Rural education in urbanized nations : issues and innovations /: issues and innovations. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jonathan P. Sher.
• Editors: Sher, Jonathan P
• Contents: Preface -- The Reemergence of Rural Education -- Education in the Countryside: Establishing the Context -- Education in the Countryside: Overview of Conditions and Some Conclusions -- Rural Education Innovations -- Introduction -- Delivery and Support System Innovations -- Schooling with Television in Rural Areas: Portugal's Telescola -- Beyond Mere Survival: Teacher Support in Scotland's Rural Schools -- Putting the Outback into the Forefront: Education Innovations in Western Australia -- The Educational Challenge in Rural Alaska: Era of Local Control -- The New Zealand Correspondence School: A Pragmatic System for the Basic Schooling of Isolated Children -- In-School Innovations -- Sea Change in the Western Isles of Scotland: The Rise of Locally Relevant Bilingual Education -- Finland's Small Schools and Combined Grades: An Overview with Special Reference to the Kuusamo District -- Foxfire: Experiential Education in Rural America -- Locally Relevant Curricula in Rural Norway: The Lofoten Islands Example -- Reform and Resistance: Rural School Improvement Projects in the United States
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 1981
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 370.9173/2; Education, Rural; Correspondence schools and courses; Television in education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Correspondence schools and courses; Education, Rural; Television in education; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000238518; 1000238512; 0429305052; 9780429305054; 9781000274455; 1000274454; 9781000310399; 1000310396
• Related ISBNs: 0367286300; 9780367286309
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 13, 2019).
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