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Poultney, Val Anne; Anderson, Duncan Bruce – Management in Education, 2021
This article seeks to present the perspectives of three school leaders in one rural primary school in the English East Midlands, who, when faced with closure due to a falling student numbers, decided to offer and operate a flexi-schooling model of educational provision. We aim to find out, through a theoretical model of systems school leadership,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Elementary Schools, Educational Change
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Shani, Michal; Ram, Drorit – British Journal of Special Education, 2015
Based on an ecological perspective, inclusive education should involve two essential components: a shared ideology of providing a culturally responsive educational system where the needs of every child are met and a school policy geared towards the implementation of inclusion practices, with collaborations among staff members who create…
Descriptors: School Administration, Inclusion, Sustainability, Elementary Schools
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Kalaoja, Esko; Pietarinen, Janne – International Journal of Educational Research, 2009
This paper reviews research on small rural primary schools in Finland and analyses it under three thematic foci: the relationship between the local rural school and the surrounding community, the small rural primary school as a learning environment, and the teachers' profession in this context. Over 30% of Finnish primary schools are small rural…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods