Researching Rural Places

On Social Justice and Rural Education

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2385807
AutoresPhilip Roberts (0000-0002-6321-3535, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, Australia), Bill Green (0000-0002-8598-6619, Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia)
Año2013
Volumen19
Número10
Páginas765-774
Fecha de publicación2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1077800413503795
OpenAlexW2004494777
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas59
Referencias citadas20

This paper explores some of the political and methodological challenges involved in researching rural education. It begins by outlining the situation in Australia regarding the relationship between social justice and rural education. It first describes the disadvantages experienced by many rural communities and presents an analysis of rural educational achievement in Australia. The paper then argues the limitations of traditional and established notions of social justice and, in this context, presents Soja's proposal that spatiality is a third way of understanding the world. The paper is organized and informed by the principle that what matters, first and foremost, is the nature of the research problem, with decisions about methodology following, and shaped accordingly

Context (archaeology · Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Geography · Political science · Politics · Social justice · Social science · Sociology · Education Systems and Policy · Indigenous and Place-Based Education · Law · Rural development and sustainability