At all levels of education, teachers are actively involved in improving students' learning outcomes and developing their own pedagogical experience. As a consequence, the teacher's role in managing learning difficulties is of particular importance. This research investigates secondary school geography teachers' knowledge of and perceptions of…

While rural communities are not monolithic, many have seen recent shifts in demographics from historically homogenous populations to more racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse residents (e.g., Sharp & Lee, 2017; Brenner, 2016). Such shifts can occur very rapidly as new regional economic, social, or political forces emerge and are…