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About the Journal

The Australian and International Journal of Rural Education is the Journal of the Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia (SPERA). It serves as an international medium for educators and researchers with an interest in rural education.

Online ISSN 1839-7387

Print ISSN 1036-0026

Announcements

Wanted: AIJRE editorial team and advisory board members!

25-11-2025

We are looking for people who can commit to editorial processes, and we are looking for board members who come from increasingly geographic and discipline diverse contexts to support the Journal’s review needs. These two roles provide an exciting opportunity for rural professionals, researchers, and experienced practitioners to play a role in the dissemination of articles that reflect high quality research and good practice in rural education. If you are interested in one of these roles you can have a look at the current membership and roles for editors here and for the advisory board here. Expressions of interest can be sent to john.guenther@batchelor.edu.au. Include your CV and an outline of why you are interested.

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Current Issue

Vol. 35 No. 3 (2025): Reimagining mobility in rural education: Challenges, opportunities, and paths forward
View Vol. 35 No. 3 (2025): Reimagining mobility in rural education: Challenges, opportunities, and paths forward

This special issue explores the complex intersections of mobility and rurality across diverse global contexts. The contributing articles by up-and-coming rural scholars reveal how mobility encompasses multifaceted social, emotional, and cognitive transitions which shape rural individuals’ lived experiences and imagined futures. Collectively, this issue calls for more nuanced understandings of mobility in rural education research and policy by recognising it as intertwined with place-based assets, personal needs, and contextualised meanings. This special issue aims to foster innovative strategies promoting educational equity and sustainable development that honour the diverse contexts shaping rural lives and mobilities. Through the platforming of emerging scholars’ voices across methodologies and geographies, new strategies promoting sustainable rural education are envisioned.

Published: 12-11-2025

Full Issue

FRONTMATTER

EDITORIAL

JOURNAL PAPERS

RURAL CONNECTIONS: CELEBRATING SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES

BOOK REVIEW

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Contributions from SPERA members and non-members on any aspect of rural education and from various disciplinary perspectives at any level of education are welcome. The focus of the Journal is on addressing issues, challenges, developments and opportunities in rural education globally, and we encourage submissions which, for example:

  • Promote the development of rural education scholarship
  • Disseminate innovative ideas, actions, programs and policies in rural education
  • Link people interested in providing quality learning experiences in rural contexts
  • Provide a forum for new ideas and innovations in rural education
  • Share information and findings related to rural education issues and the development of programs.

The Australian and International Journal of Rural Education publishes peer-reviewed papers which may be scholarly accounts of educational research relevant to rural education, feature articles, research reports or integrative reviews (recommended length 6,000 to 8,000 words including references and endnotes, or at the Editors' discretion) or short articles, reports or book reviews (between 600 and 2,000 words). All submissions are double-blind refereed. We encourage authors to refer to relevant articles published by the Journal.

Further information for authors

Editorial Committee

Editorial Advisory Board