Realizing the Potential of Rural Education Networks as Professional Development and Inspiration for Innovation

• In Event: 15.034 - Achieving Educational Change: Understanding Daily Practice and Developing New Methodologies

Abstract

The majority of the research to date on education networks has been conducted in the urban context; few studies specifically examine the experience and impact of rural collaboratives, and even fewer of these have had a regional character that spans states or provinces (Battelle for Kids, 2016; Kannapel & DeYoung, 1999; Tieken, 2014). This study explores the potential of rural education networks to positively impact research and practice related to teaching and learning innovations.

Authors

• Leyton Schnellert, The University of British Columbia

• Mehjabeen Datoo, University of Toronto

• Paige Fisher, Vancouver Island University