Abstract

In this article, I describe a ruralpre-service teacher education program and consider its potential to enhance the delivery of equal school services and equal educational opportunity in small rural communities. I employed a case study design to gatherdata from 51 students enrolled in two cadres within the East Kootenay Elementary Teacher Education Program, and from several of their instructors. The findings indicate that the model being used in the program is supported in the relevant literature andcarries the potential to enhance efforts to achieve educational equality through the preparation andongoing support ofteachers who intend to work in rural areas. A model developed from this analysis is proposed as a framework for the development and study of other collaborative university-school programs of pre-service teacher education.

How to Cite:

Storey, V. J., (1992) “Quest for Educational Equality: The Case of a Rural Pre-Service Teacher Education Program”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 8(2), 47–57.

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