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Self-studies in Rural Teacher Education

Part of the book series: Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices ((STEP,volume 14))

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The purpose of this introduction chapter is threefold. First, we provide the genesis of the concept of this book and a general overview of rural studies and self-study. Second, we describe the complexities, challenges and affordances of entwining conceptions of rurality with self-study, and finally we briefly introduce the chapters.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Kai Schafft for extensive and critical feedback on initial chapters. We owe gratitude to our authors who worked across oceans to refine and take on board our editing for the chapters. We appreciate Louise Clancy who has helped with some initial editing. We want to thank John Loughran for providing guidance and support throughout this process. We also appreciate Bernadette Ohmer and Natalie Rieborn with Springer Publishing who provided helpful support in the completion of the manuscript. Final thanks to California State University, Chico and Deakin University (in particular Jill Blackmore from the Centre for Research in Educational Futures and Innovation) who sponsored Ann’s visiting scholar opportunity in Warrnambool, Australia.

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  1. School of Education, Deakin University, Warrnambool, VIC, Australia

    Bernadette Walker-Gibbs

  2. School of Education, California State University, Chico, CA, USA

    Ann K. Schulte

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  1. School of Education, California State University, Chico, California, USA

    Ann K. Schulte

  2. School of Education, Deakin University, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia

    Bernadette Walker-Gibbs

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Walker-Gibbs, B., Schulte, A.K. (2016). Introduction. In: Schulte, A., Walker-Gibbs, B. (eds) Self-studies in Rural Teacher Education. Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices, vol 14. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17488-4_1

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