Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Rural Reminder
1. Amenity rich areas that are growing as baby boomers retire, as more people buy second homes, and as “footloose professionals” choose to settle in small town communities with rich natural amenities or outside large cities
2. Declining and transitioning resource dependent areas, where once agriculture, timber, mining or related manufacturing industries supported a solid blue collar middle class, albeit with booms and busts
3. Chronically poor communities, places with majority people of color, as well as Appalachia and the Ozarks, where decades of resource extraction and under-investment have left a legacy of poverty and under-resourced public institutions
Check out their presentation on rural poverty and development challenges.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Rural Reminder
The resulting bibliography is available here.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Rural Reminder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fldR03e51cw
Enjoy!
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Monday, April 14, 2008
International Rural Education symposium
- indicate whether you would be willing to distribute our Call for Papers among your rural education colleagues and networks;
- nominate four or five key individuals or organisations from your country you think would be interested in submitting papers for ISFIRE 2009;
- nominate one or two prominent researchers in rural education you consider well suited to be members of the Scientific Committee. We would encourage you to also nominate yourself and to send us your CV;
- nominate a leading rural education researcher/educator from your country you consider suitable as a keynote speaker. Again you are most welcome to also nominate yourself. We are currently exploring avenues for funding additional international keynotes and the configuration of the final programme will depend on securing these funds.
1. Promoting Policy Initiatives
2. Nurturing Teacher Experience
3. Enhancing Student Experience/Growth
4. Building School Community
5. Responding to Cultural Diversity
kind regards,
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Associate Director, Science Education
National Centre of Science, ICT and Mathematics
Education for Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR Australia)
http://simerr.une.edu.au/
Chair
International Organization for Science and Technology Education (IOSTE)
http://www.ioste.org
SiMERR National Centre
Faculty of the Professions
University of New England
Armidale, NSW 2351
AUSTRALIA
phone: (+ 61) 2 6773 2983
fax: (+ 61) 2 6773 4291
email: terry.lyons@une.edu au
http://www.une.edu.au/ehps
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Rural Reminder
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
NREA - Announcement of Edward Chance Award
EDWARD W. CHANCE MEMORIAL RURAL EDUCATION DISSERTATION AWARD
$500.00
The National Rural Education Association sponsors the Edward W. Chance Memorial Rural Education Dissertation Award. The award id funded by the Chance family, through the NREA Foundation, to recognize doctoral research which makes a significant contribution to rural education and addresses issues of current concern. The research could include, but is not limited to, issues of rural school efficiency and effectiveness, rural students’ learning and development, financing rural schools, rural poverty, the rural economy, student/rural community expectations, understanding the diversity of rural administrators, or alternative instructional and organizational patterns for rural education. The dissertation judged most meritorious will receive the award and the author will be recognized at the NREA national convention in San Antonio, Texas, on October 27-29, 2008.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Electronically submit a packet that includes the following:
- Biographical and directory information for the author, including name address, telephone numbers, and email address.
- Digital copy of a 20 – page summary of the dissertation. (the length excludes length of reference list)
- The summary should cover, as closely as possible, the following aspects of the study: The problem statement, the research question, methodology, findings, conclusions, and significance of the study to rural education.
- Degree completion date.
- A statement of agreement with NREA to publicize the research through media consistent with association purposes. NREA imposes no infringement in the researcher’s copyright or other publication efforts.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
- Significance of the study to rural education. (30 points)
- Contribution to knowledge. (30 points)
- Thoroughness of research (20 points)
- Segments reflecting: problem statement, the research question, methodology, findings, significance, and conclusions. (10 points)
- NREA membership. (10 points)
RESERVATIONS:
- Selection, rejection, and judging are the reserved rights of the NREA Research Committee. The Research committee reserves the option of making appropriate inquires on any study submitted.
- NREA assumes the privilege of reproducing all or a portion of the research in the Rural Educator or other professional venues.
- NREA reserves the right to acknowledge the researcher’s application to the agency or institution with which the research is associated.
- A researcher may receive this award only once within a five year period.
SUBMIT APPLICATION VIA EMAIL TO: jehill@purdue.edu
DEADLINE JUNE 15, 2008
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NREA - Announcement of the Brzrzinski Award
STANLEY A. BRZEZINSKI MEMORIAL RURAL EDUCATION RESEARCH AWARD
$500.00
In order to recognize outstanding, high quality research in the field of rural education, the National Rural Education Association sponsors the Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Rural Education Research Award. This award, funded by the Brzezinski family, will be awarded for educational research which addresses significant rural issues and makes notable contributions to the knowledge base of rural education. Research addressing rural education issues is paramount to the selection process. All rural education researchers are eligible to be nominated or to self-nominate for the award. The research could include, but is not limited to, issues of rural school efficiency and effectiveness, rural students’ learning and development, financing rural schools, rural poverty, the rural economy, student/rural community expectations, understanding the diversity of rural administrators, or alternative instructional and organizational patterns for rural education. The research project judged most meritorious will receive the award and the author will be recognized at the NREA national convention in San Antonio, Texas, on October 27-29, 2008.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Initially electronically submit a packet that includes the following:
- Biographical and directory information for the author, including name address, telephone numbers, and email address.
- Digital copy of a 500 – 1000 word summary of the research. ( the length excludes length of reference list)
- Digital abstract of 500 words or less that supports the quality of the research.
- Copies of publications, reports, or other documentation produced from the research.
- A statement of agreement with NREA to publicize the research through media consistent with association purposes. NREA imposes no infringement in the researcher’s copyright or other publication efforts.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
- Significance of the study to rural education. (30 points)
- Contribution to knowledge. (30 points)
- Thoroughness of research (20 points)
- Research design. (10 points)
- NREA membership. (10 points)
RESERVATIONS:
- Selection, rejection, and judging are the reserved rights of the NREA Research Committee. The Research committee reserves the option of making appropriate inquires on any study submitted.
- NREA assumes the privilege of reproducing all or a portion of the research in the Rural Educator or other professional venues.
- NREA reserves the right to acknowledge the researcher’s application to the agency or institution with which the research is associated.
- A researcher may receive this award only once within a five year period.
SUBMIT APPLICATION VIA EMAIL TO: jehill@purdue.edu
DEADLINE JUNE 15, 2008
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NREA - Call for Rural Research
CALL FOR RURAL RESEARCH
2008
NREA Research Symposium
October 25-26
Omni Hotel at the Colonnade
San Antonio, Texas
Prologue to
100th Annual NREA CONVENTION
OCTOBER 27-29, 2008
Hosted by:
Texas Rural Education Association
To: Rural Education Researchers
From: Pat Hardre, Chair of the NREA Research Committee; John Hill, Executive Director, NREA
Subject: Invitation to Submit Proposal
The National Rural Education Association will host the NREA research Symposium on October 25-26, 2008, at the OMNI Hotel at the colonnade in San Antonio, Texas. The NREA Research Symposium will precede the 100th Annual NREA convention, which is scheduled on October 27-28, 2008. Registration for the NREA Research Symposium will be $150, unless you register for the NREA convention. Registration for the NREA Convention provides a free registration for the NREA Research Symposium.
You are invited to submit a proposal for the NREA research Symposium. All manuscripts will be peer reviewed based on a uniform rubric. The invitation is extended to you in an effort to assemble outstanding rural education researchers in a forum devoted solely to rural education issues and research. The NREA plans for the NREA Research Symposium to become the premier event in rural education research. Please plan to provide the NREA information about your proposed presentation on a disc in PowerPoint, PDF format, or email. Also, symposium presenters will be invited to submit their manuscripts for publication in The Rural Educator, a peer-edited publication of the NREA.
The NREA Executive Committee has established a $500 award, the Howard A. Dawson Best Research Paper Award, to be presented to the author of the paper that is judged to be the Best Research Paper. The award will be presented at the Symposium and the recipient of the award will present the Best Research Paper during the Research Symposium.
A draft program for the NREA research Symposium is attached.
Please review the list of presentation strands that could be included in the Symposium. Studies chosen may be blocked in presentation clusters, with no more than three presentations per cluster. Clusters will be designed to summarize the research and generate interaction between the presenters and the audience.
Please contact John Hill, Executive Director of the NREA, jehill@purdue.edu ; or Patricia Hardre, Chair of the NREA Research Committee, hardre@ou.edu ; for additional information about the NREA Research Symposium.
National Rural Education Association
2008 RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
DRAFT PROGRAM
| October 25, 2008 | | |
| 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM | | Registration |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Speaker: TBA | General Session |
| 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM | | Break |
| 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM | | Presentations Cluster |
| 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM | Speaker: TBA | Luncheon |
| 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM | | Presentations Cluster |
| 3:30 Pm – 4:45 PM | | Presentations Cluster |
| | | |
| October 26, 2008 | | |
| 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM | | Registration |
| 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM | | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM | | Presentations Cluster |
| 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | | Break |
| 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Speaker: TBA | General Session |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | | Recap/Summary |
| 12:00 PM | Adjourn | |
NREA RESEARCH SYPOSIUM
PROPOSED PRESENTATION STRANDS
| Rural Curriculum/Design/Theory | Student Achievement |
| Poverty in Rural America | Distance Learning |
| Rural Education Leadership | Rural School Administration |
| Rural Education and Economic Development | Early Childhood Education |
| Diversity in Rural Education | Rural Demographics |
| Program Evaluation and Development | Professional Development |
| Accountability in Rural Schools | IDEA |
| No Child Left Behind | Effective Rural Schools |
| Student Assessment | Migrant Education |
| Rural School Organization/Consolidation | Other Rural Issues |
CALL FOR RURAL RESEARCH
2008 NREA RESEARCH SYPOSIUM
APPLICATION FORM
October 25-26, 2008
Omni Hotel at the Colonnade
San Antonio, Texas
Submission Deadline June 15, 2008
Conducted in conjunction with the 100th Annual NREA convention, October 27-29, 2008.
Please complete and submit the Submission outline.
Please follow the Submission outline. Include directory information for each presenter.
Include your name or an electronic signature with the binder statement.
The Submission Outline is available on the NREA Research symposium link at www.nrea.net .
Submission Outline
Presentation Title:
(Please list each presenter and directory information on a separate form)
Institution/School or Company:
Description: A brief, proofed description (30 words or less) of your presentation as it is to appear in the program.
Summary: A 2000 word digital summary of the research project for initial review. A copy of the presentation on a disc in PowerPoint, PDF format, or email will be requested if the research proposal is chosen to be presented at the Symposium. The NREA Research Committee will select the Howard A. Dawson Best Research Paper Award prior to the NREA Research Symposium. As a service to attendees, all presentation manuscripts may be compiled digitally for distribution. This does not constitute publication or preclude researchers submitting their work for publication following the Symposium.
Format
Manuscripts will be presented in clusters, with two presenters per cluster. Time will be provided for commentary and discussion during the 75 minute time period.
A screen and flip chart will be provided by NREA. Special equipment such as a computer, lcd projector, or television, must be furnished by the presenter or arranged by the presenter through the convention hotel. If your presentation is accepted, further information will be sent concerning audiovisual equipment.
BINDER
All presenters must register and pay the registration fee. I agree I will register for the Symposium or convention. I understand I will not be reimbursed for any expenses. Symposium registration will be $150, joint Symposium/Convention registration will be $295. Registration includes meals and breaks.
Signature: ______________________________
PLEASE SUBMIT APPLICATION TO: jehill@purdue.edu
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Rural Reminder
The webcast features rural education royalty talking about some key rural issues:
- Doris Williams, Director of Capacity Building, The Rural School and Community Trust
- Jerry Johnson, Research Director, Center for Educational Research in Appalachia/Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
- Erin McHenry-Sorber, Managing Editor, Journal of Research in Rural Education
The webcast also includes two brief films featuring rural schools and districts doing neat stuff. For instance, Cannon County High School staff discuss their approach to place-based education, in which curriculum is aligned to both standards and community needs (check out their greenhouse project and their biofuel effort)!
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