Access to Educational Opportunity in Rural Communities: Alternative Patterns of Delivering Vocational Education in Sparsely Populated Areas. Volume 1: Problem, Study Design and Procedures, Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations.

Autor/inn/en	Thomas, Ruth G.; Peterson, Roland L.
Institution	Minnesota Univ., St. Paul. Agricultural Experiment Station.
Titel	Access to Educational Opportunity in Rural Communities: Alternative Patterns of Delivering Vocational Education in Sparsely Populated Areas. Volume 1: Problem, Study Design and Procedures, Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations.
Quelle	(1984), (89 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; Agricultural Education; Cooperative Programs; Delivery Systems; Educational Cooperation; Educational Quality; Home Economics; Interdistrict Policies; Rural Education; School Districts; School Organization; Secondary Education; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Agriculture; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Auslieferung; cooperation; Kooperation; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Hauswirtschaft; Hauswirtschaftslehre; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; School district; Schulbezirk; School organisation; Schulorganisation; Sekundarbereich; Berufsbildung
Abstract	The report details the description, analysis, and understanding phase of a study to provide local and state educational planners with information that would enable them to compare and evaluate alternative forms of inter-school district cooperation as a means of providing rural students with access to quality vocational education. Chapter I introduces the problem, purpose, research objectives, and limitations. Chapter II outlines the study design and procedures used to obtain questionnaire and structured interview data from two sites in Minnesota and one each in South Dakota and Illinois between March 1980 and April 1982. Chapter III presents results and discussion of four research objectives: defining features of alternative educational delivery patterns, discovering critical factors in the operation of each form of inter-school district cooperation, identifying the relationship of setting to form of cooperation, and assessing the consequences of alternative forms of cooperation for access and quality. Chapter IV explores conclusions and implications regarding Chapter III objectives, focusing on five patterns of inter-school district cooperation: centralized center, decentralized center, mobile unit center, centralized noncenter, and decentralized noncenter. Chapter V offers 13 recommendations supporting development of an educational planning model and new approaches for educational delivery in rural areas. Five additional volumes will provide in-depth descriptions of each of the patterns of cooperation summarized in this volume. (NEC)
Anmerkungen	Agricultural Experiment Station, Communication Resources Distribution, Room 3 Coffey Hall, University of Minnesota, 1420 Eckles Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108 ($3.00).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC