Perceptions of Educational Opportunities in Small Schools in Rural Australia and Canada
Abstract Australia and Canada are large countries with small populations relative to their size, in which a not inconsiderable number of citizens live beyond major centres of population. In both resource-based economies, the provision of quality education in rural schools is an important part of the national social and economic infrastructure. This article draws attention to post-compulsory educational opportunities, firstly as an issue for rural students in Australia, and, based on Australian research, its relevance for Canadian young people. Secondly, attention is directed to the realities of rural schools for urban university students and ways that the schools and a university teacher education program can be linked through past and current students of the faculty. Rural students considering urban education and urban teachers considering rural schools are both engaged in building new realities based on perceptions of non-local worlds.
New Systemic Roles Facilitating the Integration of Face-to-Face and Virtual Learning
The introduction of web-based education in Canadian schools, as in other developed countries, has been particularly noticeable in rural areas. Small schools in rural communities have continued to get smaller as families relocate in urban areas in search of increased educational and vocational opportunities. There are a number of issues common to the technological enhancement of rural schools: the building of appropriate infrastructures, the implementation of information and communication technologies and the development of pedagogy for web-based education. In the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador a number of new positions and roles have been created to distribute responsibilities for these issues and to ensure the success of virtual schooling. Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the eastern-most province of Canada and is situated on the North Atlantic Ocean west of Greenland and north of the United States. The province consists of a large, roughly triangular island (108,600 square kilometers), an irregularly-shaped mainland territory (294,300 square kilometers), and over seven thousand smaller islands (3,598 square kilometers). The climate ranges from temperate to arctic and the terrain ranges from gently rolling hills to mountainous. The major exports of the province are iron ore, petroleum, hydropower, fish, and people. Historically, the fishing industries drew people to Newfoundland and Labrador from Great Britain, France, Portugal and Spain; however, the trend in the 20th century was out-migration to other Canadian provinces and the United States in search of employment. Recently, there has also been a significant population migration inside the province to larger communities and especially to St. John’s, the capital city, which has a metropolitan population of approximately 200,000. Education in Rural Newfoundland and Labrador In Newfoundland and Labrador the introduction of web-based education is centered on small schools in rural communities for whom recent technological developments offer not just new teaching and learning opportunities but a life-line for their continued existence. Meeting the needs of students located in rural communities has required special consideration in the development of new, electronic educational structures.
Concept design of solar cell satellite dish
Solar panels are devices that consist of solar cells that convert light into electricity. They are called solar on the Sun or “sol” because the Sun is the strongest light source that can be utilized. Solar panels are often called photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic can be interpreted as “light-electricity”. Solar cells or PV cells depend on the photovoltaic effect to absorb the Sun’s energy and cause currents to flow between two opposing charged layers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the satellite dish using solar panels, so this tool is a signal search tool that uses solar energy to run to carry out its functions. As we know that many places or areas that are still often experiencing power outages so that it can hamper and interfere with community activities. Therefore, this research wants to facilitate the public, especially the current generation who need electricity every day so that when there is a power outage, the satellite dish will utilize solar energy as its main source. This research uses a satellite dish as an intermediary to produce electrical energy with the help of solar energy and is collected into a high-voltage battery in the form of electricity, so that it becomes a source of electricity.