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Peer reviewedFleming, Thomas – Journal of Education Policy, 1991
Canada's educational policy transformations stem from early 1970s' concerns about schooling costs and effectiveness. After a century of directing educational thought and practice, certain common-school philosophical and social conceptions have lost much of their public and political appeal. This article examines reasons for this change and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFleming, Thomas – Journal of Educational Thought, 1981
Recent educational policy in Canada and the United States assumes equality of access results in equal opportunity. Since sociological findings offer little support for the notion that schooling causes equality, the educational assumption of Canada and the United States is highly arguable. Unfortunately, the schools cannot ensure equality of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Democratic Values, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textFleming, Thomas – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1980
Educational developments since 1945 are described, particularly those influencing the present climate of adversity, and ways these historical forces have altered the complexion of university governance are explored. Six policies are offered for promoting institutional renewal in Canada through the regeneration of the teaching/research force.…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Educational Change, Educational History
Fleming, Thomas – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1990
The article reviews educational provisions and attitudes toward integration in serving normal, subnormal, and gifted children in British Columbia (Canada) at three times--1872, 1922, and 1972. Noted are effects of the liberal ethos in public education, the influence of politics, the vulnerability of educators to single interest groups, and tension…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy
Raptis, Helen; Fleming, Thomas – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2004
During the first half of the twentieth century in British Columbia, French language was considered a school subject to be taught as any other using formal classical approaches. Generally, no specific provincial or local policies existed to guide how French was taught and learned. By 1981, however, British Columbia had developed explicit language…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Foreign Countries, French, Canadian Literature
Fleming, Thomas – Education Canada, 1985
Discusses controversial changes in educational policy resulting from the government's restraint program to control public sector spending and from the broader movement to reform public schooling. Outlines the causes of restraint and its immediate and long-term effects on public education. Emphasizes the shift to provincial control of decisions…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
