Jornadas de Escuela Rural: Presente y futuro

From 7th to 9th November 2008, it will take place a course titled "Escuela Rural: Presente y futuro" (Rural Schools: Present and future). The place which has been chosen for this event is Jérica (Castellón, Spain). During a whole weekend, teachers working in rural schools of all compulsory levels (3-16) will meet and debate about different aspects related to rural schools: advantages and disadvantages, how to improve teachers' work, ... Some experiences will be shown to the participants, as the one which was developed last year in small schools in Caudete de las Fuentes, Campo Arcís or Sinarcas (Valencia, Spain) to create a cooperative in which the students were active members. Also, on Saturday afternoon, some debate groups will work on different aspects: one of the groups will debate on the use of ICT in rural schools. The one I will lead will deal with Secondary rural schools. Now in Spain, only Pre- and Primary schools are considered to be rural, but Secondary schools are not listed as rural, although they have some identifying characteristics: a small group of teachers, small groups, lack of some resources, instability of the staff, that usually changes from one year to another, etc.

I will try to tell the most significant conclusions in this blog next week, especially those related with ICT.