Schools that Don’t Close: Possible Places and Spaces for Progressive Teaching, Learning, and Research

Small schools and their communities contribute to an important, though threatened, knowledge base. The threat adheres in underlying technologies (conceptual and material) that propel the capitalistic world towards the rationalization of all aspects of human activity. In education, this appears in th...

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Main Author: Harris, Carol Elizabeth
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta 2015
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/55979 2024-01-07T09:44:55+01:00 Schools that Don’t Close: Possible Places and Spaces for Progressive Teaching, Learning, and Research Harris, Carol Elizabeth 2015-11-20 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ajer/article/view/55979 eng eng University of Alberta https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ajer/article/view/55979/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ajer/article/view/55979 Alberta Journal of Educational Research; Vol. 60 No. 4 (2014): Winter: (Theme Issue); 656-673 1923-1857 0002-4805 necessarily existing schools neoliberalism critical place-based research pedagogy leadership Mots clés écoles obligatoirement existantes néolibéralisme recherche critique basée sur le lieu pédagogie info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article Participatory; Critical Feminist 2015 ftunivcalgaryojs 2023-12-10T18:51:52Z Small schools and their communities contribute to an important, though threatened, knowledge base. The threat adheres in underlying technologies (conceptual and material) that propel the capitalistic world towards the rationalization of all aspects of human activity. In education, this appears in the consolidation of small schools and ever larger units of organization. From three studies of Newfoundland coastal communities, I describe schools that were deemed to be “necessarily existing.” Because of their isolated location, students from the schools could not be transported to larger centres. While reporting both positive and negative features of actual small, rural schools, I argue against hasty school closures and point, instead, to rural school and community opportunities for “place, voice, and space-based” teaching, learning, and research. Small, rural schools can be pivotal in leading Canadian education from its deeply rooted, market-based ideology to progressive and socially relevant practices that embrace lifelong learning, community involvement, and ecological awareness and action. Les petites écoles et leurs communautés nous fournissent l’occasion d’augmenter notre base de connaissances, mais leur contribution est menacée. La menace provient de technologies sous-jacentes qui propulsent le monde capitaliste vers la rationalisation de tous les aspects de l’activité humaine. Dans le domaine de l’éducation, ce phénomène se manifeste par la consolidation des petites écoles et des unités administratives toujours plus grandes. À partir de trois études portant sur les communautés côtières à Terre-Neuve, je décris trois écoles désignées comme « obligatoirement existantes ». Compte tenu de leur isolement, les élèves des écoles ne pouvaient être transportés vers de plus grands centres. Je présente les aspects positifs et négatifs des petites écoles rurales actuelles, tout en militant contre les fermetures hâtives et en soulignant que les écoles et les communautés rurales sont des lieux qui représentent des ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Terre-Neuve University of Calgary Journal Hosting
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topic necessarily existing schools
neoliberalism
critical place-based research
pedagogy
leadership
Mots clés
écoles obligatoirement existantes
néolibéralisme
recherche critique basée sur le lieu
pédagogie
spellingShingle necessarily existing schools
neoliberalism
critical place-based research
pedagogy
leadership
Mots clés
écoles obligatoirement existantes
néolibéralisme
recherche critique basée sur le lieu
pédagogie
Harris, Carol Elizabeth
Schools that Don’t Close: Possible Places and Spaces for Progressive Teaching, Learning, and Research
topic_facet necessarily existing schools
neoliberalism
critical place-based research
pedagogy
leadership
Mots clés
écoles obligatoirement existantes
néolibéralisme
recherche critique basée sur le lieu
pédagogie
description Small schools and their communities contribute to an important, though threatened, knowledge base. The threat adheres in underlying technologies (conceptual and material) that propel the capitalistic world towards the rationalization of all aspects of human activity. In education, this appears in the consolidation of small schools and ever larger units of organization. From three studies of Newfoundland coastal communities, I describe schools that were deemed to be “necessarily existing.” Because of their isolated location, students from the schools could not be transported to larger centres. While reporting both positive and negative features of actual small, rural schools, I argue against hasty school closures and point, instead, to rural school and community opportunities for “place, voice, and space-based” teaching, learning, and research. Small, rural schools can be pivotal in leading Canadian education from its deeply rooted, market-based ideology to progressive and socially relevant practices that embrace lifelong learning, community involvement, and ecological awareness and action. Les petites écoles et leurs communautés nous fournissent l’occasion d’augmenter notre base de connaissances, mais leur contribution est menacée. La menace provient de technologies sous-jacentes qui propulsent le monde capitaliste vers la rationalisation de tous les aspects de l’activité humaine. Dans le domaine de l’éducation, ce phénomène se manifeste par la consolidation des petites écoles et des unités administratives toujours plus grandes. À partir de trois études portant sur les communautés côtières à Terre-Neuve, je décris trois écoles désignées comme « obligatoirement existantes ». Compte tenu de leur isolement, les élèves des écoles ne pouvaient être transportés vers de plus grands centres. Je présente les aspects positifs et négatifs des petites écoles rurales actuelles, tout en militant contre les fermetures hâtives et en soulignant que les écoles et les communautés rurales sont des lieux qui représentent des ...
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