Parallel sessions

MURRAY - Preparing Teachers for Rural Schools

Heather Williams (Boise State University, USA)

Exploring Perceptions Related to Teacher Retention Issues in Rural Western U.S.

Tanya Ovenden-Hope (Plymouth Marjon University, UK), Rowena Passy (Plymouth Institute of Education, University of Plymouth, UK)

Educational Isolation: Place-based Challenges for Teacher Supply in Rural and Coastal Schools

CAMPBELL - Renewing Indigenous Languages

Annie Ndlovu, Thabisile Nkambule (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

Exploring and Understanding Grade 11 Rural Teachers’ Conceptions and Experiences of Teaching Sepedi Literature

Angus Maclennan, Laura Howitt, Mairi Mackay (e-Sgoil, UK)

e-Sgoil's Innovative Approach to Gaelic Learning

GRANT - Developing Cultural Responsiveness

Anna Xavier (University of New South Wales, Australia)

Breaking Barriers or Building Walls? The English Language Support for Refugee-Background Students in Regional NSW

Taryn Bennett, Nadine Petersen, Sarita Ramsaroop (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

The Impact of Cultural Influences on a Rural Learner Transitioning to a Middle-class Boarding School in South Africa

CAMERON - Embedding Learning in Culture

Rebekah Hammack, Nicholas Lux, Paul Gannon, Brock La Meres (Montana State University, USA)

Using Photo Novellas to Identify Local Funds of Knowledge and Perceptions of Engineering

Cristina Moreno (University of Zaragoza, Spain)

The School in and Linked to the Rural Territory: Educational Practises in Connection with the Context from an Ethnography Study

FRASER - Building Enduring Partnerships

Alice Herbert (James Cook University, Australia)

Contextualising Policies in Regional, Rural and Remote Australian Schools

Amy Azano, Rachelle Kuehl (Virginia Tech, USA)

Serving Gifted Rural Students Through Sustainable Programs: Partnering to Increase Advanced Learning Opportunities

SINCLAIR - Building Enduring Partnerships

Dawn Wallin, Paul Newton, Jing Xiao (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

Rural School Sustainability: Linking Research, Knowledge Dissemination, and Practice

Robert Mitchell (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA), Franny Harris (Campo School, USA)

Shared Classroom: Collaborative University and High School Teaching in Rural Schools

MACDONALD – Consult a Colleague

Unn-Doris Bæck (University of Tromso, Norway)

Internationalising Rural / Small Schools Research

MURRAY - Preparing Teachers for Rural Schools

Devon Brenner (Mississippi State University, USA), Ann Schulte (California State University, Chico, USA), Amy Azano (Virginia Tech, USA), Jayne Downey (Montana State University, USA), Karen Eppley (Penn State University, USA)

Teaching in Rural Places: Broadening Understanding of What it Means to Prepare Teachers for Rural Places

Suzie Dick (Arran High School & International Professional Development Association, Scotland, UK)

Exploring Accessibility: How Organisational Structure, Tensions and Location Determine the Professional Learning Context for Newly Qualified Teachers in a Rural/Remote Scotland

CAMPBELL - Renewing Indigenous Languages

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GRANT - Developing Cultural Responsiveness

Constance Khupe (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

“Nothing About Us Without Us”: Towards Community-Centred Education and Research

Scott Tunison, Dawn Wallin (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

Following Their Voices: Supporting Indigenous Students’ Learning by Fostering Culturally-Sustaining and Relational Pedagogies to Reshape the School and Classroom Environment

CAMERON - Embedding Learning in Culture

Hassan Kaya,  Mayashree Chinsamy (DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Indigenous Knowledge Systems (CIKS), University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)

An African Indigenous Knowledge System’s Perspective for Education Transformation: A Paradigm Shift

Jon Reyhner (Northern Arizona University, USA)

Place-, Community-, & Culture-Based Education for Indigenous Student Success

FRASER - Building Enduring Partnerships

Simone White (Queensland Institute of Technology, Australia), Hobart Harmon (Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8; Kansas State University, USA), Jerry Johnson (Kansas State University, USA), Brian O’Neill (Department of Education, Queensland, Australia)

Sharing Stories between Australian and US Rural Leaders: Lessons from the Pandemic

Amy Ellis, Donnie Hale (University of Central Florida - Center for Community Schools, USA)

Innovating Education through Community Partnership Schools

SINCLAIR - Building Enduring Partnerships

Lauren Davis (Montana State University, USA), Alexandra Aylward, Rebecca Buchanan (Emory & Henry College, USA)

A Trauma-Informed Approach for Positive Youth Development for Montana Students

Phillip Grant, Angela Branyon, Li Cao (University of West Georgia, USA)

Enduring Research-Practice Partnerships: Garnering Buy-in at Multiple Levels for Longevity

MACDONALD – Consult a Colleague

Hernan Cuervo (University of Melbourne, Australia)

Working With and For Rural Communities and Small Schools

MURRAY - Preparing Teachers for Rural Schools

Robert Mitchell, Katie Anderson-Pence (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA)

Promoting Remote: Impact of Pre-Service Teachers Short-Term Exposure to Rural Schools

Anne Paterson (Visiting Research Fellow University of the Highlands and Islands, EdD Student University of Strathclyde, UK)

National Policy in the Rural Place: Nurturing Leadership in Rural Schools

CAMPBELL - Renewing Indigenous Languages

Jon Reyhner (Northern Arizona University, USA)

Revitalizing Indigenous Languages to Strengthen Indigenous Communities

Sphamandla Zulu, Thabisile Nkambule (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

Polysemy and Context: Decoding Rural Teachers’ Experiences and Perceptions of the Non-Technical Language of Physical Science Usage

GRANT - Developing Cultural Responsiveness

Dawn Wallin (University of Saskatchewan, Canada), Chris Scribe (Indian Teacher Education Program, University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

Wâhkôhtowin: Decolonizing Teacher Education for Rural, Urban and First Nations Schools

Devon Brenner (Mississippi State University, USA), Nicholas Kleese (University of Minnesota, USA), Karen Eppley (Penn State University, USA)

Images of Rurality: The Whippoorwill Award for Young Adult Literature and Criteria for Evaluating Depictions of Rural People and Places

CAMERON - Embedding Learning in Culture

Ruth Reid (Northern Alliance, UK)

Embedding Learning in Culture - Optimizing Digital Connectivity to Culture Creating and Connecting - Building a Learning Culture though Virtual Learning Spaces in the Early Years Community

Mark Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle (University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness College, UK)

Reimaging the Rural: Deconstructing Generalisations and Imagining New Ways of Being in a Post-COVID Scotland

FRASER - Building Enduring Partnerships

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SINCLAIR - Building Enduring Partnerships

Timothy Ross (University of the Highlands and Islands, UK)

Outdoor Learning in a Single-Class Primary School

Jesse Longhurst (Southern Oregon University, USA)

Stormy Seas and Deep Waters: Upheaval, Renewal and Community Engagement in a Small, Island School

MACDONALD – Consult a Colleague

Elisabet Öhrn (University of Gothenberg, Sweden), Melyssa Fuqua (University of Melbourne, Australia)

Developing and Maintaining Rural/ Small School Research Networks

MURRAY - Preparing Teachers for Rural Schools

Kari Dahle-Huff (Montana State University, Billings, USA), Lisa Ortmann (University of North Dakota, USA), Rachael Waller (Montana State University, Billings, USA)

Strengthening Rural Literacy Educators: Learning and Development Through an E-Coaching Network

Allison Wynhoff-Olsen (Montana State University, USA), Danette Long (Northern State University, USA), Kristofer Olsen, William Fassbender (Montana State University, USA)

Exploring How Pre-Service and Early-Career English Teachers’ Negotiate a Rural Sense of Belonging

CAMPBELL - Renewing Indigenous Languages / Building Enduring Partnerships

Ingeborg Birnie (University of Strathclyde, UK)

Blended Learning to Support Gaelic Language Learning

Jaimey Facchin, Saskia Ebejer, Adam Gowen, Paul Chandler (University of Wollongong Batemans Bay, Australia)

Nourishing Pedagogy: Community Book Projects as Place-Based Collaborations

GRANT - Developing Cultural Responsiveness

Kaka Kaka, Judith Miller, Nadya Rizk (University of New England, Australia)

Assessment of “Educating for Gross National Happiness” in Bhutan the Theory of Practice Architectures

Michael Graham, Raquel Oberkirsch (South East Cornerstone Public School Division, Canada)

The Effect of a Community of Teachers Doing the Unsettling Work of Treaty Education in Rural Saskatchewan Classrooms

CAMERON - Embedding Learning in Culture

Heather Duncan, Jeff Smith (Brandon University, Canada), Laurie Bachewich (Erickson Elementary School, Canada), Karen Rempel (Brandon University, Canada)

Mino-Pimaatisiwin: A Journey Towards Reconciliation and Systemic Change

Michelle Rasheed (University of South Carolina, Aiken, USA)

Learning in Place: Teachers’ Experiences with a Place-Based Language Arts Curriculum in Rural Appalachia

FRASER - Building Enduring Partnerships

Anne Paterson (Visiting Research Fellow University of the Highlands and Islands, EdD Student University of Strathclyde, UK)

Ethnography as a Research Tool in a Small Rural School

Estefanía Monforte García (University of Zaragoza, Spain)

The Rural School and the Educational Heritage as a Cultural Dynamizer in the Mountains of Spain

SINCLAIR - Building Enduring Partnerships

Montserrat Fargas-Malet, Carl Bagley (School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast, UK)

At the Heart of the Community? Small Rural Schools in Northern Ireland

Iyanuoluwa Olalowo (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)

Challenges of Community Participation and Stakeholders Collaboration in Accelerated Innovation for Early Childhood Education in Two Rural Communities of Nigeria

MACDONALD – Consult a Colleague

Simone White (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)

The Methodology Mountain: What Matters in Rural / Small School Research

MURRAY - Embedding Learning in Culture

Kate Coutts (Argylle & Bute Council, UK)

Metasaga - Discover Yourself in the World Around You

Kathleen Johnston, Grant Murray (Northern Alliance Regional Improvement Collaborative, UK)

Connecting and Collaborating Digitally Across the North of Scotland: A Study of Impact

CAMPBELL - Renewing Indigenous Languages

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GRANT - Developing Cultural Responsiveness

Johnny Tharp (Boles (TX) ISD-Claire Chenault International Institute, USA)

Cultural Opportunities for Rural School Districts: Using Robotics as a Successful Example

Phillip Grant (University of West Georgia, USA)

Beginning the Conversation: Modeling Equitable College Choice

CAMERON - Embedding Learning in Culture

Cath Gristy (University of Plymouth, UK)

Putting Henri Lefebvre to Work on a Rural Education Case Study

Casey Jakubowski (SUNY Hudson Valley Community College & Edumatch Publishing, USA)

Changing the Narrative about Rural Education

FRASER - Building Enduring Partnerships

Melyssa Fuqua (University of Melbourne, Australia)

Rural Careers Advising and Community Sustainability: Building Vital Partnerships

Suzie Dick (Arran High School & International Professional Development Association, Scotland, UK)

Scottish Island Schools Network: Bringing the Remote Rural Voice to Networked Professional Development

SINCLAIR - Building Enduring Partnerships

Rosie Alexander (University of the Highlands and Islands, UK)

Career Trajectories and Career Education in Rural Schools

Constance Khupe (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)

Building Enduring Partnerships with Students from Low Socio-Economic Backgrounds

MACDONALD – Consult a Colleague

Tanya Ovenden-Hope (Plymouth Marjon, UK)

Incorporating Small Schools Research in Your Field of Research

MURRAY - Preparing Teachers for Rural Schools

Tenneisha Nelson (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

Innovations in Rural Education: Teaching to Cross-Curricular Learning Outcomes

Olga Romero (Teacher University of Tolima, Columbia), Nancy Palacious Mena (University of the Andes, Colombia), Diego Garcia Monteagudo (University of Valencia, Spain)

Teaching - learning of spatial thinking and close space in teachers in training and exercise in rural schools of Tolima (Colombia)

CAMPBELL - Renewing Indigenous Languages

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GRANT - Developing Cultural Responsiveness

Brandon Needham (University of Regina, Canada)

Critical Action Research: How One Rural School Community Lives Out the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action

Kate Caton (Georgia State University, USA)

The Impact of Locale Type on Student Discipline in Georgia

CAMERON - Embedding Learning in Culture

Rachelle Kuehl (Virginia Tech, USA)

Rural Elementary Students’ Engagement with a Place-Based Literacy Curriculum: Examining Evidence from Their Stories

Kathy Sanford (University of Victoria, Canada), David Monk, Jenny Anena, Max Openjuru (University of Gulu, Uganda)

Ugandan Rural Educators as Global Leaders in Cultural Sustainability and Educational Practice

FRASER - Building Enduring Partnerships

Elizabeth Wargo (University of Idaho, USA)

Leader Improvisation: Drivers for Rural Partnership Sustainability

Tim Taylor (CA Small School Association, USA)

Yes, California is Rural

SINCLAIR - Building Enduring Partnerships

Lauren Davis, Christine Rogers-Stanton (Montana State University, USA)

Mobilizing Community Resources to Measure Impacts of Equine Assisted Learning on At-Risk Adolescents in Rural Montana

Ariel Toh (Marcharh Initiative Centre for Sustainable Solutions, UK)

Sustainability Science Teaching and Applied Research: Central Asia and South Asia Pathways

MACDONALD – Consult a Colleague

Catharine Biddle  (Maine University, USA)

Ethical Considerations when Working with Rural/Small Schools and Communities