Rural education in British Columbia has traditionally been studied from urban-based perspectives. A more intimate interpretation of rural schools is called for, one afforded by the "window on rural society", namely the remote one-room school and its teacher. What did it mean to be a teacher in a small rural school in north-central British Columbia in the 1920s, and what was the interrelationship between the isolated school, its teacher and the community? The answers to these questions are pursued by looking at the experiences of individual teachers, highlighting the teacher's struggle to adapt to adverse physical and social conditions in his or her private and public life, and examining the community's reaction to the efforts by the Departm...
Open access journalIn the mid-1930s, in the midst of economic depression, social turmoil and politic...
Small schools and their communities contribute to an important, though threatened, knowledge base. T...
This study is a micro-analysis of a particular educational milieu: a history of the development of r...
Rural education in British Columbia has traditionally been studied from urban-based perspectives. A ...
Prior to the consolidation of British Columbia’s rural districts into larger administrative units in...
The field of rural education has not been significantly developed in Canada and the marginal status ...
A focus on rurality has been largely absent from much contemporary educational policy discussion. At...
This qualitative exploration of rural and urban teaching experiences encapsulates the experiences of...
Canadian interest in a vanishing rural civilization before the First War was epitomized in the Agric...
As several scholars contend, there is a paucity of material on the lives of thousands of rural teach...
This qualitative exploration of rural and urban teaching experiences encapsulates the experiences of...
The focus of this study was to describe rural and urban education from the perspective of teachers. ...
This qualitative study examined aspects of rural education in Newfoundland and Labrador. A phenomeno...
This paper uses data from two longitudinal surveys of Canadian youth to examine the effects of rural...
Situated within the challenges faced by English teacher educators in the frontier state of Montana, ...
Open access journalIn the mid-1930s, in the midst of economic depression, social turmoil and politic...
Small schools and their communities contribute to an important, though threatened, knowledge base. T...
This study is a micro-analysis of a particular educational milieu: a history of the development of r...
Rural education in British Columbia has traditionally been studied from urban-based perspectives. A ...
Prior to the consolidation of British Columbia’s rural districts into larger administrative units in...
The field of rural education has not been significantly developed in Canada and the marginal status ...
A focus on rurality has been largely absent from much contemporary educational policy discussion. At...
This qualitative exploration of rural and urban teaching experiences encapsulates the experiences of...
Canadian interest in a vanishing rural civilization before the First War was epitomized in the Agric...
As several scholars contend, there is a paucity of material on the lives of thousands of rural teach...
This qualitative exploration of rural and urban teaching experiences encapsulates the experiences of...
The focus of this study was to describe rural and urban education from the perspective of teachers. ...
This qualitative study examined aspects of rural education in Newfoundland and Labrador. A phenomeno...
This paper uses data from two longitudinal surveys of Canadian youth to examine the effects of rural...
Situated within the challenges faced by English teacher educators in the frontier state of Montana, ...
Open access journalIn the mid-1930s, in the midst of economic depression, social turmoil and politic...
Small schools and their communities contribute to an important, though threatened, knowledge base. T...
This study is a micro-analysis of a particular educational milieu: a history of the development of r...