Sociology Assignment: Analysis of Rural Education and Child Welfare

This report summarizes three articles focusing on rural society, education, and child protection. The articles discuss the need for tailored education programs based on village education levels and demographic considerations, highlighting the importance of rural health, which faces similar challenges in both developed and developing countries. The report also emphasizes the significance of local child protection programs, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, advocating for equitable protection for all children and the need to eliminate practices like residential schooling. Furthermore, the articles explore the role of social justice in education, addressing ethnic diversity and the importance of providing equal opportunities and resources. Ground research data from various countries is also presented, illustrating the need for improved education and healthcare facilities in rural areas.

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The aim of the following paper is to summarize the three provided article so the readers
can understand the various perspectives that have been written in the article. The concept of the
rural society and the need for the proper education measures has been discussed in these articles.
The training programs must be provided according to the education levels attained by the several
people of the villages. The demographic growth of the regions should be taken care in this
condition also.
The concept of the rural health will also be discussed in this paper. It should be
remembered that the conditions of the rural health are almost similar ion both the develop3d and
developing countries (Cuervo, 2012). It is because the developing countries do not have fund or
resources to provide for the betterment of these activities.
On the other hand, developed countries do not allocate the needed budget for these
developments. The local programs for the child protection should also be provided much
significance in these regions. The issues regarding the individual and social interplay becomes
the most crucial fact behind the well being of the children in the rural societies. One of these
articles has made surveys with 30 child protection workers from both the government and the
non-government sections (Strasser et al., 2016).
This article named Valuing Local Knowledge in Child Protection Practice has provided
much insightful knowledge regarding the protection of children for the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait islander people (Tilbury et al., 2014). The authors have given their opinions that the
government project of ‘close the gap’ is liable to provide all the adults and children of the
aboriginal communities with the similar kinds of protection. This will be directed at the
betterment of the entire society indeed. It has been identified that some of the aboriginal children

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are taken away from the parental care and taught in the residential schools. This practice must be
stopped to protect the education rights of all these children (Tilbury et al., 2014).
On the other hand, other articles have also provided its insight into the concepts of the
rural health and education also. It has been complained several times that these people in the
rural areas do not receive proper education facilities because of this ethnic diversity. The author
of the article Enlarging the social justice agenda in education: an analysis of rural teachers’
narratives beyond the distributive dimension has given the knowledge on how the situation
could be made better by his findings through the article (Cuervo, 2012). It is very relevant that
all these people must be provided with the social justice in the sphere of education. Otherwise,
the concept of diversity would be left with no meaning indeed.
The author has made the ground research in the article named Education for rural
practice in rural practice and provided the data on the various countries like South Africa,
Canada, Australia, Europe and others (Strasser et al., 2016). The data has been presented y the
fact that Australia is a developed country but it has around 400 small hospitals that are scattered
hundreds of kilometers apart.

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References
Cuervo, H. (2012). Enlarging the social justice agenda in education: an analysis of rural teachers'
narratives beyond the distributive dimension. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher
Education, 40(2), 83-95.
Strasser, R., Couper, I., Wynn-Jones, J., Rourke, J., Chater, A. B., & Reid, S. (2016). Education
for rural practice in rural practice. Education for Primary Care, 27(1), 10-14.
Tilbury, C., Aitchison, R., Chenoweth, L., McAuliffe, D., Stehlik, D., & Osmond, J. (2014).
Valuing local knowledge in child protection practice. Communities, Children and
Families Australia, 8(1), 5.