SPERA Conference Proceedings 2003
Global Focus – Local Partnerships
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
John M Bryden
Some links between economic and social changes in rural areas and the need for reform in rural education
Jack Shelton
Consequential Learning
REFEREED PAPERS
Pam Bartholomaeus
Rural ABCs and Genres? Learning literacy in a rural school
Colin Boylan & Andrew Wallace
Curriculum organisation in a rural secondary school
Rachael Cornius-Randall & Colin Boylan
Creating and managing a caring environment:Pastoral care in action
Roger Edmonds
The SIASOTA Project: The Making Of A ‘Live’ Online Learning Community
Bronwyn Ellis & Joy Penman
From the margins to the centre: regional international education partnerships
Lyn Gorman & Bob Dengate
NSW HSC Online: A Successful Educational Partnership
Brian Hemmings & Doug Hill
A promising strategy for service delivery in rural Australia
Sue Kilpatrick, Joan Abbott-Chapman, John Williamson & Helen Bound
Identifying the characteristics of rural learning communities: implications for rural development
Jan Millwater
Captivation and perspiration: one university’s efforts to inspire city teacher education students to go rural and remote
Joy Penman, Mary Oliver & John Petkov
Where are our graduates? A retrospective study of decisions made on employment location by nursing graduates
Andrew R. Wallace, Rachael Cornius-Randall, Colin Boylan & John Brew-Bevan
Partnerships in the review of curriculum in a small rural secondary school
Des Wilsmore & David H. McKinnon
Professional development of teachers and the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a learning tool in rural schools
NON-REFEREED PAPERS
Adele Bradley & Kerry Weigand, presented by Juanita Healy
Progress and Challenges: A report on progress the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE) WA has made with online learning
Chris Dolan & Ian McEgan
Effective Community Consultation in Distance Education Institutions:A Working Model
Sheila King
Progress and Challenges: A report on progress the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE) WA has made with online learning
Jan Martin & Darryn Gray
Raising student achievement in rural schools – some New Zealand initiatives
Denese Playford, Tony Lower, Amanda Lines & Ann Larson
Effect of Allied Health Rural Placement Programme on Graduate Uptake of Employment in Rural WA
Russell Yates
It’s Good For Me, Too! Partners In Professional Development
Van Davy & Kate English
Changing the Pedagogy in Distance Education – Essential Criteria, Technologies and Professional Development