Patricia MacLeod

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

#NorCanRuralEd "formal education continues to be perceived and experienced by many rural youth as a set of largely irrelevant experiences"

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

#NorCanRuralEd A friend of mine started this blog http://t.co/jkCrOqj7U3 . Check it out :)

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

#NorCanRuralEd I find the theory that culture is not connected to place so mind boggling. I can't decide if I agree or disagree

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

#NorCanRuralEd Between 1996 & 2009 Cape Breton region was responsible for 41.9% of the negative net migration

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@MsMorrin I know at home it is certainly not, people work all summer to get their EI cheque for the winter, its the norm #NorCanRuralEd

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#NorCanRuralEd who is better prepared for going to university vs community college... rural or urban students? does gender matter?

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

#NorCanRuralEd.... Similarly for men. Sports and farming are the first two words that come to mind for me.

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

#NorCanRuralEd Interesting to see images google displays for rural women.. what words come to mind to describe these?

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

#NorCanRuralEd "When you grow up in a small place you fear the unknown"... coming to Wolfville was "scary" for me, seemed like a big city!

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

#norcanruraled "Lack of things to do" ... I think any rural dweller can connect with this statement

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

#NorCanRuralEd "How can, or do, teachers capitalise on the inherent advantages of the small & rural school": exactly the focus of our class!

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

#NorCanRuralEd "parents congregating at the gate does not necessarily constitute a school–community relationship" Hargreaves

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#NorCanRuralEd Hargreaves and Dowling articles both mention small schools working together, I am learning in ed how important this is

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

#NorCanRuralEd Staples makes the connection to the community - a community can really make (or break) a rural school

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

#NorCanRuralEd Love what Staples says about teachers taking an interest in students. So much impact is directly related to this relationship

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

#NorCanRuralEd "The schoolyard as a facilitator for social relations".. we often forget how important social learning is!

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@jasminehare Agreed! The school board & policies makes it so difficult to do. Perhaps even more so in secondary ed? #NorCanRuralEd

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@jasminehare @MsMorrin This also prepares them for "real world" problem solving.... and collaborating with the community. #NorCanRuralEd

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

@MsMorrin I think your right about students needing more say and creating problems with a connection to their community

[Patricia MacLeod @psuemacleod]

@MsMorrin @ddmeyer does a great job of creating more experienced based problems #NorCanRuralEd http://t.co/71r0IlvgvJ