School Closures in Rural Finnish Communities

Autor/inn/en	Autti, Outi; Hyry-Beihammer, Eeva Kaisa
Titel	School Closures in Rural Finnish Communities
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Rural Education, 29 (2014) 1, (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-0670
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; School Closing; Rural Areas; Interviews; School Community Relationship; Community Surveys; Community Attitudes; Social Capital; Educational Research; Small Schools; Phenomenology; School Buildings; Helplessness; Community Centers; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Sozialkapital; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; School; Schools; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; School building; Schulgebäude; Hilflosigkeit; Finnland
Abstract	The network of small rural schools in Finland has been radically weakened since the global recession of the 1990s. This article focuses on the social role of rural schools and the phenomenon of school closures. Our aim is to look at rural schools from the viewpoint of local residents and examine how they experience school closures. We seek to hear the local voice that often remains silent in closure processes. The contributions to rural education research rise from the Finnish context and from the interview data, which incorporate multiple local stakeholder perspectives regarding rural schools and the rural school-community connection. The study uses empirical data collected from interviews with people who have experienced school closures in their villages or municipalities. Social capital is used to understand the role of a school in the community: We study its role as a producer and maintainer of local social capital. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Penn State University College of Education, Center on Rural Education and Communities. 310B Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802. Tel: 814-863-2031; Web site: http://www.jrre.psu.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10