Uncovering Rural Educators' Secret Agency

Autor/in	Karnopp, Jennifer
Titel	Uncovering Rural Educators' Secret Agency
Quelle	In: Rural Educator, 43 (2022) 2, S.34-46, Artikel 3 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-446X
Schlagwörter	Rural Education; Rural Schools; School Districts; Faculty Development; Informal Education; Social Networks; Elementary School Teachers; Middle School Teachers; High School Teachers; Friendship; Teacher Collaboration; STEM Education; Independent Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; School district; Schulbezirk; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Freundschaft; Lehrerkooperation; STEM; Selbststudium
Abstract	School change efforts often rely on formal organizational structures to support educator knowledge of new instructional practices. Rural districts face challenges accessing the resources necessary for robust structures, but informal relationships among educators are often strong. Using structuration theory as a lens, this paper examines the knowledge-building behaviors of educators in one rural school district regarding new instructional practices related to a recent initiative. A thematic analysis of interviews with a purposive sample of district educators reveals that, in the absence of robust formal supports, educator agency was critical for establishing informal knowledge-building structures that supported knowledge-sharing within district schools. These findings suggest that rural districts would benefit from attending to structures and routines that support social interaction in order to leverage educator agency during change implementation. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Rural Education Association. e-mail: theruraleducator@gmail.com; Web site: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/ruraleducator/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01