{"title":"Neroli Colvin","description":"\u003cp\u003eNeroli Colvin’s work explores the intricate relationship between rural communities and educational systems, shedding light on the unique challenges and opportunities within diverse schooling environments. Her writing offers thoughtful analysis and insight into how geographic and cultural contexts shape learning experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the field of \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e, Colvin’s books are essential for readers interested in educational diversity, rurality, and policy. Her approach balances academic rigour with accessible language, making complex issues in education meaningful to a broad audience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"rurality-diversity-and-schooling-by-neroli-colvin-9781350368323","title":"Rurality, Diversity and Schooling","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMigration and refugee settlement policies have brought significant demographic changes to some regional centres over the past two decades, and \u003cem\u003eRurality, Diversity and Schooling\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on one such centre, a mid-size town in New South Wales. Historically, social relations in rural settlements have been enacted primarily within a \"white\/black\" (Anglo\/Indigenous) binary. However, in recent years, this town has become home to several hundred refugees from Africa, South-East Asia, and the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing interview, observational, and documentary data, the book examines how multiculturalism is understood, valued, and lived in the town’s two public high schools. Schools are key sites for everyday interactions between people from diverse ethnic, cultural, language, and religious backgrounds. Drawing on critical theories of discourse, space, and race, the book explores a host of anxieties in the town and its schools about recent demographic changes. It reveals how notions of rurality, steeped in colonial narratives about European settlement, productivity, and racial superiority, continue to shape how \"difference\" is perceived and experienced in regional communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461344182508,"sku":"9781350368323","price":65.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350368323-rurality-diversity-and-schooling.jpg?v=1774966010"},{"product_id":"rurality-diversity-and-schooling-by-neroli-colvin-9781350368286","title":"Rurality, Diversity and Schooling","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMigration and refugee settlement policies have brought significant demographic changes to some regional centres over the past two decades, and \u003cem\u003eRurality, Diversity and Schooling\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on one such centre, a mid-size town in New South Wales. Historically, social relations in rural settlements have been enacted primarily within a \"white\/black\" (Anglo\/Indigenous) binary, but in recent years, this town has become home to several hundred refugees from Africa, South-East Asia and the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing interview, observational and documentary data, the book examines how multiculturalism is understood, valued and lived in the town’s two public high schools. Schools are key sites for everyday interactions between people from diverse ethnic, cultural, language and religious backgrounds. Drawing on critical theories of discourse, space and race, the book examines a host of anxieties in the town and its schools about recent demographic changes, revealing how notions of rurality, steeped in colonial narratives about European settlement, productivity and racial superiority, continue to shape how \"difference\" is perceived and experienced in regional communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598090092780,"sku":"9781350368286","price":401.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/f3b3b030cc777737246a323841d5a227.jpg?v=1778027407"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/neroli-colvin.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}