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Download full textSheridan, Susan M.; Holmes, Shannon R.; Coutts, Michael J.; Smith, Tyler E. – Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, 2012
Families in rural communities are often poorly connected to schools due to challenges associated with geographic isolation, poverty, inexperienced staff, inadequate resources, scheduling challenges, and low parental education. This creates problems with the access, availability, and acceptability of services. Teachers in rural schools often have…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Rural Education, Consultation Programs, Rural Schools
Direct linkCrump, Stephen; Boylan, Colin – Education in Rural Australia, 2008
This paper provides information on the background to the two pilot investigations into "interactive distance e-learning" [IDeL] following the introduction in New South Wales and in the Northern Territory of Australia of satellite-supported two-way broad-band internet services for school-age and adult distance education. The context is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Geographic Isolation
Twyford, Kylie; Crump, Stephen; Anderson, Alan – Rural Society, 2009
At the Western Institute of Technical and Further Education (WITAFE) in New South Wales (NSW), vocational education and training (VET) courses are being delivered to students in isolated homesteads and remote Aboriginal communities by Interactive Distance eLearning (IDL). IDL provides satellite-supported two-way broadband voice, one-way video and…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Distance Education, Adult Education, Adult Students
Peer reviewedAoun, Samar; Johnson, Lyn – Australian Journal of Rural Health, 2002
A distance education program in mental health was delivered to 31 rural health professionals in Western Australia who dealt with mentally ill patients at the primary level. Evaluation on completion and 4 months postprogram indicated that participants learned mental health management regimes, developed mental health assessment skills, improved…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Geographic Isolation
Bowden, J. – 1994
A case study investigated the use of telematics technology in the delivery of learning programs from a rural high school in Western Australia to four receiver schools. Telematics is an audiographic computer system that simultaneously links a teacher to classrooms in one to five other schools. The program was introduced in 1991 to widen curriculum…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Delivery Systems
Loney, Paul – 1994
This paper describes two programs that work together to meet the educational needs of at-risk secondary students in small rural schools in Queensland, Australia. The goal of the Students At Risk program (STAR) is to increase retention rates of identified at-risk students. The Priority Country Areas Program (PCAP) assists schools and community…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Cooperative Programs, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Mfum-Mensah, Obed – 2002
A study assessed the impact of the Shepherd School program, a nonformal basic education program in rural northern Ghana implemented by a nongovernmental organization. Data were gathered through observation; document analysis; and interviews with 42 children, parents, community members, chiefs, school staff, NGO members, and assemblymen in 2…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Developing Nations
