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Download full textSara Carpenter; Shirin Haghgou – Critical Education, 2023
The following paper describes a pilot project in anti-colonial pedagogy for English Language Learning (ELL). This anti-colonial curriculum and pedagogy was developed by drawing from anti-colonial and Marxist theorizations of migration, settler colonialism, and imperialism as well as insights from critical adult education. This paper explores the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, Pilot Projects, Colonialism
Pott, Terilyn – Qualitative Research in Education, 2015
This exploratory study was undertaken to learn more about how mature students perceive the career counselling process in a post-secondary institution. Through the use of critical incident technique this study examined how three mature students interpret their relationship between themselves and their counsellors. Significant factors identified as…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Undergraduate Students, Maturity (Individuals), Career Exploration
Deslandes, Rollande; Rivard, Marie-Claude – School Community Journal, 2013
The new Québec curriculum is different from other curriculum reforms in that it is based on a competency approach, both cross-curricular and disciplinary. It thus means a move from knowledge-based to competency-based assessments which represents a real challenge to parents who may find it hard to understand learning assessments and their child's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment
Hare, Courtney; Eaton, Sarah – Online Submission, 2010
Background: iCCAN (Innovative Communities Connecting and Networking) is a not-for-profit provincial network of videoconferencing sites creating unprecedented learning opportunities and greater access to training and professional development for all Albertans, regardless of where they live. Led by a partnership of Community Learning Network,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Tutors
Direct linkPluye, Pierre; Grad, Roland; Granikov, Vera; Theriault, Guylene; Fremont, Pierre; Burnand, Bernard; Mercer, Jay; Marlow, Bernard; Arroll, Bruce; Luconi, Francesca; Legare, France; Labrecque, Michel; Ladouceur, Roger; Bouthillier, France; Sridhar, Soumya Bindiganavile; Moscovici, Jonathan – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Systematic literature reviews provide best evidence, but are underused by clinicians. Thus, integrating Cochrane reviews into continuing medical education (CME) is challenging. We designed a pilot CME program where summaries of Cochrane reviews ("Courriels Cochrane") were disseminated by e-mail. Program participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Medical Education, Physicians
Essid, Joe; Wilde, Fran – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2011
Effective virtual simulations can embed participants in imaginary worlds. Researchers working in virtual worlds and gaming often refer to "immersion," a state in which a participant or player loses track of time and becomes one with the simulation. Immersive settings have been shown to deepen learning. Ken Hudson's work with students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Role Playing
Kunkel, Titi; Schorcht, Blanca; Brazzoni, Randall – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2011
Aboriginal communities in Canada are typically marginalized, have very low employment participation rates, and have limited economic infrastructure. The downturn in global economies further marginalized these communities. The University of Northern British Columbia's (UNBC) Continuing Studies department piloted an Aboriginal and Small Business…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Internship Programs, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Inwood, Hilary – Canadian Review of Art Education: Research and Issues, 2008
In recent years, the author relates how she had been on a journey to explore the role of art education in fostering ecological literacy. While she had tracked discussions about eco-art education back over three decades in the literature, the author relates how she was still working through exactly what eco-art education is and how it contributes…
Descriptors: Art Education, Pilot Projects, Concept Mapping, Ecology
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2009
The Training Centre Infrastructure Fund (TCIF) was initially announced in Budget 2004 and represented an immediate measure of the broader Workplace Skills Strategy. TCIF was a three-year $25 million pilot project, designed to address the growing need for union-employer training centres to replace aging equipment and simulators that were not up to…
Descriptors: Evidence, Tax Credits, Pilot Projects, Program Effectiveness
Chao, Tracy; Saj, Tami; Tessier, Felicity – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2006
A quality educational program begins with the development of quality courses. This article describes a pilot project conducted by the Centre for Teaching and Educational Technologies (CTET) at Royal Roads University (RRU) to define quality for online courses and to create a review practice that ensures continuous improvements based on reliable…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Online Courses, Standards, Course Evaluation
Hoven, Debra; Palalas, Agnieszka – CALICO Journal, 2011
An exploratory study conducted at George Brown College in Toronto, Canada between 2007 and 2009 investigated language learning with mobile devices as an approach to augmenting ESP learning by taking learning outside the classroom into the real-world context. In common with findings at other community colleges, this study identified inadequate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Listening Skills, Immigrants
Alberta Advanced Education and Technology, 2008
Learning Clicks is a program under the provincial department of Advanced Education and Technology's "Raising Awareness about Planning for Post-Secondary" (RAPPS) umbrella; an initiative that supports Strategy 2.4 in Alberta Advanced Education and Technology's 2007-10 Business Plan to enhance parents' and learners' knowledge and awareness…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Student Surveys, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2005
In October of 2002, Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) announced that it would participate in a $246.5 million Government of Canada initiative to support workers and communities in regions of high unemployment. The $71 million HRSDC portion was composed of three primary components: (1) Work Sharing While Learning (WSWL)--This new program…
Descriptors: Evidence, Job Sharing, Summative Evaluation, Program Evaluation
Chambers, Joan M.; Carbonaro, Mike – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2003
Within a constructivist philosophy of learning, teachers, as students, are introduced to different perspectives of teaching with robotic technology while immersed in what Papert called a "constructionist" environment. Robotics allows students to creatively explore computer programming, mechanical design and construction, problem solving,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Teacher Education Programs, Scientific Concepts, Programming
