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ERIC Number: EJ557356
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-0534
How To Make Rural Education Research Rural: An Essay at Practical Advice.
Howley, Craig B.
Journal of Research in Rural Education, v13 n2 p131-38 Fall 1997
Argues that the primary purpose of mass education in America--nation-building--is collapsing and that educational researchers must develop different commitments; among these are local purposes for education. Distinguishes rural (local) and cosmopolitan commitments; suggests readings and other means of preparation for rural educational research; and emphasizes the importance of critique. Contains 20 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Anti Intellectualism, Criticism, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Nationalism, Research Needs, Role of Education, Rural Education, School Community Relationship
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Globalization; Localism; Locally Based Research