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05/25/22 1 Rural Education in the 21st Century Paul Theobald, Ph.D. Culture, Community, and America’s Commitment to Rural Education Paul Theobald, Ph.D. Paul Theobald, Ph.D. Buffalo State College Buffalo State College Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY

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Rural Education in the 21st Century

Paul Theobald, Ph.D.

Culture, Community, and America’s Commitment to Rural

Education

Paul Theobald, Ph.D.Paul Theobald, Ph.D.Buffalo State CollegeBuffalo State College

Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY

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ForbearanceReflect on our bias for the practicalHold it in check for at least an hourOpen minds to new possibilities

Four Requests

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COMMUNITYMORALITYDEMOCRACY

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Place-Based Education

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Morality:A community, not anindividual, possession

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Community, or common-unity,

describes something intimately valuable

that is shared

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“He who dies with the most toys wins”

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DEMOCRACY

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Aristotle on Political Theory As a sense of community erodes . . . so too does

morality As morality erodes . . . extremes in wealth and

poverty develop As extremes in wealth and poverty develop,

lawlessness grows As lawlessness grows, coercion and the exercise

of power is increasingly hidden from public surveillance until democracy is a sham

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The sun rises in the ____.

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Feudalism

KingLanded AristocracyPeasants

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Stereotypes of Rural Life

The Beverly HillbilliesThe Bob Newhart ShowDeliverance

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“Most of the Cuban immigrants were doctors, lawyers, teachers, and other professionals, but some were unsophisticated farmers . . .”

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POLICYCelebrate rural life

through a curricular imagination that

promotes community