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  Considering Diversity in Educational Research that Explores School-Community Relationships

  Vol. 34 No. 2 (2024)

  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.

• Online First

  Online First articles are fully peer reviewed and will be assigned to a future issue.

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  What Does a Quality Education Look Like in Rural Schools?

  Vol. 34 No. 1 (2024)

  This issue of the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education features articles that describe and critically analyse rural education, the common thread being  'What Does a Quality Education Look Like in Rural Schools?'. The education settings discussed include Australia, Czechia, Iraq, South Africa, Sweden, Tanzania, and the United States. The studies presented reflect the huge diversity of rural schooling and the many factors that work to support quality education. What does quality rural education look like? It looks like teachers who have a strong connection to place, with strategies for teaching that connect with students from the place. It looks like teachers who are flexible and open to learning. It looks like a supportive system. It looks attractive to parents. It looks like contextualised learning. It looks like parents and communities engaged in their children's learning at school. It is potentially transformative. It looks like a workforce that has good access to professional learning options. It looks like good governance, with local Elders and community leaders involved and driving a vision for education. It looks like strong peer relationships, and a culturally safe learning environment. It does not necessarily look like the narrowly defined metrics that are often used to define success or the deficits that are too often described in association with rural education.

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  The Importance of Local Voices in Rural Communities

  Vol. 33 No. 3 (2023)

  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. This issue brings out the voices of First Nations people and other rural community members to tell their stories about what is imprortant to them as it relates to rural and remote education and research.

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  Rural Knowledges and Curriculum: International Perspectives

  Vol. 33 No. 2 (2023)

  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. The origins of this special issue lie in a panel discussion held online during the COVID-19 pandemic and hosted by the European Educational Research Association (EERA) Network 14 in March 2022.

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  Celebration, Attraction and Retention of a Regional and Rural Workforce

  Vol. 33 No. 1 (2023)
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  School Communities and Partnerships

  Vol. 32 No. 3 (2022)

• National Conference for Regional, Rural and Remote Education Presentation Abstracts

  2022

  Conference presentation abstracts for the 2022 National Conference for Regional, Rural and Remote Education

• Educating for Cultural Sustainability

  Vol. 32 No. 2 (2022)

  This issue brings together a selection of papers which were presented at the 2021 International Symposium for Innovation in Rural Education (ISFIRE).

• Rural Professional Learning: Systemic and Student Perspectives

  Vol. 32 No. 1 (2022)

• Connecting Rural and Urban Education Research

  Vol. 31 No. 3 (2021)

• Challenging Rural Stereotypes

  Vol. 31 No. 2 (2021)

• Adapting Our Practice in Regional, Rural and Remote Education During a Pandemic and Beyond

  Vol. 31 No. 1 (2021)

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

  Vol. 30 No. 3 (2020)

  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.

• Boarding Schools for rural and remote families: panacea or problem?

  Vol. 30 No. 2 (2020)

  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.

• Global to Local Policy and Practices: The Importance of Community

  Vol. 30 No. 1 (2020)

• Rural Education

  Vol. 29 No. 3 (2019)

• Engagement, Empowerment and Equity in Rural Education

  Vol. 29 No. 2 (2019)

• Rural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education

  Vol. 29 No. 1 (2019)

• Rural Education in China

  Vol. 28 No. 2 (2018)

• Aligning AIJRE Research with the Independent Review into Regional, Rural and Remote Education

  Vol. 28 No. 1 (2018)
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  A Small Place: Challenges and Opportunities for/in Tasmanian Rural and Regional Education

  Vol. 27 No. 3 (2017)
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  Rural Schools as Hubs for the Socio-Educational Development of Communities

  Vol. 27 No. 2 (2017)
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  Vol. 27 No. 1 (2017)
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  Vol. 26 No. 3 (2016)
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  Vol. 26 No. 2 (2016)
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  Vol 26, No. 1 (2016)
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  Vol 25, No. 3 (2015) Special Issue: What Next for Rural Education Research?

  Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

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  Vol 25, No. 2 (2015)

  Australian and International Journal of Rural Education
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  Vol 25, No. 1 (2015)

  Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

• Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

  Vol. 24 No. 3 (2014)

• Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

  Vol. 24 No. 2 (2014)

• Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

  Vol. 24 No. 1 (2014)

• Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

  Vol. 23 No. 3 (2013)

• Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

  Vol. 23 No. 2 (2013)

• Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

  Vol. 23 No. 1 (2013)

• Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

  Vol. 22 No. 3 (2012)

• Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

  Vol. 22 No. 2 (2012)

• Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

  Vol. 22 No. 1 (2012)

• Education in Rural Australia

  Vol. 21 No. 1 (2011)

• Education in Rural Australia

  Vol. 20 No. 2 (2010)

• Education in Rural Australia

  Vol. 20 No. 1 (2010)

• Education in Rural Australia

  Vol. 19 No. 3 (2009)

• Education in Rural Australia

  Vol. 19 No. 2 (2009)

• Education in Rural Australia

  Vol. 19 No. 1 (2009)

• Education in Rural Australia

  Vol. 18 No. 2 (2008)

• Education in Rural Australia

  Vol. 18 No. 1 (2008)

• Education in Rural Australia

  Vol. 17 No. 2 (2007)

• Education in Rural Australia

  Vol. 17 No. 1 (2007)

• Education in Rural Australia

  Vol. 16 No. 2 (2006)