2015•Unpublished venueRequires access
Rural Science Education
J. Steve Oliver, Georgia W. Hodges
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Abstract
A variety of challenges are inherent in bringing together the research literature on
rural science education. Perhaps the most significant challenge arises from the recognition that rural science education is not easily defined, and that it is not always
easy to discern what is and what is not research on rural science education. In the
same way, it has not been possible to create a useful and generalizable characterization of what is a rural school or even a rural place. Characterizations abound; finding agreement among these characterizations presents a problem. This enigmatic
quality of ruralness is reflected in the way that popular writers and scholars describe
not only schools, but also rural people and the places they inhabit.