The primary focus of my research and development work is rural education and small schools. Topics included in this work: multi-grade classrooms and multiage pedagogy; the viability and value of small community schools; school closure and consolidation; distance education and e-learning; teacher ...
The primary focus of my research and development work is rural education and small schools. Topics included in this work: multi-grade classrooms and multiage pedagogy; the viability and value of small community schools; school closure and consolidation; distance education and e-learning; teacher education, recruitment and retention; bussing; and rural policy development.
While my primary interest is Canadian education and schooling and in particular rural education in Newfoundland and Labrador, I have an increasing interest in international work. I am very interested in working with rural scholars and educators in other parts of the world and lending my expertise and enthusiasm for their rural education development work.