The Continuing Appeal of Disadvantage as Deficit: A Canadian Study in a Rural Context.

Edwards, John; McKinnon, Margaret

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Publication Date: 1987

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The Continuing Appeal of Disadvantage as Deficit: A Canadian Study in a Rural Context.

Edwards, John; McKinnon, Margaret

Canadian Journal of Education, v12 n2 p330-49 Spr 1987

Teachers in a rural Canadian school were surveyed about their perceptions of the characteristics of disadvantage. Teachers saw disadvantaged students as environmentally deficient children. (RB)

Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment, Poverty, Rural Education, Rural Family, Rural Population

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Language: English

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