Teaching in rural and remote schools: a literature review

In this paper. the authors examine a wide range of recent research into the preparation and support for teachers working in rural and remote schools. The paper reviews many preservice and inservice initiatives which highlight issues affecting:teaching and learning in schools outside the major metrop olitan centres. The work is reviewed from an Australian perspective but eva luates research from throughout the world. The paper concludes that despite a large body of research (Gibson, 1994), that has identified the need for specialised pre-service preparation which accommodates the social and profe ssional differences associated with work in rural and remote areas, the imp lementation of such programs by teacher training institutions has been spar se, lacking in cohesion and in many cases non-existent. (C) 1998 Elsevier S cience Ltd. All rights reserved.