The Role of the Authentic Curriculum and Pedagogy for Rural Schools and the Professional Satisfaction of Rural Teachers

Autor/in	Roberts, Philip
Titel	The Role of the Authentic Curriculum and Pedagogy for Rural Schools and the Professional Satisfaction of Rural Teachers
Quelle	In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 23 (2013) 2, S.89-99 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1839-7387
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Rural Schools; Beginning Teachers; Experienced Teachers; Curriculum; History Instruction; Relevance (Education); Case Studies; Teaching Methods; Semi Structured Interviews; Teacher Participation; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Junior teacher; Junglehrer; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Relevance; Relevanz; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Australien
Abstract	Teachers in rural schools are often caught in a binary between a curriculum and "official" pedagogies that value cosmopolitan ways of being and their own situated concerns for the interests of the students they teach and the communities in which they live. In this paper I draw on the example of two categories of (history) teachers, those who locate their practice in place and those who value a more bureaucratic approach to their work, in order to explore the question of an authentic rural curriculum (and pedagogy). The paper draws upon a series of semi-structured in-depth interviews with newly appointed teachers in rural school, experienced rural teachers and experts with systemic responsibilities or experience related to quality education in general. On a number of key issues of curriculum and pedagogy the data gathered grouped around two distinct views; that rural schools are different and that teachers need to be prepared for this difference and recognize it in their curriculum, or that all schools are the same regardless of location and what matters is the quality of the teaching. As a result of this study I suggest that teachers who reinterpret the curriculum and situate their pedagogy in the places they work are better placed to meet the educational needs of their students and their own professional goals. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia. P.O. Box 659, Wembly, Western Australia 6913. Tel: +08-9285-0626; e-mail: admin@spera.asn.au; Web site: http://www.spera.asn.au/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01