Learning To Find the "Niches"; Rural Education and Vitalizing Rural Communities.

Autor/in	Hobbs, Daryl
Institution	North Central Regional Educational Lab., Elmhurst, IL.
Titel	Learning To Find the "Niches"; Rural Education and Vitalizing Rural Communities.
Quelle	(1987), (55 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Change Strategies; Economic Change; Economic Development; Education Work Relationship; Elementary Secondary Education; Entrepreneurship; Human Capital; Literature Reviews; Rural Areas; Rural Development; Rural Economics; Rural Education; Rural Resettlement; School Community Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lösungsstrategie; Ökonomischer Wandel; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Unternehmungsgeist; Humankapital; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung
Abstract	During the past two decades, rural America has undergone substantial restructuring that affects both rural education and prospects for rural economic development. Rural restructuring has made rural America more economically dependent and more economically and socially diverse, has replaced relatively autonomous communities with regional units of social and economic function, and has triggered the incorporation of rural services into national systems. Prospects for growth in natural resource and goods producing industries (those that rural economies are most dependent on) are dim, but service employment will likely continue to grow. New rural development strategies should consider the job-creating potential of small business and entrepreneurship, especially in finding and filling local "niches," the importance of knowledge-based enterprise, and the need to create new networks and partnerships to support avenues of alternative development. To these ends, rural schools must provide sound basic education and train students to be innovative, to have multiple skills, and to work as members of small problem solving teams. There are also needs for continuing education, educational attention to the locality, and educational partnerships to improve both education and community development. School Based Development Enterprises have produced school-community economic development partnerships in rural areas across the country. Contains 117 references. (Author/SV)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC