ERIC Number: EJ902837
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 11
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Local versus Global Knowledges: A Fundamental Dilemma in "Remote Education"
Christie, Michael
Education in Rural Australia, v16 n1 p27-37 2006
When "remote education" is seen as something which is delivered from some outside (by definition not remote) agency, rather than something which is grown at home, it is usually constructed as a problem of disadvantage: how do we deliver to remote students the quality cosmopolitan education we offer to kids in the city? Equality of educational opportunity is equated with uniformity of curriculum. But in the Northern Territory, many of the recipients of very remote educational delivery live very deliberately by choice in very remote places because they want to be in control of their young peoples' education (including cultural transmission), and need to be able to do this on their own land, knowing it and caring for it and each other, and making sure that new generations are grown up to continue to renew it. This paper is about what I have learnt about the local nature of knowledge in my involvement in remote education in the north. (Contains 2 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Opportunities, Indigenous Populations, Higher Education, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Literacy, Telecommunications, Personal Narratives
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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