AERA Rural Education SIG: Conference Presentations on Rural Education

Monday, January 09, 2006

Conference Presentations on Rural Education

Yesterday, the 19th Annual Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies that I was attending concluded. It was an interesting conference focused around a wide variety of scholars from diffrent fields who all share an interest in qualitative research.

The purpose of this entry is to share some of the sessions that were schedule which had a focus on rural education. I say which were scheduled, because unfortunately the project leader of the first session (the panel on educational research below) had an unforeseeable circumstanc occur the day before the conference and contacted the conference organizers with their inability to come. As for the poster session listed below, I'm not sure why they were not in attendance.

Below is the abstracts from the conference program and I have added links to the e-mail addresses of the presenters in case their topics are of interest to you and you would like to contact them about their work.

Educational Research
Lamenting the Loss of Mom & Pop: The Changing Terrain of Rural Appalachian Schools
Communities both Resisting & Embracing Multinational Corporate Development
- Mary Jean Ronan Herzog, Western Carolina University

Conflicts are inevitable in communities where change occurs rapidly or where dramatic change occurs over time. Rural communities and schools faced tremendous change throughout the 20th Century and, with advancing broadband networks and communications, are facing even more dramatic change. This symposium examines issues confronting rural schools and communities.

Country as Cornbread: Up From Appalachian English?
- Barbara Cary, Mars Hill College

The Teaching Force: Who wants to teach in rural Appalachia and why?
- Sharon Dole, Western Carolina University

You Can Go Home Again: A Case Study of the Consolidation, Closing and Restoration of Barnardsville Elementary School
- Gail Buckner, Buncombe County Schools

Jim Brown, Session Chair, Mars Hill College

Poster Presentations

Identifying Barriers and Supports to Rural Students’ Career Development and Educational Aspirations
- Amber N. Hughes, Vanderbilt University

This study provides information for school counselors to use when providing educational support to rural students. Previous research indicates a need for additional support due to a lack of positive parental influences on rural adolescents’ educational aspirations. In-depth interviews with rural high school students will serve to supplement existing quantitative research on factors influencing educational aspirations with qualitative data, as well as provide a greater understanding of how school counselors can better influence students’ aspirations.

I should also note that if any of our memberships or readership of this blog would like to submit their own notes from sessions that they attend at any conferences which they feel may be of interest to the members of the AERA Rural Education SIG, feel free to send them to me at mkb-at-uga-dot-edu.

Tags: QUIG, AERA, rural, education

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