Teaching in rural places : thriving in classrooms, schools, and communities / Amy Price Azano, Devon Brenner, Jayne Downey, Karen Eppley, and Ann K. Schulte.
Teaching in rural places : introduction -- Becoming a rural teacher -- Social justice and rural communities -- Understanding rural places -- Why place matters -- Rural literacies -- Understanding strengths and assets in rural communities -- Families as partners in rural communities -- From here or away : relating to students -- Building professional networks in rural schools -- Policy and the rural teacher -- Responding to trauma -- Multi-grade teaching -- Place-conscious instruction -- Technology for learning in the rural classroom -- Diversity in the rural classroom -- Teaching exceptional learners in rural classrooms -- Evidence in the rural classroom -- Teaching as inquiry : what works in rural classrooms -- Thriving as a rural teacher.
Summary:
"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. This book invites the reader to think about teaching in a rural school as an act of social justice, work that can help dismantle spatial barriers to economic, social, and political justice. The first of its kind, this comprehensive textbook for rural teacher education is targeted toward preservice teachers in traditional and alternative teacher preparation programs"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.