Thinking About Rural Education and Binary Logic

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v34i2.742

Keywords:

binaries,, binary logic, counternarratives, deficit discourses, rural education, stereotypes

Abstract

Although definitions of rural vary across educational research projects and from country to country, an enduring theme has been the framing of rural as a disadvantage or problem that sits alongside a view of the urban as normative. In questioning the urban/rural binary and the deficit discourses that are associated with it, the authors present four short data excerpts and their thinking about how they represent rural education in their research. They conclude that the telling of positives stories about rural education is a move towards changing the discourses that circulate.

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Published

18-07-2024

How to Cite

Paterson, A., Abarzúa-Silva, L., Machfudi, M. I., & Henderson, R. (2024). Thinking About Rural Education and Binary Logic. Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 34(2), 106–112. https://doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v34i2.742