Storylines about Rural Teachers in the United States: A Narrative Analysis of the Literature

Autor/inn/en	Burton, Megan; Brown, Kara; Johnson, Amy
Titel	Storylines about Rural Teachers in the United States: A Narrative Analysis of the Literature
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Rural Education, 28 (2013) 12, (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-0670
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Teachers; Professional Isolation; Rural Urban Differences; Urban Schools; Suburban Schools; Teacher Characteristics; Credentials; Resistance to Change; Rural Education; Educational Research; Journal Articles; Content Analysis; Story Telling; Literary Devices; Literature Reviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Urban area; Urban areas; Stadtregion; Stadt; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; Vorort; Vorstadt; Studienbuch; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Journal article; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Inhaltsanalyse; Literaturarbeit
Abstract	This narrative literature analysis examines the storylines of rural teachers told through published research on rural teachers. Using a narrative analysis approach, we investigated research published between 1970 and 2010--four decades of rural-oriented education research and policy work. Four storylines emerged from our coding of rural-related education research: (1) rural teachers are professionally isolated, (2) rural teachers are different from urban and/or suburban teachers, (3) rural teachers are often lacking in professional knowledge/teaching credentials, and (4) rural teachers are particularly resistant to change. Examining the explicit and implicit ways in which rural teachers and schools are portrayed as problematic in research underscores the significant role academics play in sustaining the "rural problem" storyline. (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	2017/4/10