Open AccessThe Technological Challenge to the Notion of Rurality in New Zealand Education – Repositioning the Small School
Author(s) -
Ken Stevens
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
new zealand annual review of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1178-3311
pISSN - 1171-3283
DOI - 10.26686/nzaroe.v0i5.1114
Subject(s) - rurality , class (philosophy) , relation (database) , information and communications technology , school education , pedagogy , sociology , mathematics education , rural area , political science , psychology , computer science , database , artificial intelligence , law
Small rural schools in New Zealand are in the forefront of changes in the application of information and communication technologies to teaching and learning. The emergence of rural school electronic networks is an important step towards the development of virtual classes in New Zealand, requiring new ways of organising teaching and learning. It is particularly appropriate to reconsider the pedagogy of the one- and two-teacher school in relation to the emerging virtual class. These small schools could have a new role in the information age and should, accordingly, be repositioned within the national education system.