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Showing 1 to 20 of 235 for “"rural schools"”.
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Photovoltaics for educational television in rural schools
… educational television and video in secondary schools in Bophuthatswana. Technical performance was assessed through monitoring PV system behaviour and climatic variables over an extended period, using remote data-capture techniques at a demonstration site. Modelling provided for further …
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Educators' attitudes towards HlV/AIDS at rural schools
… study, located at several primary and secondary schools in the deep rural areas of the Scottsburgh circuit, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, was undertaken to investigate the trend that, despite a higher level of knowledge and exposure to information about HIV/AID amongst educators and despite …
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Rural schools: Leveraging resources through school district collaboration
… collaboration that ensued in four mostly rural school districts in Indiana, following a study conducted by an external university group. The purpose of the study was to explore and present ways that the school districts could work together to share resources. The superintendent and school …
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Retardation in the one-teacher rural schools of Kansas
Includes bibliographical references.
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Principals in Saskatchewan Rural Schools: Their Leadership Behaviors and School Effectiveness
… important role of the principal in Saskatchewan Rural school effectiveness, the study addressed the following four questions: 1. Are there significant differences in the behaviors of principals in schools that have been identified as effective compared to those principals in schools that have …
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Two Small Rural Schools Under Siege: An Oral History 1969-2012
<p>This study is an oral history of the small rural community of Portal, Georgia, its two local schools, and its residents’ successful fight to keep these community schools. Guided by the theoretical framework of critical theory and the works of critical researchers, namely Paulo Freire (1998), …
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Teacher Retention and Turnover in Small, Remote, Rural Schools in Missouri
… factors influencing teachers in small, remote, rural school districts to continue teaching or to leave their teaching position. Additionally, this study sought to identify specific things district-level administrators could do influence teacher retention rates in small, remote, rural school …
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A Study of Factors that Impact Teacher Job Satisfaction in Rural Schools
… the level of teacher job satisfaction in rural schools in a western state, as well as to attempt to reveal specific factors that lead to job satisfaction in education. Data was gathered utilizing the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS), created by Dr. Paul Spector (1985). The JSS assesses job …
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Enhancing situational awareness when addressing critical incidents at suburban and rural schools
… vulnerabilities in suburban and rural school district facilities and operations throughout New York State. An evaluation of the resources and technologies available to first responders (police, fire, and EMS personnel) was conducted through a survey instrument delivered to …
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How does Disproportionality in Discipline Manifest in Rural Schools in Southeast Arkansas?
<p>African American students are disciplined in schools at disproportionately higher rates than White students. This trend was first reported in 1975 in a report by the Children’s Defense Fund and since that time, has been highly studied. However, most research has been conducted in urban or …
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Elementary teachers' in rural schools: perceptions and use of technology in the classroom
The purpose of this study was to discover rural elementary teachers' perceptions of technology use in the classroom and to what extent elementary teachers use technology. The focus of the study was on the perceptions of rural elementary teachers in four different elementary schools, within the same …
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Iowa schoolmarms: The significance of rural schools and the feminization movement, 1865-1920
1 PDF file (vii, 105 pages)
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Teachers' Perceptions Of Professional Development In Urban And Rural Schools In North Dakota
… to ensure equity in education between urban and rural schools, addressing funding issues and the implementation of regional education associations. This research investigated those efforts by examining professional development as one indicator of equity. This research focused on three research …
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Investigating prediction modelling of academic performance for students in rural schools in Kenya
… However, limitations of infrastructure in rural areas of developing countries, such as lack of or unstable electricity and Internet, impede the use of PCs. This study proposed that an academic performance prediction model could include a mobile phone interface specifically designed based on …
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Social deprivation in Northern Ireland's rural schools: principals' perceptions of the effects on pupils
… concerns the impact of poverty on children in rural primary schools in the North of Ireland.<br/><br/>The literature reveals a history of the study of the incidence of poverty and its effects in industrialised societies that stretches back over more than a century. It is a general conclusion …
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One and two room rural schools of Taunton, Middleboro, Bridgewater, Norton, and Berkeley, Massachusetts
This item was digitized by the Internet Archive. Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University
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Two Rural Schools: A Study of the Planning, Process and Leadership of School Improvement
Results of the study showed that the schools researched exhibited only some of the eight indicators to a high level. The teachers at both schools perceive they have quality leaders in place who can successfully guide them into the future. Both schools were making attempts to be collaborative, yet …
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Site Facilitation of Distance Education via Compressed Video in Rural Schools: a Case Study
… is one innovation often recommended for helping rural schools and their communities provide students with curricula and educational opportunities necessary for success in a global economy. This case study explored how eight rural Virginia school systems with little prior experience involving …
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