Regenerating rural social space? Teacher education for rural-regional sustainability

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 262-276

  Reid, Jo Anne ^a,b,c   Green, Bill ^b,c   Cooper, Maxine ^d   Hastings, Wendy ^b   Lock, Graeme ^e   White, Simone ^f  

^a Department of Education ^*  (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Research Institute for Professional Practice   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^e EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Regional characteristics; Rural environment; Rural schools; School personnel; Sustainable development; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651279217     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494411005400304     Document Type: Article

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