Course overview
To build on students' prior professional experiences in education sites and schools and to prepare future graduates for the challenges and opportunities of teaching in rural/regional communities.
- Introduction to Rurality
- Working in Rural Areas
- Preparing Teachers for Rural Communities
- Place and Space
- Ecology of a Rural Community
- Understanding Community Partnerships
- Teaching Pedagogies for Rural Education
- Teaching Indigenous Students
- The Nature of Work in a Rural Setting
Course learning outcomes
- Understand the rural social space and develop a professional empathy about the implications for rural and regional education
- Investigate historical and contemporary issues and policies related to educational provision, specifically with regard to the employment and retention of teachers in rural and regional contexts
- Critique of strategies related to how to work collaboratively with colleagues, school support staff, other professionals and community-based personnel to enhance student learning outcomes and wellbeing in rural and regional communities
- Explore the opportunities and challenges of teaching in rural and regional contexts particularly in relation to leadership in the school and wider community
- Select strategies to work and live productively in a rural or regional context with an appreciation of the significance of place