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Using Place Conscious Education And Social Action To Plug The "Rural Brain Drain", Danielle M. Helzer
Using Place Conscious Education And Social Action To Plug The "Rural Brain Drain", Danielle M. Helzer
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The following thesis will explore the Rural Brain Drain phenomenon as outlined by researchers Patrick Carr and Maria Kefalas and its relation to a rural Nebraska school. In order to take action against the exodus of small-town America’s best and brightest, I propose a pedagogical solution that is a blend of Place Conscious Education and Social Action. The last part of the document features a narrative section describing how I’ve implemented the aforementioned solution into English 9 classes at Ogallala High School and the impact this had on students involved.
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