United for Rural Education (PURE), organized in Iowa in 1977, now has about 3,000 members in 23 states and 3 foreign countries. PURE's purpose is to ensure the survival of rural schools and to promote rural life as a viable and credible way of life. One of the organization's most difficult tasks is to counteract urban attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Lobbying
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity. – 1971
Purposes of these hearings--held Sept. 1-3, 1971, in Washington, D.C.--were (1) to document the disparities between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan schools, (2) to present a picture of what rural education is like at the grass-roots level, and (3) to review some of the programs which have been designed to improve nonurban education. Witnesses…
Descriptors: American Indians, Ancillary School Services, Attitudes, Educational Finance
McClurkin, W. D. – 1970
Rural education is described in this paper in terms of its progress and problems. Among the problems, it is noted that money available on a competitive basis is generally out of reach of the rural school because of the lack of time and talent needed to obtain the funds. Teachers are often undertrained, holding "Life Certificates" earned with less…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Consolidated Schools, Courses, Educational Improvement
Rosenfeld, Stuart A. – 1979
Rural conditions influence the implementation and effect of vocational education policies dealing with funding, accessibility, economics, and local values. By law funding formulas must consider two criteria: relative district wealth, often determined by property values, which have a low correlation to median family income; and concentration of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Attitudes, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Drier, Harry N.; And Others – 1977
Materials contained in the 16 volumes that make up the Rural America Series suggest practices through which rural schools can meet local community needs and realize their potential for career program delivery. This state of the art review, one of three in the subset of career guidance program support information volumes, summarizes the strengths…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
