About the Journal
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 rural education.
Online ISSN 1839-7387
Print ISSN 1036-0026
Current Issue
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.
Full Issue
EDITORIAL
JOURNAL PAPERS
RURAL CONNECTIONS: CELEBRATING SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES
Contributions are welcome from both members and non members of SPERA on any aspect of rural education and from a variety of disciplinary perspectives at any level of education. The focus of the Journal is on addressing issues, challenges, developments and opportunities in rural education globally, and we encourage submissions which, for example:
- Promote the development of rural education scholarship
- Disseminate innovative ideas, actions, programs and policies in rural education
- Link people interested in providing quality learning experiences in rural contexts
- Provide a forum for new ideas and innovations in rural education
- Share information and findings related to rural education issues and the development of programs.
The Australian and International Journal of Rural Education publishes peer-reviewed papers which may be scholarly accounts of educational research relevant to rural education, feature articles, research reports or integrative reviews (recommended length 6,000 to 8,000 words including references and endnotes, or at the Editors' discretion) or short articles, reports or book reviews (between 600 and 2,000 words). All submissions are double blind refereed. We encourage authors to refer to relevant articles published by the Journal.
Editorial Committee:
- Associate Professor John Guenther, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Chief Editor.
- Professor Sue Ledger, University of Newcastle
- Dr Melyssa Fuqua, Monash University & University of Melbourne, Australia.
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Associate Professor Robyn Henderson, University of Southern Queensland
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Serena Davie, Western Australian Department of Education
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Natalie Downes, University of Canberra
- Laurence Lasselle, University of St Andrews
- Bronwyn Relf, University of Newcastle
- Hernan Cuevo, University of Melbourne
- Judy Gouwens, Roosevelt University
- Gry Paulgaard, The Arctic University of Norway
- Alex Washington, Swinburne University of Technology
- Xin Fan, Durham University, UK
Consulting Editors (International Editorial Advisory Board)
- Dipane Hlalale, University of Kwazulu-Natal
- Philip Roberts, University of Canberra
- Rhonda Oliver, Curtin University
- Tessa Benveniste, CQ University
- Nicoli Barnes, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania
- Jayne Downey, Montana State University
- Michael Corbett, Acadia University
- Joana Lúcio, University of Minho
- John Halsey, Flinders University
- Cath Gristy, University of Plymouth
