What We're about Out Here: The Resilience and Relevance of School Farms in Rural Tasmania

Autor/inn/en	Corbett, Michael; Brett, Peter; Hawkins, Cherie-Lynn
Titel	What We're about Out Here: The Resilience and Relevance of School Farms in Rural Tasmania
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Rural Education, 32 (2017) 4, (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-0670
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Agricultural Education; Relevance (Education); Interviews; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Elementary Secondary Education; Principals; Integrated Curriculum; Rural Schools; School Community Relationship; Barriers; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Relevance; Relevanz; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Principal; Schulleiter; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Australien
Abstract	School farms were established in Tasmania in the 1930s following a visit of an Australian eduation official to the United States and the United Kingdom. There are still more than 30 school farm operations functioning in some capacity throughout the state, unlike in the rest of Australia where similar small school farms are not common. In this article we analyze interviews undertaken in 2016 with 22 school farm educators about the state of Tasmania's school farms, what they do, how they are seen in their communities, what challenges they face, and how they integrate the agricultural program with the demands of contemporary curriculum. While these school farms face considerable challenges, we conclude that they have a unique place in the state's education system, a powerful symbolic presence in rural communities, and significant potential to provide relevant, valuable, and potentially transformative curriculum and pedagogy in support of educational and rural development policy agendas. (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	2020/1/01