80496 Teaching in Small Rural Communities

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80496 Teaching in Small Rural Communities

• RURAL COMMUNITIES
• Topic 3

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RURAL COMMUNITIES

• What do they look like?
• Take a few minutes and write down as many
  descriptors of rural communities as you can think
  of.
• Are rural communities always small?
• Are rural communities always in the country?
• Are rural communities always associated with
  farms and animals?

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RURAL COMMUNITIES

• Is this a rural community?
• Why/Why not?
• Are rural communities always isolated?

Which of the locations on the map are not rural?
Why?
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RURAL COMMUNITIES

• Does this community qualify as rural?
• Why/Why not?
• This picture should raise the issue of urbanity
  in a rural setting. Think about those two
  contradictory concepts.
• We experience real difficulty in describing what
  we mean by rural and yet it appears on the
  surface to be soooooooo simple.

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RURAL COMMUNITIES

• Where will you find them?
• Perhaps an easier question would be to ask where
  wont you find them?
• or
• When does the urban cease and the rural commence?

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RURAL COMMUNITIES

• Who will you find there?
• Every rural community has
• Its leading citizen
• Its town character
• Its townies
• Its bushies
• Others.
• Why is it important for you to know about these
  people?

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RURAL COMMUNITIES

• Why are they there?
• After youve played with that question for a
  while, check out this site and ask it again
• Queensland's Outback - Betoota - Central West
  Matilda Country

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RURAL COMMUNITIES

• Centre for Rural Social Research
• The University of Melbourne - Indigenous Rural
  Education - Mullebar.
• JCU - Rural Education Research and Development
  Centre
• Queensland Rural Womens Network
• rural services
• Rural Skills Australia
• Rural Society Journal
• AAAssociation for Australian Rural Nurses
• Rural Science AFFA
• ABC Rural Online

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RURAL COMMUNITIES

• Step 1 - Locate your new school on a map! (This
  may take more time than you anticipate.)
• Step 2 - Contact your new Principal. (This might
  be difficult if your school is REALLY isolated.)
• Step 3 - Ensure you have resources for your new
  location. (This might include food.)
• Step 4 - Make sure your folks have a contact.
  (This could be a public telephone box number.)
• Step 5 Enjoy yourself! (This could be easier
  than you think.)

Rural communities can be great fun if you give
them a go!