CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- MULTIFUNCTIONAL CENTERS IN RURAL AREAS: FABRICS OF SOCIAL AND HUMAN CAPITAL -- RURAL TEACHER EDUCATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE GREEK SMALL RURAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS -- RURAL MEDICAL EDUCATION -- REFUGEE CENTRED EDUCATION: CRITICAL THEORY IN PRACTICE -- TEACHING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE 21STCENTURY. GLOBAL EDUCATION PREPARESEDUCATORS TO WORK IN RURAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS -- RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN ARGENTINA AND ITS INSTITUTIONS (IN THE CONTEXT OF NEOLIBERALACROECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT) -- UNDERSTANDING THE PEDAGOGIES OF EXCLUSION: TOWARDS ALANGUAGE PEDAGOGY OF INCLUSIVITY FOR MARGINALISED CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA -- SCHOOL REFORMS IN POST-INDEPENDENCE GHANA: TRENDS AND ISSUES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION -- FROM CARING TO EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES IN ARURAL CONTEXT -- AN OVERVIEW OF USDARURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS -- INDEX.