Doing Educational Research in Rural Settings: Methodological issues, international perspectives and practical solutions

Introduction: Why put the `rural in research? Part 1: Tales of the field: working with/in the rural Making sense of rural education research: art, transgression, and other acts of terroir Craig Howley and Aimee Howley Social cartography and rural education; or, researching space(s) and place(s) Bill Green and Jo-Anne Reid Theory as the source of `research footprint in rural settings Rune Kvalsund and Linda Hargreaves A trialogue about method in rural education: Experiential perspectives Pamela Bartholomaeus, John Halsey and Michael Corbett Part II: Reflexivity and standpoint Understanding `the community in rural community research Tanya Brann-Barrett Rural community research process as outcome: approaching the community Zane Hamm Researching within and for a rural community: research journey Cath Gristy A conversation about research as risky business: making visible the invisible in rural research locations Robyn Henderson and Sherilyn Lennon Researching from the standpoint of the rural Philip Roberts Part III: Ethics and reciprocity Research and remembrance in a rural community: a step toward ethical learning Linda Farr Darling Metaphors we lose by: re-thinking how we frame rural education Kim Donehower Reciprocity as relational: two examples of conducting research in Finnish Lapland Maija Lanas and Pauliina Rautio Three Rs for rural research: respect, responsibility and reciprocity Michelle Anderson and Michelle Lonsdale Index