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Somma, Monique – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2020
This phenomenological case study explored the pedagogical change experiences of five special education teachers who have transitioned from teaching in a self-contained class to an inclusive class. Educators participated in individual interviews regarding their experiences over the course of their teaching careers. These data were combined using a…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teaching Experience, Educational Change, Inclusion
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Bartlett, Nadine A.; Freeze, Trevi B. – Exceptionality Education International, 2019
In the province of Manitoba, Canada, there is a gap between the rhetoric of inclusive education and its practical implementation. In the absence of inclusive educational policies and guidelines, deficit-based approaches such as categorical labels for students who are deemed to have a severe emotional and behavioural disorder, segregated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Minority Group Students, Special Education
Canadian Council on Learning, 2009
A significant proportion of Canada's school-age population requires special educational provisions. Statistics Canada reports that 4.6% of 5- to 14-year-olds had some kind of disability in 2006. As well, recent data from the British Columbia and Ontario ministries of education indicate that students with designated special educational needs…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students
Jones, S. James – Education Canada, 1985
Discusses the two Calgary Bearspaw Centres (separate classrooms staffed by a teacher-counselor and an attendance counselor) that have successfully provided an alternative to formal student suspension for inappropriate behavior since 1979. Describes referral, interview, and classroom procedures; types of students served; daily schedule; class…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Guidance Programs, Junior High Schools, Nontraditional Education
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Khan, Sar B.; Traub, Ross E. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1980
Teachers conducting more open programs and/or teaching in architecturally open schools had significantly more positive attitudes towards education, teaching, pupils, and educational innovation than did teachers conducting less open programs and/or teaching in architecturally closed or partially closed schools. This apparently reflects more…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Educational Facilities Design, Interior Space, Job Satisfaction
Reid, Marilyn J. – 1972
In November, 1971, the 106 Years 4 and 5 pupils of Area C at MacCorkindale School were assigned to two groups--2/3 stayed in the open area and the remainder were moved into a self-contained room within the Area where they could have more structure and direction. This study includes a comparison of Area C pupils with a control group and an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Grade 4, Grade 5