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Biographies; Introduction; Genesis of the Book; Overview of Self-Study; Overview of Rural Studies; Significance of Combining Self-Study and Rural Studies; Diversity of Authors; Author Contributions to the Fields of Rural Studies and Self-Study; Conclusion; References; Part I: Rediscovering Rural Identities; Looking for My Rural Identity, Finding Community and Place; Heading Down Under; Theoretical Frameworks; Methods; My Autobiography; My Purpose of Teaching; Sabbatical as an Exercise in Mindfulness; Experiencing Community; Connecting to Place.
Implications for My Practice and Rural Teacher Education Future Directions; References; A Road Less Travelled: Becoming a Rural Teacher Educator; Introduction; Using an Expanded Self-Study to Improve Teacher Education; Adding the Rural; A Rural Standpoint; Why Adding the Rural Matters?; Teacher Educators' Work; Using a Narrative Self-Study Approach; Narrative Inquiry; My Story
Being Unprepared to Teach in a Rural Community: A Personal Experience; Writing Separates Us from What We Know; A Model of Interpretation; Writing Unites Us More Closely with What We Know.
Reflexive Rural Teacher Educator WorkBecoming a Rural Teacher Educator; Conclusion; References; Notions of Place, Space and Identity in Rural Teacher Education; Introduction; Place and Space: Setting the [Rural] Scene; Self-Study Narrative Lens; Rural Identity, Place and Space; Growing Up Rural; Claiming My Title as a 'Rural Girl'; Rural Teacher Education and Rural Communities; Significance of Rural Context in Teacher Education; Conclusion; References; Getting Better Teachers in the Bush; Circumstances of Being 'Rural'; From Rural to Regional; Teaching in Regional and Rural Areas.
Working as a Teacher Educator in a Regional University Preservice Teachers' Discursive Constructions of Diversity; Finding a Way Forward: Acting on the Goals of the Study; Leading Change in the Bush; What I Learnt from My Experiences in the Bush; Returning to Teacher Education in a Regional University; Enacting the Propositions at Sandy Bay University; Constructing Profiles and Examining Identities; Talking About Diversity; Reading and Writing About Teacher-Learner Relationships; Learning from Teaching at Sandy Bay; References; Part II: Notions of Rural as Heaven or Hell.
Unpacking Multiple Realities of Rural School PoliticsUnpacking Multiple Realities of Rural School Politics: A Self-Study; Methodology; Context; Overview of Conflict; Closed Communication Practices; Maintaining Existing Traditions; Constructing a Sense of Place; Navigating Political Complexity as a Teacher Educator; Rural Teacher Education Today; References; "Knowing the Rules of the Game": Rural Sporting Biographies and Their Influence on Physical Education Pedagogy; Introduction; A Biographical Collage.
Implications for My Practice and Rural Teacher Education Future Directions; References; A Road Less Travelled: Becoming a Rural Teacher Educator; Introduction; Using an Expanded Self-Study to Improve Teacher Education; Adding the Rural; A Rural Standpoint; Why Adding the Rural Matters?; Teacher Educators' Work; Using a Narrative Self-Study Approach; Narrative Inquiry; My Story
Being Unprepared to Teach in a Rural Community: A Personal Experience; Writing Separates Us from What We Know; A Model of Interpretation; Writing Unites Us More Closely with What We Know.
Reflexive Rural Teacher Educator WorkBecoming a Rural Teacher Educator; Conclusion; References; Notions of Place, Space and Identity in Rural Teacher Education; Introduction; Place and Space: Setting the [Rural] Scene; Self-Study Narrative Lens; Rural Identity, Place and Space; Growing Up Rural; Claiming My Title as a 'Rural Girl'; Rural Teacher Education and Rural Communities; Significance of Rural Context in Teacher Education; Conclusion; References; Getting Better Teachers in the Bush; Circumstances of Being 'Rural'; From Rural to Regional; Teaching in Regional and Rural Areas.
Working as a Teacher Educator in a Regional University Preservice Teachers' Discursive Constructions of Diversity; Finding a Way Forward: Acting on the Goals of the Study; Leading Change in the Bush; What I Learnt from My Experiences in the Bush; Returning to Teacher Education in a Regional University; Enacting the Propositions at Sandy Bay University; Constructing Profiles and Examining Identities; Talking About Diversity; Reading and Writing About Teacher-Learner Relationships; Learning from Teaching at Sandy Bay; References; Part II: Notions of Rural as Heaven or Hell.
Unpacking Multiple Realities of Rural School PoliticsUnpacking Multiple Realities of Rural School Politics: A Self-Study; Methodology; Context; Overview of Conflict; Closed Communication Practices; Maintaining Existing Traditions; Constructing a Sense of Place; Navigating Political Complexity as a Teacher Educator; Rural Teacher Education Today; References; "Knowing the Rules of the Game": Rural Sporting Biographies and Their Influence on Physical Education Pedagogy; Introduction; A Biographical Collage.