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Mulcahy, Dennis; Barbour, Michael K.; Lahiri, Minakshi – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2016
This paper reports on a naturalistic research project that was conducted in response to the educational concerns of the coastal rural communities of Labrador Straits. The research project investigated the current provision of education available to the children and the youth of these communities and found that due to declining population, changing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Access to Education, Online Courses
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Greenough, Richard; Nelson, Steven R. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2015
The purpose of this article is to help education practitioners and researchers understand that research about rural education is complicated not only by issues of defining "rural," but also by the often dramatic ways that rural schools differ from each other. We briefly address issues in defining rural and describe rural classification…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Definitions, Differences, Classification
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Corbett, Michael – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2015
In this piece I raise a number of rural education issues that I think might be productively engaged through a sociological lens. The paper has developed from notes on 'international trends in rural education' for a pre conference workshop of AARE in December of 2014. My general conclusion is that the field of rural education, at least as it exists…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Global Approach, Educational Trends
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Baker, Marshall A.; Robinson, J. Shane – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2018
The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of two contrasting pedagogies (i.e., experiential learning and direct instruction) on students' retention of agricultural knowledge over time. A six-week deferred post-test was employed to assess long-term retention of the subject matter. The results indicated that initially, students who were…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Rural Education, Agricultural Education, Retention (Psychology)
Pamela J. Mims; Carol Stanger; Julie A. Sears; Wendee B. White – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2018
Increasingly, researchers have successfully identified strategies to promote comprehension to students who are nonreaders. Further research is needed to replicate these promising results. In the current study, we used a multiple probe across participants design to evaluate the effectiveness of an iPad app, which incorporates evidence-based…
Descriptors: English, Language Arts, Handheld Devices, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Šupule, Inese; Søholt, Susanne – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2019
Rural depopulation, decreasing numbers of children, and general centralization, combined with high expectations for education, are factors that challenge rural communities and school structures in both Latvia and Norway. The aim of this article is to compare the role of the municipality and other levels of governance in making decisions on school…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Municipalities, Comparative Analysis, Public Officials
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Bat, Melodie; Guenther, John – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2013
In Australia, the "remote education system" presents itself as a simple system where the right inputs, such as quality teachers and leaders will engender the outputs that have been set by the system, such as certain levels of English literacy and numeracy. The system has measures in place, including national testing, to report on its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Educational Change, Indigenous Populations
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Hampshire, Ellen M.; Lindle, Jane Clark – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
During the Obama/Duncan federal education policy era, grant programs emphasized school -- community, and university partnerships to address student needs in high poverty areas. Critics noted the over-representation of urban poverty regions as compared to rural areas. Meanwhile, researchers have contributed insight regarding methods for effective,…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Rural Schools, College School Cooperation, Scholarship
Glover, Todd A.; Nugent, Gwen C.; Chumney, Frances L.; Ihlo, Tanya; Shapiro, Edward S.; Guard, Kirra; Koziol, Natalie; Bovaird, Jim – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2016
Teachers Speak was a national survey study designed to investigate the characteristics of rural elementary school teachers' existing professional development; differences in professional development practices between rural and non-rural settings; and the potential influence of professional development characteristics on rural teachers' knowledge,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Rural Schools, Rural Education, Professional Development
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Xie, Ailei; Postiglione, Gerard A. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2016
This study examines the differential patterns of school success of rural students as a result of China's market transition. The process dimension, how families from different social backgrounds within rural society get involved in rural schooling and how this contributes to the inequality of school success within rural society, is investigated.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Access to Education
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Baeck, Unn-Doris K. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
In this article the focus is on the relationship between rural location and education outcomes, a field that has not received enough attention either by educational authorities or by educational researchers. Main goals are to argue for an increased focus on rural education and for the need for contextualisation of educational research in general.…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Geographic Location, Rural Education, Academic Achievement
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John, Vaughn M. – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2016
After more than three decades of development, transformative learning theory is currently a major theory of adult learning. It has also attracted substantial critique, leading to further development, application and differentiation. Recent contributions to this vast scholarship show a quest for a more unified theory. This article examines…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Adult Learning, Learning Theories
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Nookathoti, Trinadh – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
Field of education is associated with herculean task and innate responsibility of escorting societies forward. Across space and time, it has been an unambiguous synthesis that education should precede any progress or change. It helps humans to understand themselves and better their interaction with rest of the society. Hence the field of education…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, Educational History, Social Bias, Role of Education
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Malek, Jalaluddin Abdul; Razaq Ahmad, Abdul; Mahzan Awang, Mohd; Alfitri – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2014
Telecentres in the 21st century may be able to improve standard of living, quality of life, and stability of knowledge for the rural population. The role of telecentres is widely increasing in developing political and management awareness, economic, socio-culture, technology, education and regulation awareness in rural communities. Telecentres in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Rural Development, Community Development
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Omidi Najafabadi, Maryam; Mirdamadi, Seyed Mehdi; Payandeh Najafabadi, Amir Teimour – International Journal on E-Learning, 2014
The facts that the wireless technologies (1) are more convenient; and (2) need less skill than desktop computers, play a crucial role to decrease digital gap in rural areas. This study employed the Bayesian Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to design a mobile training system in rural areas of Iran. It categorized challenges, potential, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Telecommunications, Computer Networks
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