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Creating Inclusive Classrooms and Communities for Rural Poor (continued)

by Katherine MacTavish PhD
Topics: Communicating with Teachers, Building Positive Relationships with Educators, Current Education Issues

References

1. Elder, G., & Conger, R. (2000). Children of the Land: Adversity and Success at Century's End. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

2. Salamon, S. (2003).

3. Fitchen, J. M. (1981). Poverty in rural America: A case study Boulder: Westview.

4. MacTavish, K., & Salamon, S. (2006). Pathways of youth development in a rural trailer park. Family Relations, 55, 175-189.

5. MacTavish, K. (2007). The wrong side of the tracks: Social inequality and

Katherine MacTavish is an Associate Professor in Human Development and Family Sciences at Oregon State University. Her research focuses on child development and family well being in the context of rural communities. For the past decade, Dr. MacTavish has been examining how growing up in a rural trailer park shapes the eventual life chances of children and adolescents. Prior to completing her graduate training, Dr. MacTavish was a public school teacher and program administrator in rural New Mexico.

Newcomers to old towns: Suburbanization in the heartland Chicago. University of Chicago Press. Duncan, C. M. (1999). Worlds apart: Why poverty persists in rural America New Haven Yale University Press. Duncan, C. M. (1999). Worlds apart: Why poverty persists in rural America New Haven Yale University Press. Mbile home park residence. Community Development, 38, 74–91.

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