Wanted: AIJRE editorial team and advisory board members!

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The Australian and International Journal of Rural Education (AIJRE) is one of the few publications that focus on rural education research, and it is perhaps the only one with an international focus. The AIJRE is building its international reputation and improving its standing as a quality journal. Over the last few years, citation rates for articles in the journal have been steadily increasing, and in the previous year, the number of submissions received doubled. The quality improvement and increased demand for the journal have meant that the workload for editors and reviewers has increased.

Therefore, the editorial team is working on building and diversifying the editorial team and the editorial advisory board. We are looking for people who can commit to editorial processes, and we are looking for board members who come from increasingly diverse geographic and disciplinary contexts to support the Journal’s review needs. These two roles provide an exciting opportunity for rural professionals, researchers, and experienced practitioners to play a role in the dissemination of articles that reflect high-quality research and good practice in rural education. If you are interested in one of these roles, you can have a look at the current membership and roles for editors here and for the advisory board here. Expressions of interest can be sent to john.guenther@batchelor.edu.au. Include your CV and an outline of why you are interested.

AIJRE Issue: Reimagining mobility in rural education: Challenges, opportunities, and paths forward

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This special issue explores the complex intersections of mobility and rurality across diverse global contexts. The contributing articles by up-and-coming rural scholars reveal how mobility encompasses multifaceted social, emotional, and cognitive transitions that shape rural individuals’ lived experiences and imagined futures. AIJRE Vol. 35 No. 3

AIJRE Issue: Improving Rural and Regional Student Experiences

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This issue of the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, explores the challenges and opportunities for researching and reporting student experience in rural and regional education. The articles in this issue illustrate how the voices of students can be and are represented through research. AIJRE Vol. 35 No. 2

AIJRE Issue: Rural Education for Regional and Community Development

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Education in any of its forms (early years, primary, secondary, tertiary and adult education) in rural and remote communities, plays a critical role in sustaining and developing regions. In this issue the articles describe programs and approaches that work to build the regional workforce and create socially inclusive communities. AIJRE Vol.35

AIJRE issue: Considering Diversity in Educational Research that Explores School-Community Relationships

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This special issue of the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education explores school-community relationships from a diversity perspective. The contributions originated in presentations delivered as part of the European Educational Research Association’s Network 14 sessions at the annual European Conference in Educational Research in August 2023. The papers present perspectives from a wide range of contexts: from Asia and Australia to Europe and South America.

It concludes with the transcript of a conversation between the Regional Education Commissioner, Ms Fiona Nash, and the Scottish Commissioner for Fair Access, Professor John McKendrick, hosted by the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education at the end of February 2024.

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The Importance of Local Voices in Rural Communities

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Voices matter. The experience of the recent referendum on First Nations constitutional recognition in Australia demonstrates that local people in remote communities have a voice and want to be heard. Read the lastest issue of AIJRE.

AIJRE- Rural Knowledges and Curriculum: International Perspectives

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In this special issue of the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, international scholars consider how rural knowledges are – or are not – embedded in their local educational systems. They draw on their work, research, and their lived-experiences in rural education to explore the opportunities and challenges of enacting place-conscious curriculum and pedagogies.

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AIJRE: Celebration, Attraction and Retention of a Regional and Rural Workforce

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In this issue of the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, the contributing
authors explore the impact of partnerships and purposeful engagement in attracting and
retaining professionals to regional and rural communities.

AIJRE: School Communities and Partnerships

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In this issue of the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, our authors explore the impact of partnerships on education in rural communities. Schools are expected to prepare students for an unknown and uncertain future. Partnerships between schools and industry, higher education providers and the wider community can achieve greater outcomes for students than schools working in isolation.

AIJRE Vol.32 No.3, November 2022

AIJRE: Educating for Cultural Sustainability

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Vol.32. No. 2 – Read now

This July 2022 issue of the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education brings together a selection of papers presented at the 2021 International Symposium for Innovation in Rural Education (ISFIRE).


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AIJRE: Rural Professional Learning: Systemic and Student Perspectives

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In this March 2022 Edition of AIJRE, these perspectives relate to teacher education, rural clinical placements, rural pathways to university, and credentialling of remote education tutors.

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AIJRE Nov 2021 issue: Connecting Rural and Urban Education Research

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In this special issue of the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, a collection of international authors considers how their work and experiences in rural education research can inform, and sometimes even improve, urban-based education research.

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AIJRE: Community as an Anchor, Compass and Map for Thriving Rural Education

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Current issue of the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

Community as an Anchor, Compass and Map for Thriving Rural Education

The papers presented in this issue gravitate around notions of community within rural, regional and remote education. These concepts of community are not new to us in education, particularly those of us with an interest in the teaching and learning that happens beyond the city limits. This concept is not new to our readership either, having already devoted attention to community in an earlier issue in 2020 and across the journal’s significant history. What these papers offer here is new perspectives on the priorities being pursued, the programs being developed and the opportunities arising from engaging community in all aspects of rural teaching and learning.

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AIJRE Journal No 2 2020 – Boarding Schools for rural and remote families: panacea or problem?

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The Australian and International Journal of Rural Education has just released Vol 30 No 2 (2020): Boarding Schools for rural and remote families: panacea or problem?

Families living in rural and remote communities often face a difficult choice when their children reach high school age. When there is no local high school, or what is available does not meet their children’s educational needs, one option is to send them to boarding school, which are usually located a long way from home. This is not easy for parents or children. The research presented in this special edition highlights some of the dilemmas and challenges, but also the opportunities that arise as a result of these forced choices.

https://journal.spera.asn.au/index.php/AIJRE

 

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AIJRE Journal No 1 2020 – The Importance of Community

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The Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, Vol 30 No 1 (2020)

Global to Local Policy and Practices: The Importance of Community

This edition positions communities of practice as a significant place-based enabler for successful placements, partnerships and practices in rural and remote contexts.

 

Vol 30 No 1 (2020): Global to Local Policy and Practices: The Importance of Community

AIJRE Special Issue Proposals Invited

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We are calling for a Special Issue topic and special editor.  If you are interested please, identify the theme of the proposal and highlight the significance for the advancement of rural education research Include the following:

  • Name of Special Issue Editor/Editors
    An outline of the proposal highlighting the theme and discussion why it is important for the advancement of rural education research.
    A list of authors et topics and abstracts. OR   A list of proposed authors and possible topics.
    Proposed date of Submission: August 2019; March 2020; August 2020; March 2021; August 2021; March 2022 or August 2022.
  • Role of Special Issue Editors:
    Responsible for identifying, coordinating and supporting authors in preparation of manuscripts in a timely manner.
    Responsible for working with AIJRE administration to manage submissions, blind review and copyediting.
    Responsible for submitting an editorial for the special edition
  • Submission Criteria:
    Suitability to AIJRE Journal remit.
    Importance and significance of theme.
    Capability and Diversity of Authors

Contact AIJRE via journal@spera.asn.au

Rural Education on the Global Stage

AIJRE Vol 29 No 1 (2019): Rural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education

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Why the need for a special edition on First Nations ruraleducation? Surprisingly,there is almost no literature within Australia that discusses the significance of ruralityin First Nations education.Many research articles describe the significance of remotenessin First Nations education. Much of the extant research is built on a premise that remoteness goes hand in hand with disadvantage and outcomes often described as ‘poor’ and ‘failing’. The lack of literature on First Nations ‘rural’ education coupled with the deficit language discourse surrounding First Nations ‘remote’ education triggered a global investigation into the topic

Call for Editors: The Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

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The Australian and International Journal of Rural Education (AIJRE) is seeking enthusiastic members of the rural education community to join its editorial board. The Australian and International Journal of Rural Education is the Journal of the Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia (SPERA). It serves as an international medium for educators and researchers with an interest in the provision of education in rural contexts. The Australian and International Journal of Rural Education publishes papers which may be scholarly accounts of educational research relevant to rural education, feature articles, research reports or integrative reviews.

In this instance we are seeking a number of Consulting Editors and two Chief Editors Production and Dissemination. The role descriptions for each position are below.

We invite interested parties to email journaleditor@spera.asn.au outlining their interest in joining the editorial team, their relevant experience, and an overview of their work in the field. New scholars to the field, and research students, are encouraged to apply. Please note which position you are expressing interest in.

For enquiries please contact Philip Roberts at the email address noted above.

Role descriptions:

Consulting Editors
Consulting Editors are members of the rural education research community. This may include both academics in the field, practitioners (i.e. teachers, departmental officials, research students) and other interested parties with expertise in matters pertaining to rural education. Consulting editors contribute to the overall development of the journal by reviewing publications and providing ongoing feedback about the journals direction. Consulting Editors do not need to attend editorial meetings.

Chief Editor/s Production and Dissemination
The’ Chief Editors Production and Dissemination’ are responsible for the output of the journal and the management of journal platform. Specific responsibilities include:
? (Following decision by the ‘Chief Editors Review’) Checking manuscripts for general editing, formatting and referencing.
? Ensuring the editorial is completed and included.
? Uploading final manuscripts to the journal portal.
? Publishing manuscripts on the journal portal.
? Managing necessary revisions of published articles, ensuring version control.
? Ensuring website meta-data is updated and accurate.
? Compiling each edition for lodging with INFORMIT, and lodging each edition with INFORMIT.
? Overseeing post-production dissemination, including social media dissemination.
? Attending editorial meetings.
? The Chief Editor/s Production need not be an academic in the field of rural education.

Consulting Editors
? Consulting Editors are members of the rural education research community. This may include both academics in the field, practitioners (i.e. teachers, departmental officials, research students) and other interested parties with expertise in matters pertaining to rural education. Consulting editors contribute to the overall development of the journal by reviewing publications and providing ongoing feedback about the journals direction. Consulting Editors do not need to attend editorial meetings.

Education in Rural Australia Vol 4, No 1 (1994)

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Brief Articles

  • The Importance of the School to Rural Community – John Nunn
  • Do Pre­-School Distance Educators Require Specialist Training? – David Kirk
  • Valuing Arts Education in Isolated Queensland – Paul Duncum, Howard Cassidy
  • The Importance of a Practical Experience in a Rural Setting for Pre­-Service Teachers – Sheila King
  • Quantitative Management, Quality Outcomes – P R d’Plesse

Brief Report

  • The Ministerial Review of Schooling in Rural Western Australia

Education in Rural Australia Vol 4, No 2 (1994)

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Feature Articles

  • The Importance of Subject Specificity Concerns of Rural, Beginning Health and Physical Education Teachers – Doune Macdonald
  • Isolated Farmers Make Good Learners – A D Mackenzie
  • Beginner’s Tale – J M R Cameron
  • Audio-­graphic Tele-­teaching in Pre­-Service Teacher Education – Colin Boylan, Don Squires, Alan Smith
  • Staffing Issues in Remote Rural Schools – What Can New Zealand Learn from the Australian Experience? – Jan Martin
  • Isolated Schools Project – Kelly Meiklejohn, Elizabeth Barrett
  • The Australian Rural Education Award

 

Education in Rural Australia Vol 6, No 2 (1996)

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Table of Contents

Feature Articles

  • A Teaching Program in Rural Education: Learning Through Experiential Activities – Ron Oliver, Murray Lake
  • What Are We Missing? A Review of the Educational and Vocational Interests of Marginalised Rural Youth – J M Gidley, P H Wildman
  • People, Places and Learning – Helen Sheil

Brief Reports

  • Australian Rural Education Award, Recipient’s Speech – Judy Young
  • Australian Rural Education Award 1996 Disadvantage and Poverty in Rural Scotland – Dr David McSwan

Education in Rural Australia Vol 7, No 1 (1997)

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Feature Articles

  • Educating for Cultural Understanding in Rural Communities: A Case Study – Bob Hill, Noel Thomas
  • Personal Reflections on Researching in Small Schools – Brendan Nolan

Brief Reports

  • No More SOTA for Me – Angus Seekamp
  • Home Schooling: A View of Future Education? – Sandra H Nicholls
  • Some Priorities for Planning in Your Rural School
  • Rural Parents’ Perceptions and Values and How They May Contribute to a More Contextually Based Early Childhood – Louise Hard
  • Report on the Beaver County (Oklahoma) Interactive Video Teaching Program – Kevin Farrell

Education in Rural Australia Vol 7, No 2 (1997)

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Feature Articles

  • Towards a ‘Learning community’: The Case of Rana Primary School – Barry Cocklin
  • Consolidation of Rural Education in Hong Kong and Australia – William Hon­tong Ma, John Chi­kin Lee, Henry Chun­wai Leung
  • Rural Education in Tasmania – Graham Harrington
  • Researching in Small Schools – Results and Challenges – Brendan Nolan

Brief Reports

  • The ISP Experience – 1997 – Donna Mullins, Lana Savage
  • Australian Rural Education Research Association – Peter d’Plesse
  • Isolated Schools Project – Melinda Cranney
  • 1997 Australian Rural Education Award
  • Book Review – Reviewed by Anthony Hepworth

Education in Rural Australia Vol 8, No 1 (1998)

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Feature Articles

  • Celebrating Connectedness – Robin Maslen
  • What is Ag­Ed? – Lee Mylne and Judy Linley

Brief Reports

  • Rural Students Studying in Tertiary Settings – Brian Hemmings, Russell Kay, and Doug Hill
  • Rural and Remote Professional Practice Placements for Children’s Studies Students – Stephanie Jackiewicz, Rosa Lincoln and Kristen Brockman
  • Teacher/Intern Partnerships in Isolated Areas: A Project Overview – Allan Yarrow, Roy Ballantyne, Brian Hansford, Paul Herschell and Jan Millwater
  • Australian Rural Education Award 1997

Book Review

  • Schools and Litigation: Developing Legal Policies  B.C. Nolan & J.D. Spencer – Reviewed by Ray King

Education in Rural Australia Vol 1, No 1 (1991)

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Table of Contents

Feature Articles

  • A Voice for Education in Rural Australia – Colin Boylan
  • What Does Social Justice Mean for Education in Rural Australia? – Ann Morrow
  • Issues in Education in Remote Rural Australia – Ted Scott
  • Catering for the Needs of Pre­-School Age Children in Rural Areas: A Case Study Margaret Clyde Parental Reasons for Sending Children to a Rural Day and Boarding School – Robert Baker, John Andrews

Brief Reports

  • A Kick Start to Rural Education – Marie Dale
  • The Rural Education Research and Development Centre – David McSwan
  • Education in Rural Australia: Farming Out City Students – Adrian Wells
  • SPERA and CEP in Rural Mitta Mitta – Carmel La Fontaine
  • SPERA Jottings – Alan Smith

 

Education in Rural Australia Vol 1, No 2 (1991)

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Feature Articles

  • A Report on Satellite Education in the North­West of Victoria R. J. Cruise Rurality: “From the Inside Looking Out” – Karen Redman
  • Beginning Teachers in Small, Isolated Schools: Time to Question some Myths? – Frank Crowther, Peter Cronk, Sheila King, Ian Gibson
  • Supporting Students with Disabilities in Rural Queensland Ian Crease Curriculum and Quality in Rural Schools – Don Squires, Ron Sinclair
  • Extended School Hours at Edmund Rice College – David Lear
  • Evaluation of Remote Site Teaching: A Comparative Study – Graeme J. Byrne, Graeme Dunn, Ron Howland International News John Davis

International News – John Davis

SPERA Reports

  • The Purple People and Parents – Maggie Ramsey, Jan Temple
  • Preparation for Rural School Teaching an Living – Keith Moore
  • Management Emphasis at Burdekin Agricultural College – D. K. Beneke
  • Women into Science and Technology – A Rural Access Program – Lesley R. Warner
  • PCAP Enrichment Camp 1991 – Sheila King

Education in Rural Australia Vol 2, No 1 (1992)

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VOLUME 2 No.1 1992

Feature Articles

  • Redefining Remoteness in the Post Industrial Society – Peter d’Plesse
  • Education and change in Rural Areas in the 1990’s – Chicken Little Was Not Wrong – Robb Mason, Shirley Randell
  • Rural Decline and community Services Education in Victoria: The Bendigo Experience – Peter Condliffe
  • Educational Extension Literature for Farmers – Just How Good Is It? – Ross Hartley
  • The Professional Standing of the Replacement Teacher in the Education Community: A Country Region’s Perspective – Barry Gill, Brian Hand
  • A Literacy Enrichment Program for Small Rural Schools – Vaughan Prain, Gaelene Rowe, Kevin Smith, Julie Walters

Brief Reports

  • The Broad Banded Equity Program of the Department of Employment, Education and Training – Colin Boylan
  • Retired City Teachers Help Isolated Children – Jennifer Sheaffe
  • The Mitta Valley Community Newspaper – Carmel LaFontaine
  • Technology and Distance Education – Robert Walker, Colin Boylan

Book Review

  • Learning on the Farm – The Educational Background and Needs of New Zealand Farmers – Ken Moore

Education in Rural Australia Vol 2, No 2 (1991)

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Feature Articles

  • Adequacy and Equity: Prerequisites to Excellence in Rural Education – Frank Darnell
  • Perceptions of Teaching in Two Types of Isolated Australian Secondary Schools: An Analysis of Four Dimensions of Rural Education – Ken Stevens
  • Lessons for the Future: A Remote Rural Practice – Brian Hemmings, Colin Boylan
  • Remote Schooling and Information Technology: Comments on a Recent Survey – Joan Robson, Peter Routcliffe, Robert Fitzgerals

Brief Reports

  • First Year Student Essays in Humanities and Social Sciences. The Need for a New Paradigm – Howard Lukeman
  • Small Rural Primary Schools in the UK – David Keast

SPERA Responses to Recent National Enquiries

  • Consultation on the Development of a Broadbanded National Equity Program for Schools – Colin Boylan, Ron Sinclair, Don Squires
  • Response to Mayer Committee Consultation Document on Employment Related Key competencies -Sheila King
  • Report on the Rural Affairs Workshop for Key Non-­Government Organisations and Inter-Governmental Rural Affairs Offices held on 17th June 1992 in Canberra – Sheila King
  • The Australian Vocational Certificate Training System – A Rural Education and Training Perspective from SPERA – Sheila King

Education in Rural Australia Vol 3, No 2 (1993)

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Feature Articles

  • Opening of National Distance Education Conference – Juliane Steele
  • Using Interactive Television to Deliver Professional Development Programs in Rural Victoria – Vaughan Prain, Tony Booth
  • Inclusive Education: Impact on Teachers in Small Rural Schools – Barry A Fields
  • Four Considerations Regarding the Viability of Small Rural Schools in New Zealand – Ken Stevens
  • A Regional Survey of Primary Social Education: Trialling and Results – Ray Nichol

Brief Reports

  • Isolated Schools Project – Erica Vance, Paula Sullivan
  • Higher Education Extended Campus Operations at the Sunraysia College of TAFE – Robert Cruise, R. J. Broadhead
  • A Note on Current New Zealand Research in Rural Education – Dr Ken Stevens

Book Review

  • Parker E. B., Hudson H. E., Dillman D.A. and Roscoe A. D. (1989) Rural America in The Information Age: Telecommunications Policy for Rural Development Lantham, MD, The Aspen Institute and University Press of America, pp xvi­170 – Reviewer: Ken Stevens

 

Education in Rural Australia Vol 3, No 1 (1993)

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Feature Articles

  • Post Grade 10 Retention – The Human Angle – Peter d’Plesse
  • The Travelling Schools of New South Wales 1908­1949 – Ashley Freeman
  • Success Factors Relating to Alternative Delivery of Education and Training Programs – R. J. Cruise
  • Four Influences on Year Ten Career Planning in Rural Western Australia – Dr. G. A. Mason, Dr. Kenneth J. Stevens

News from the Northern Hemisphere

  • A Glimpse at Some Isolated Schools in Northern Scotland – Sheila King
  • National Conference – Schooling Through Distance Education Towards 2000 – Karen Redman
  • Bottling Their Success – Marie Dale
  • The Cairns School of Distance Education – Ian McKay