Rural education for the twenty-first century : identity, place, and community in a globalizing world / / edited by Kai A. Schafft and Alecia Youngblood Jackson

• Pubblicazione: University Park, Penn., : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.9173/4
• Soggetto topico: Education, Rural - History; Rural schools - History; Rural poor - Education; Education and globalization
• Altri autori: SchafftKai A. <1964-> JacksonAlecia Youngblood <1968->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Rural Education and Community in the Twenty-first Century""; ""Part I: Spaces of Identity""; ""1. Learning to be Rural: Identity Lessons from History, Schooling, and the U.S. Corporate Media""; ""2. Poverty and School Achievement in Rural Communities: A Social-Class Interpretation""; ""3. â€?â€?The Drama of Their Daily Livesâ€?â€?: Racist Language and Struggles Over the Local in a Rural High School""; ""4. Fields of Discourse: A Foucauldian Analysis of Schooling in a Rural, U.S. Southern Town"" ; ""Part II: Placing Education""""5. The Challenges of Student Transiency for Rural Schools and Communities in the Era of No Child Left Behind""; ""6. Wharf Talk, Home Talk, and School Talk: The Politics of Language in a Coastal Community""; ""7. Globalization, Asymmetric Urbanization, and Rural Disadvantage in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""8. Teaching School in Rural America: Toward an Educated Hope""; ""Part III: teaching communities""; ""9. Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities: Global Influence and Local Design"" ; ""10. The Golden Cage of Rural College Access: How Higher Education Can Respond to the Rural Life""""11. Opening Their Eyes: E-Learning for Rural and Isolated Communities in Australia""; ""12. Advocating for English Language Learners: U.S. Teacher Leadership in Rural Texas Schools""; ""13. Growing Up Rural and Moving Toward Family-School Partnerships: Special Educators Reflect on Biography and Place""; ""Conclusion: Economics, Community, and Rural Education: Rethinking the Nature of Accountability in the Twenty-first Century""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""
• Sommario/riassunto: "A collection of essays examining the various social, cultural, and economic intersections of rural place and global space, as viewed through the lens of education. Explores practices that offer both problems and possibilities for the future of rural schools and communities, in the United States and abroad"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rural education for the twenty-first century
• ISBN: 0-271-10147-4; 0-271-05046-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911007452303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studia obszarów wiejskich.