This paper begins by setting the scene with an overview of a recent literature review
examining teacher preparation for rural and remote settings. The discussion considers the …

Early career teachers eager to find employment are often encouraged by employers to
accept positions in remote locations which are traditionally difficult to staff. This paper reports …

Pre-service teachers need to be prepared to teach in both rural and urban contexts.
Preparation to teach multi-grade classes in rural schools is excellent preparation for …

Through the use of a rural standpoint, this dissertation offers new insights into how rural
educational disadvantage is socially, and spatially, produced in rural areas of New South …

The paper describes and analyses the issues that impacted on pre service Primary
Education students' engagement with the subject'Aboriginal culture and history'at a rural …

Much has been written about the positive and negative aspects of teaching in a rural school,
but relatively few studies have explored the role of teaching principals (TPs) in small …

Delivering essential health, education and human services in rural and remote communities
remains a critical problem for Australia. When professionals have mandatory responsibilities …

For over 30 years, the Journal of the Society for Provision of Education in Rural Australia has
reported research and practice discourses associated with rural, regional and remote …

The role of a teaching principal (TP) in small rural and/or remote schools in New South
Wales is not easy. Their professional lives are hectic, challenging and require a great deal of …

ABSTRACT The 'Bush Tracks' collective is a team of researchers in the University of New
England researching rural schooling. In this paper we describe some of the results of two …