Teaching in Rural Places: Thriving in Classrooms, Schools, and Communities

ISBN-13: 9780367376383 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 276 str.

Amy Price Azano; Devon Brenner; Jayne Downey

Opis

This teacher education textbook will help preservice and beginning teachers to think critically about the impact of rurality on their work by providing a thorough overview of what it means to live, teach, learn, and thrive as educators in a rural community.

Spis treści

Introduction;   Section One: Rural Contexts;   1: Becoming a Rural Teacher;   2: Social Justice and Rural Communities;   3: Understanding Rural Places;   4: Why Place Matters;   Section Two: Thriving in Rural Communities;   5: Rural Literacies;   6: Understanding Strengths and Assets in Rural Communities;    7: Families as Partners in Rural Communities;    8: From Here or Away: Relating to Students;   Section Three: Thriving in Rural Schools;   9: Building Professional Networks in Rural Schools;   10: Policy and the Rural Teacher;    11: Responding to Trauma;     12: Multi-grade Teaching;   Section Four: Thriving in Rural Classrooms;    13: Place-Conscious Instruction;   14: Technology for Learning in the Rural Classroom;   15: Diversity in the Rural Classroom;   16: Teaching Exceptional Learners in Rural Classrooms;   17: Evidence in the Rural Classroom;   18: Teaching as Inquiry: What Works in Rural Classrooms;   19: Thriving as a Rural Teacher