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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Possibility of Place: One Teacher's Use of Place-Based Instruction for English Students in a Rural High School
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Azano, Amy – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2011
Educational practices that purposely seek to tie the realities of place to instruction, particularly for the purpose of student engagement, are typically referred to as place-based education. This study investigates how one teacher considered place in making instructional choices for eighth grade English students in a rural high school, and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Critical Theory, Student Attitudes, Place Based Education
Preparing Rural Preservice Teachers for Diversity
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Wenger, Kerri J.; Dinsmore, Jan – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2005
This 2-year evaluative self-study of a cohort teacher preparation program in rural eastern Oregon explored preservice teachers' perceptions of their preparedness to teach diverse students. Using qualitative methods, teacher educators examined preservice teachers' assumptions about student diversity in rural schools where they planned to teach.…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Rural Schools, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes