Friday, April 30, 2010
Rural Education SIG Newsletter
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I HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE BUSINESS MEETING THIS SUNDAY EVENING (Details below)
RURAL EDUCATION
A Special Interest Group Affiliated with the
American Educational Research Association
Vol. 8, Issue 1-------Spring 2010
Letter from the Rural Education SIG Chair
Greetings Everyone!
I am very excited to invite you to participate in the Rural Education SIG sessions we have scheduled at AERA this year! As always, I expect these presentations will be engaging and thought-provoking. This year, our SIG’s sessions begin on Saturday
afternoon, May 1, and conclude on Tuesday afternoon, May 4. I encourage you to create your schedule and include these sessions in your plans! I would like to thank our program co-chairs, Pat Hardre and Dennis Mulcahy, for all their work in creating
our fine program, as well as those anonymous reviewers who took the time to carefully consider all the proposals that were submitted.
I would like to thank all of the Rural Education SIG officers for their work, and refer you to their articles elsewhere in this issue of our newsletter. I would especially like to thank Pat Hardre, who is stepping down after having
co-chaired the program committee for four years, and Kathleen Jorissen, our Secretary/Treasurer, who has served our SIG in this capacity for six years. Thanks also to Kristine Reed, our Membership Coordinator; and Michael Barbour, our website
manager. And once again, thanks to Sharon Spall for her work editing this newsletter!
I’m please to welcome two new officers of our SIG. Kim Cowley has been elected to a three-year term as Program Co-Chair, and will be serving with Dennis Mulcahy for the next two years. And Ruth Heaton has been elected to a three-year term as
Secretary-Treasurer. Thanks to Kim and Ruth for agreeing to serve in these capacities, and to Jeanne Surface and Craig Howley for serving as the Nominating Committee co-chairs. Thanks to Jeanne’s and Craig’s efforts, our first online election of SIG
officers was carried out smoothly. They have agreed to serve in this capacity for a second year.
I would also like to congratulate our Outstanding Dissertation Award winners: Elyse Pratt-Ronco, Karen Eppley, and Thomas Butler! And thanks to Caitlin Howley, who chaired the awards committee, and to the other members of the awards
committee for reviewing the dissertations that were submitted.
I especially want to invite you to attend our Rural Education SIG business meeting, which will be held Sunday evening, May 2, 6:15-7:45pm in the Sheraton / Plaza Court 3 room. As many of us learned last year in San Diego, AERA is going
through a number of very significant changes, one of which is a requirement that every SIG have written by-laws that follow a template developed by the SIG Executive Committee. While there are some choices available to SIGs (for example, deciding
what offices the SIG should have), there are other ways in which all SIGs must operate the same (e.g., using the online elections system for the election of officers). As I have been working with the AERA Central Office to develop draft by-laws for
the consideration and ultimately vote of the SIG membership, I’ve wondered whether the ways in which o ur SIG has operated in the past were simply matters of convenience, or whether there were good reasons for our SIG to be somewhat different from
other SIGs. Another (more present and futur
e oriented) way to think about it is to ask the question, Are there distinctively RURAL ways to promote research in RURAL education? Should the ways that our SIG goes about its work be in any way a reflection of the rural contexts in which we do our
research?
The First Draft of our By-laws that I submitted to the AERA Central Office at the end of 2009 has been on our SIG web page since early December. See [ http://ruralsig.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html
]http://ruralsig.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html The Second Draft of the By-laws, as revised by the Central Office to reflect SIG Executive Committee requirements, is posted on our SIG web site - [ http://ruralsig.blogspot.com/
]http://ruralsig.blogspot.com/ - as well. I’ll also prepare a brief summary of changes to share at the business meeting. Among other business, we’ll have an opportunity to discuss the By-laws, which will be coming up for a vote at some point,
probably in the coming 12 months.
Following the business meeting, it is our practice to go out to dinner together, with the SIG covering a part of the cost. I hope you will consider joining us if you are able. I would also welcome any suggestions of restaurants we could go
to, from anyone more familiar with Denver than I am.
I look forward to seeing you in Denver!
John Maddaus, Chair
Rural Ed SIG Honors Dissertations
The chair of the dissertation award committee, Caitlin Howley, has announced the Rural Education SIG recipients for 2010. Reviewers of all the entries have selected:
1st Prize: Dr. Elyse Pratt-Ronco. Adolescents Living in Rural Poverty: Success, Resilience, and Barriers to Social Mobility, Boston College.
2nd Prize: Dr. Karen Eppley. Friction, Fiction, and Failure: Scientifically Based Research and the Rural, The Pennsylvania State University.
3rd Prize: Dr. Thomas Butler. Rural Schools and Communities: How Globalization Influences Rural School and Community Collaboration, The Pennsylvania State University.
Caitlin Howley will present the awards at the Rural Education SIG business meeting at 6:16pm-7:45pm on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Rural Educators Propose AERA Regional Conference
Ohio University, The Rural School and Community Trust, and the Rural Education SIG are submitting a proposal under AERA’s regional conference program. Lead scholar on the local team is Jim Saltzman who is assisted by his colleagues John Hitchcock,
Jerry Johnson, Aimee Howley, and Craig Howley. Education scholars from around the country will be involved and these invitations are underway. Participants must produce papers that fully engage the focus of the conference.
The proposal argues that mixed and underused methods hold arguable promise for engaging the practical challenges implicit in rural variability. The conference will explore the related issues and applications. Organizers expect the conference, if
funded, to yield a publishable book manuscript; an update will appear in the next Rural Education Newsletter. AERA provides approximately $50,000 for conferences such as this. Craig Howley sees this as a rare opportunity and praises Jim Saltzman for
pulling it all together.
Research Study Needs Volunteer Participants
In affiliation with The Pennsylvania State University, a study that investigates the perspectives of rural educators needs volunteer participants. The topic explores how sex educators create environments, which are inclusive to sexual minority
students. The participants will contribute to focus groups via online during a two-week period. Participants can select convenient times to respond. Please contact Jennifer deCoste at [ mailto:jud7@psu.edu ]jud7@psu.edu if you can be an online,
focus group participant.
Program Chairs Announce Rural Sig 2010 Sessions
The program chairs, Patricia Hardre and Dennis Mulcahy, have posted the sessions for the Rural Education Special Interest Group at the 2010 annual American Educational Research Association Meeting. The following list presents the sessions in order
of presentation.
SATURDAY, May 1
10:35am-12:05pm, Sheraton Denver/Grand Ballroom Section2
Roundtable Session 12
Chair Andrea L. Tyler, Miami University of Ohio
Mapping Rural Student Mobility in Central United States-Andrea D. Beesley, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning, Laurie Moore, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning, and Sarah Gopalani, Mid-Continent Research for Education
and Learning.
Rural Education Issues: Rural Administrators Speak Out-Gerry Nieregarten, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Julia M. Williams, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Kim Riordan, University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Receptivity Toward Immigrants in Rural Pennsylvania: Perceptions of Adult English as a Second Language Providers-Blaire Wilson Toso, The Pennsylvania State University and Esther Prins, The Pennsylvania State University.
The Challenges of Using a Network to Improve Rural Schools in Alaska-Alexandra R. Hill, The University of Alaska-Anchorage and Diane B. Hirshberg, The University of Alaska-Anchorage.
Stress and the Administrator of Rural Schools Being Rebuilt-Lee J. Lesisko, Pleasant Valley School District and Robert J. Wright, Widener University.
12:25pm-1:55, Sheraton Denver, Governor’s Square 9
Symposium
Educational Practice and Rural Social Space: A Symposium
Discussants: Simone White, Deakin University and David A. Greenwood Washington State University
Chair: Paul G. Theobald, Buffalo State University
Rural Literacies: Storying a Community-Michael J. Corbett, Acadia University and Ann Brothwell Vibert, Acadia University.
Understanding Complex Ecologies in a Changing World-Jo-Anne Reid, Charles Sturt University, Bill Green, Charles Sturt University, and Maxine C. Cooper, University of Ballarat.
Education for Bioregional Understanding and Resilience-Leo Elshof, Acadia University.
Education and Rural-Regional Sustainability-Bill Green, Charles Sturt University.
4:05pm-5:35, Sheraton Denver/Grand Ballroom Section 2
Roundtable session 20
Chair: John Maddaus, University of Maine
A Governor’s Final Days in Office: A Confluence of Problematic Policies for Rural Schools-Erin Carol McHenry-Sorber, The Pennsylvania State University.
Becoming a Teacher and Staying One: Examining the Complex Ecologies Associated with Educating and Retaining New Teachers in Rural Australia-Margaret M. Plunkett, Monash University and Michael Dominic Dyson, Monash University.
So We Don’t Dry Up and Blow Away: The School’s Role in a Rural Community-Mara Casey Tieken-Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Pie Supper and Cake Walks: An Historical Perspective of the Closing of a Rural School-Ruby Robinson, Purdue University and A. G. Rud, Purdue University.
SUNDAY, May 2
10:35am-12:05, Sheraton Denver/Plaza Court 3
Symposium
International Approaches to Narrowing the Achievement Gap: Working with Rural Schools and Communities: A Symposium
Discussant: Steven McGee, University of Michigan
Chair Steven McGee, University of Michigan
Addressing the Needs of Rural School Students who Achieve Below National Benchmarks in Numeracy: An Australian Perspective-John E. Pegg, University of New England and Lorraine J. Graham, University of New England.
The effect of Cyber Home School on Korean Rural Students’ Mathematics Achievement and Attitude –Hee-Chan Lew, Korea National University of Education.
12:25pm-1:55, Sheraton Denver/Grand Ballroom Section 2
Roundtable session 28
Chair: Windy M. Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
A Complex Ecology: Rural Schools and Student Participation in Supplemental Education Services-Zoe A. Barley, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning.
Improving Rural Student Writing-Shirley J. Mills, University of Texas-Pan American and Jody C. Isernhagen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Opportunity to Learn, Risk Aversion, and Math Achievement in Rural High Schools-Edward B. Reeves, Morehead State University.
6:15pm-7:45
Sheraton Denver/Plaza Court 3
Rural Education SIG Business Meeting
Chair: John Maddaus
MONDAY, May 3
8:15am-9:45, Sheraton Denver/Grand Ballroom Section 2
Roundtable session 33
Chair: Cathy C. Leogrande, LeMoyne College
An Ecological Perspective on Preparing Teachers for Rural and Remote Schools-Dennis M. Mulcahy, Memorial University and Karen C. Goodnough, Memorial University.
Picturing Rural: Preservice Teachers’ Understanding of Rural Teaching-Karen Eppley, The Pennsylvania State University.
Experiences in Virtual Schooling: A Case Study of Students at One Rural School-Michael Kristopher Barbour, Wayne State University.
10:35am-12:05, Sheraton Denver/Grand Ballroom Section 2
Roundtable session 35
Chair: Amy L. Cole, McGill University
Country Connectivity: Increasing Academic Success, Learning, and Engagement at a High-Tech Rural High School-Emily Summers, Texas State University and Gail D. Dickinson, Texas State University.
Duck and Cover: Are Rural Students Taking Basic Courses to Avoid Taking them Online? Dennis M. Mulcahy, Memorial University and Michael Kristopher Barbour, Wayne State University.
Online Distance Education in Rural High Schools: Expanding the Role of the On-Site Facilitator-Julie Thompson Keane, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Matthew J. Irvin, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Claire de la Varre, University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Wallace Hannum, University of North Carolina.
Rural Schools, Multiculturalism, and Place-Based Education in the Standardization Era-Carol E. Marxen, University of Minnesota-Morris.
12:25pm-1:55, Sheraton Denver/Grand Ballroom Section 2
Roundtable session 38, paper session
Discussant: Teresa M. Davis, California State University-Chico
Chair: Kai A. Schafft, The Pennsylvania State University
Updating the Arnold and Coladarci Challenges to Rural Education Research: Is there progress to report? Louis F. Cicchinelli, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning and Zoe A. Barley, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning.
The Rural-Urban Gap in Educational Attainment: Results from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988-2000-Soo-Yong Byun, University of North Carolina, Judith L. Meece, University of North Carolina, and Mathew J. Irvin, University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Validation Study of the Scales of Educational Attitudes and Behaviors-Melissa S. Mitchell, University of Connecticut, D. Betsy McCoach, University of Connecticut, and Del L. Siegle, University of Connecticut.
TUESDAY, May 4
8:15am-9:45, Colorado Convention Center/Korbel Ballroom 2
Roundtable session 44
Chair: John Maddaus, University of Maine
A Decade of Partnering for University Pre-Kindergarten: New York State and its Rural Communities-John W. Sipple, Cornell University, Hope Casto, Cornell University, and Lisa McCabe, Cornell University.
Reducing Summer Setback with Rural Middle School Students Who Participate in Online Learning Community-Robert J. Wilson, The Ohio State University.
Assessing the Impact of 21st Century Rural School Consolidation: The Nebraska Experience-Jeanne L. Surface, University of Nebraska-Omaha and Kay Anne Keiser.
12:25pm-1:55, Colorado Convention Center/Korbel Ballroom2
Roundtable session 45
Chair: Kristina Astrid Hesbol, Illinois State University
Project STEEM: Promoting Participation in STEM Careers Among Rural Youth-Cynthia L. Schneider, The University of Texas-Austin, Kerri O’Connor, The University of Texas-Austin, Richard Kreminski, The University of Texas-Austin, and Lesley F. Leach,
The University of Texas-Austin.
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Institutional Type as Casual Factor for Appalachian Outmigration-Christopher Stapel, University of Kentucky.
The Community Context for Rural Youth Aspirations-Kai A. Schafft, The Pennsylvania State University, Erin Carol McHenry-Sorber, The Pennsylvania State University, Judith L. Meece, The Pennsylvania State University, and Thomas W. Farmer, The
Pennsylvania State University.
Upward Bound Math-Science Researches Water Quality: Place-Based Education, Cirtical Pedagogy of Place and Cultural Commons-John Maddaus, University of Maine.
2009-2010 Rural Education SIG Officers and Coordinators
SIG Chairperson
Dr. John Maddaus
University of Maine
john.maddaus-at-umit.maine.edu
SIG Secretary/Treasurer
Dr. Kathleen T. Jorissen
ktjorissen-at-charter.net
Western Carolina University
SIG Program Chairs
Dr. Patricia T. Hardre
hardre-at-ou.edu
The University of Oklahoma
And
Dr. Dennis Mulcahy
dmulcahy-at-mun.ca
Memorial University
Awards Chair
Dr. Caitlin Howley
cHowley-at-icfi.com
ICF International
Webmaster
Dr Michael K. Barbour
mkbarbour-at-gmail.com
Wayne State University
Membership Coordinator
Dr. Kristine Reed
kreed-at-usd.edu
University of South Dakota
Newsletter Editor
Dr. Sharon Spall
sharon.spall-at-wku.edu
Western Kentucky University
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I HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE BUSINESS MEETING THIS SUNDAY EVENING (Details below)
RURAL EDUCATION
A Special Interest Group Affiliated with the
American Educational Research Association
Vol. 8, Issue 1-------Spring 2010
Letter from the Rural Education SIG Chair
Greetings Everyone!
I am very excited to invite you to participate in the Rural Education SIG sessions we have scheduled at AERA this year! As always, I expect these presentations will be engaging and thought-provoking. This year, our SIG’s sessions begin on Saturday
afternoon, May 1, and conclude on Tuesday afternoon, May 4. I encourage you to create your schedule and include these sessions in your plans! I would like to thank our program co-chairs, Pat Hardre and Dennis Mulcahy, for all their work in creating
our fine program, as well as those anonymous reviewers who took the time to carefully consider all the proposals that were submitted.
I would like to thank all of the Rural Education SIG officers for their work, and refer you to their articles elsewhere in this issue of our newsletter. I would especially like to thank Pat Hardre, who is stepping down after having
co-chaired the program committee for four years, and Kathleen Jorissen, our Secretary/Treasurer, who has served our SIG in this capacity for six years. Thanks also to Kristine Reed, our Membership Coordinator; and Michael Barbour, our website
manager. And once again, thanks to Sharon Spall for her work editing this newsletter!
I’m please to welcome two new officers of our SIG. Kim Cowley has been elected to a three-year term as Program Co-Chair, and will be serving with Dennis Mulcahy for the next two years. And Ruth Heaton has been elected to a three-year term as
Secretary-Treasurer. Thanks to Kim and Ruth for agreeing to serve in these capacities, and to Jeanne Surface and Craig Howley for serving as the Nominating Committee co-chairs. Thanks to Jeanne’s and Craig’s efforts, our first online election of SIG
officers was carried out smoothly. They have agreed to serve in this capacity for a second year.
I would also like to congratulate our Outstanding Dissertation Award winners: Elyse Pratt-Ronco, Karen Eppley, and Thomas Butler! And thanks to Caitlin Howley, who chaired the awards committee, and to the other members of the awards
committee for reviewing the dissertations that were submitted.
I especially want to invite you to attend our Rural Education SIG business meeting, which will be held Sunday evening, May 2, 6:15-7:45pm in the Sheraton / Plaza Court 3 room. As many of us learned last year in San Diego, AERA is going
through a number of very significant changes, one of which is a requirement that every SIG have written by-laws that follow a template developed by the SIG Executive Committee. While there are some choices available to SIGs (for example, deciding
what offices the SIG should have), there are other ways in which all SIGs must operate the same (e.g., using the online elections system for the election of officers). As I have been working with the AERA Central Office to develop draft by-laws for
the consideration and ultimately vote of the SIG membership, I’ve wondered whether the ways in which o ur SIG has operated in the past were simply matters of convenience, or whether there were good reasons for our SIG to be somewhat different from
other SIGs. Another (more present and futur
e oriented) way to think about it is to ask the question, Are there distinctively RURAL ways to promote research in RURAL education? Should the ways that our SIG goes about its work be in any way a reflection of the rural contexts in which we do our
research?
The First Draft of our By-laws that I submitted to the AERA Central Office at the end of 2009 has been on our SIG web page since early December. See [ http://ruralsig.blogspot.com/
]http://ruralsig.blogspot.com/
]http://ruralsig.blogspot.com/ - as well. I’ll also prepare a brief summary of changes to share at the business meeting. Among other business, we’ll have an opportunity to discuss the By-laws, which will be coming up for a vote at some point,
probably in the coming 12 months.
Following the business meeting, it is our practice to go out to dinner together, with the SIG covering a part of the cost. I hope you will consider joining us if you are able. I would also welcome any suggestions of restaurants we could go
to, from anyone more familiar with Denver than I am.
I look forward to seeing you in Denver!
John Maddaus, Chair
Rural Ed SIG Honors Dissertations
The chair of the dissertation award committee, Caitlin Howley, has announced the Rural Education SIG recipients for 2010. Reviewers of all the entries have selected:
1st Prize: Dr. Elyse Pratt-Ronco. Adolescents Living in Rural Poverty: Success, Resilience, and Barriers to Social Mobility, Boston College.
2nd Prize: Dr. Karen Eppley. Friction, Fiction, and Failure: Scientifically Based Research and the Rural, The Pennsylvania State University.
3rd Prize: Dr. Thomas Butler. Rural Schools and Communities: How Globalization Influences Rural School and Community Collaboration, The Pennsylvania State University.
Caitlin Howley will present the awards at the Rural Education SIG business meeting at 6:16pm-7:45pm on Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Rural Educators Propose AERA Regional Conference
Ohio University, The Rural School and Community Trust, and the Rural Education SIG are submitting a proposal under AERA’s regional conference program. Lead scholar on the local team is Jim Saltzman who is assisted by his colleagues John Hitchcock,
Jerry Johnson, Aimee Howley, and Craig Howley. Education scholars from around the country will be involved and these invitations are underway. Participants must produce papers that fully engage the focus of the conference.
The proposal argues that mixed and underused methods hold arguable promise for engaging the practical challenges implicit in rural variability. The conference will explore the related issues and applications. Organizers expect the conference, if
funded, to yield a publishable book manuscript; an update will appear in the next Rural Education Newsletter. AERA provides approximately $50,000 for conferences such as this. Craig Howley sees this as a rare opportunity and praises Jim Saltzman for
pulling it all together.
Research Study Needs Volunteer Participants
In affiliation with The Pennsylvania State University, a study that investigates the perspectives of rural educators needs volunteer participants. The topic explores how sex educators create environments, which are inclusive to sexual minority
students. The participants will contribute to focus groups via online during a two-week period. Participants can select convenient times to respond. Please contact Jennifer deCoste at [ mailto:jud7@psu.edu ]jud7@psu.edu if you can be an online,
focus group participant.
Program Chairs Announce Rural Sig 2010 Sessions
The program chairs, Patricia Hardre and Dennis Mulcahy, have posted the sessions for the Rural Education Special Interest Group at the 2010 annual American Educational Research Association Meeting. The following list presents the sessions in order
of presentation.
SATURDAY, May 1
10:35am-12:05pm, Sheraton Denver/Grand Ballroom Section2
Roundtable Session 12
Chair Andrea L. Tyler, Miami University of Ohio
Mapping Rural Student Mobility in Central United States-Andrea D. Beesley, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning, Laurie Moore, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning, and Sarah Gopalani, Mid-Continent Research for Education
and Learning.
Rural Education Issues: Rural Administrators Speak Out-Gerry Nieregarten, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Julia M. Williams, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Kim Riordan, University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Receptivity Toward Immigrants in Rural Pennsylvania: Perceptions of Adult English as a Second Language Providers-Blaire Wilson Toso, The Pennsylvania State University and Esther Prins, The Pennsylvania State University.
The Challenges of Using a Network to Improve Rural Schools in Alaska-Alexandra R. Hill, The University of Alaska-Anchorage and Diane B. Hirshberg, The University of Alaska-Anchorage.
Stress and the Administrator of Rural Schools Being Rebuilt-Lee J. Lesisko, Pleasant Valley School District and Robert J. Wright, Widener University.
12:25pm-1:55, Sheraton Denver, Governor’s Square 9
Symposium
Educational Practice and Rural Social Space: A Symposium
Discussants: Simone White, Deakin University and David A. Greenwood Washington State University
Chair: Paul G. Theobald, Buffalo State University
Rural Literacies: Storying a Community-Michael J. Corbett, Acadia University and Ann Brothwell Vibert, Acadia University.
Understanding Complex Ecologies in a Changing World-Jo-Anne Reid, Charles Sturt University, Bill Green, Charles Sturt University, and Maxine C. Cooper, University of Ballarat.
Education for Bioregional Understanding and Resilience-Leo Elshof, Acadia University.
Education and Rural-Regional Sustainability-Bill Green, Charles Sturt University.
4:05pm-5:35, Sheraton Denver/Grand Ballroom Section 2
Roundtable session 20
Chair: John Maddaus, University of Maine
A Governor’s Final Days in Office: A Confluence of Problematic Policies for Rural Schools-Erin Carol McHenry-Sorber, The Pennsylvania State University.
Becoming a Teacher and Staying One: Examining the Complex Ecologies Associated with Educating and Retaining New Teachers in Rural Australia-Margaret M. Plunkett, Monash University and Michael Dominic Dyson, Monash University.
So We Don’t Dry Up and Blow Away: The School’s Role in a Rural Community-Mara Casey Tieken-Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Pie Supper and Cake Walks: An Historical Perspective of the Closing of a Rural School-Ruby Robinson, Purdue University and A. G. Rud, Purdue University.
SUNDAY, May 2
10:35am-12:05, Sheraton Denver/Plaza Court 3
Symposium
International Approaches to Narrowing the Achievement Gap: Working with Rural Schools and Communities: A Symposium
Discussant: Steven McGee, University of Michigan
Chair Steven McGee, University of Michigan
Addressing the Needs of Rural School Students who Achieve Below National Benchmarks in Numeracy: An Australian Perspective-John E. Pegg, University of New England and Lorraine J. Graham, University of New England.
The effect of Cyber Home School on Korean Rural Students’ Mathematics Achievement and Attitude –Hee-Chan Lew, Korea National University of Education.
12:25pm-1:55, Sheraton Denver/Grand Ballroom Section 2
Roundtable session 28
Chair: Windy M. Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
A Complex Ecology: Rural Schools and Student Participation in Supplemental Education Services-Zoe A. Barley, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning.
Improving Rural Student Writing-Shirley J. Mills, University of Texas-Pan American and Jody C. Isernhagen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Opportunity to Learn, Risk Aversion, and Math Achievement in Rural High Schools-Edward B. Reeves, Morehead State University.
6:15pm-7:45
Sheraton Denver/Plaza Court 3
Rural Education SIG Business Meeting
Chair: John Maddaus
MONDAY, May 3
8:15am-9:45, Sheraton Denver/Grand Ballroom Section 2
Roundtable session 33
Chair: Cathy C. Leogrande, LeMoyne College
An Ecological Perspective on Preparing Teachers for Rural and Remote Schools-Dennis M. Mulcahy, Memorial University and Karen C. Goodnough, Memorial University.
Picturing Rural: Preservice Teachers’ Understanding of Rural Teaching-Karen Eppley, The Pennsylvania State University.
Experiences in Virtual Schooling: A Case Study of Students at One Rural School-Michael Kristopher Barbour, Wayne State University.
10:35am-12:05, Sheraton Denver/Grand Ballroom Section 2
Roundtable session 35
Chair: Amy L. Cole, McGill University
Country Connectivity: Increasing Academic Success, Learning, and Engagement at a High-Tech Rural High School-Emily Summers, Texas State University and Gail D. Dickinson, Texas State University.
Duck and Cover: Are Rural Students Taking Basic Courses to Avoid Taking them Online? Dennis M. Mulcahy, Memorial University and Michael Kristopher Barbour, Wayne State University.
Online Distance Education in Rural High Schools: Expanding the Role of the On-Site Facilitator-Julie Thompson Keane, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Matthew J. Irvin, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Claire de la Varre, University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Wallace Hannum, University of North Carolina.
Rural Schools, Multiculturalism, and Place-Based Education in the Standardization Era-Carol E. Marxen, University of Minnesota-Morris.
12:25pm-1:55, Sheraton Denver/Grand Ballroom Section 2
Roundtable session 38, paper session
Discussant: Teresa M. Davis, California State University-Chico
Chair: Kai A. Schafft, The Pennsylvania State University
Updating the Arnold and Coladarci Challenges to Rural Education Research: Is there progress to report? Louis F. Cicchinelli, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning and Zoe A. Barley, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning.
The Rural-Urban Gap in Educational Attainment: Results from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988-2000-Soo-Yong Byun, University of North Carolina, Judith L. Meece, University of North Carolina, and Mathew J. Irvin, University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Validation Study of the Scales of Educational Attitudes and Behaviors-Melissa S. Mitchell, University of Connecticut, D. Betsy McCoach, University of Connecticut, and Del L. Siegle, University of Connecticut.
TUESDAY, May 4
8:15am-9:45, Colorado Convention Center/Korbel Ballroom 2
Roundtable session 44
Chair: John Maddaus, University of Maine
A Decade of Partnering for University Pre-Kindergarten: New York State and its Rural Communities-John W. Sipple, Cornell University, Hope Casto, Cornell University, and Lisa McCabe, Cornell University.
Reducing Summer Setback with Rural Middle School Students Who Participate in Online Learning Community-Robert J. Wilson, The Ohio State University.
Assessing the Impact of 21st Century Rural School Consolidation: The Nebraska Experience-Jeanne L. Surface, University of Nebraska-Omaha and Kay Anne Keiser.
12:25pm-1:55, Colorado Convention Center/Korbel Ballroom2
Roundtable session 45
Chair: Kristina Astrid Hesbol, Illinois State University
Project STEEM: Promoting Participation in STEM Careers Among Rural Youth-Cynthia L. Schneider, The University of Texas-Austin, Kerri O’Connor, The University of Texas-Austin, Richard Kreminski, The University of Texas-Austin, and Lesley F. Leach,
The University of Texas-Austin.
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Institutional Type as Casual Factor for Appalachian Outmigration-Christopher Stapel, University of Kentucky.
The Community Context for Rural Youth Aspirations-Kai A. Schafft, The Pennsylvania State University, Erin Carol McHenry-Sorber, The Pennsylvania State University, Judith L. Meece, The Pennsylvania State University, and Thomas W. Farmer, The
Pennsylvania State University.
Upward Bound Math-Science Researches Water Quality: Place-Based Education, Cirtical Pedagogy of Place and Cultural Commons-John Maddaus, University of Maine.
2009-2010 Rural Education SIG Officers and Coordinators
SIG Chairperson
Dr. John Maddaus
University of Maine
john.maddaus-at-umit.maine.edu
SIG Secretary/Treasurer
Dr. Kathleen T. Jorissen
ktjorissen-at-charter.net
Western Carolina University
SIG Program Chairs
Dr. Patricia T. Hardre
hardre-at-ou.edu
The University of Oklahoma
And
Dr. Dennis Mulcahy
dmulcahy-at-mun.ca
Memorial University
Awards Chair
Dr. Caitlin Howley
cHowley-at-icfi.com
ICF International
Webmaster
Dr Michael K. Barbour
mkbarbour-at-gmail.com
Wayne State University
Membership Coordinator
Dr. Kristine Reed
kreed-at-usd.edu
University of South Dakota
Newsletter Editor
Dr. Sharon Spall
sharon.spall-at-wku.edu
Western Kentucky University
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Monday, April 26, 2010
New SIG Business Items
Please add the attached files to the Rural Education SIG Blog:
John Maddaus
Associate Professor of Education
University of Maine
5766 Shibles Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5766
E-mail: john-dot-maddaus-at-umit-dot-maine-dot-edu
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- DRAFT SIG by-laws, as revised by the AERA Central Office
- Minutes of the 2009 business meeting of the SIG
John Maddaus
Associate Professor of Education
University of Maine
5766 Shibles Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5766
E-mail: john-dot-maddaus-at-umit-dot-maine-dot-edu
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Creating Rural Connections
Note that I just came across this blog entry, Creating Rural Connections, from the blog of the Alberta Distributed Education and Technology Association.
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
NMSTE 2010 Conference Free Virtual Strand
This appeared in the iNACOL forums a few days ago. Note the session on "Extending Broadband Across Rural School Districts".Register #nmste10 free Virtual Conference Strand http://bit.ly/cUspMi happening now. Attend April 21-22 (MST) some of the conference online! 50-minute sessions include Teaching Science Online & Virtual Labs; Educational Uses of Animations; K12 Social: Considerations and Possibilities; Open Learning - How To become a ‘Curriculum Architect’ With Open ContentThe complete list of sessions is available at http://webinars.nmsu.edu/series-detail.cfm?id=16 and includes:
- Tech. Happy Hour - TBA
- Extending Broadband Across Rural School Districts - Jeff Cangialosi
- Teaching Science Online & Virtual Labs - Dr. Julia Parra
- Educational Uses of Animations - Bethany Bovard
- K12 Social: Considerations and Possibilities - Holly Rae Bemis-Schurtz
- E-Rate DIY (Do It Yourself) and Save $$ - Eddie Quispe, Vickie Garcia, Steven Kluess
- Open Learning - How To become a ‘Curriculum Architect’ With Open Content - Katrina Coker
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
Call for Presentations--NREA Research Forum
Dear Colleague,
I am writing to you because of your interest in rural education research. Please find attached a Call for Proposals to present at the National Rural Education Research Symposium to be held in Branson, Missouri, October 15-17, 2010. I encourage you to consider sharing your research at this symposium.
Sincerely,
Patti Chance, Chair
NREA Research Symposium
Patti L. Chance, Ph. D.
Chair and Professor
Department of Educational Leadership
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-1190
619-594-4674
pchance-at-mail-dot-sdsu-dot-edu
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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
National Rural Education Association
2010 Research Symposium
October 15-17, 2010
Chalet on the Lake
Branson, Missouri
In Conjunction with the
102nd Annual National Rural Education Association CONVENTION
Co-hosted by the
Missouri Association of Rural Educators
Submission Deadline: June 15, 2010
You are invited to submit a proposal to the National Rural Education (NREA) Research Symposium to be held on October 15-17, 2010, at the Chalet on the Lake in Branson, Missouri, in conjunction with the 102nd Annual NREA Convention. We are seeking proposals involving research relevant to any aspect of PK-12 education in rural settings.
This invitation is extended to you in an effort to assemble outstanding rural education researchers in a forum devoted solely to research related to rural education issues. The NREA Research Symposium is a premier event of the NREA Convention.
All proposals should be submitted via e-mail to jehill-at-purdue-dot-edu
Further information is available at the NREA website, http://nrea.net/index.cfm?pID=3056
Proposals will be peer reviewed based on relevance to PK-12 rural education and adherence to the proposal outline. Presenters who submit full research papers by September 24, 2010, will be considered for the Howard A. Dawson Best Research Paper Award, which carries a $500.00 award.
Registration for the NREA Research Symposium is $295, which provides admission to both the Research Symposium and the NREA Convention.
Submission Deadline: June 15, 2009
To submit proposal, go to: http://nrea.net/index.cfm?pID=3056
For additional information, contact Dr. John Hill, Executive Director of the NREA, jehill-at-purdue-dot-edu, or Dr. Patti Chance, Chair of the NREA Research/Higher Education Committee, pchance-at-mail-dot-sdsu-dot-edu.
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Thursday, April 01, 2010
Rural School Districts Eligible for Federal i3 Grant Application Assistance
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has provided a $1.4 million grant to the Rural School and Community Trust to provide technical assistance to rural schools/districts as they prepare proposals for the Investing in Innovation competition. More information is available here.
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