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Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer, Editor; Vander Tavares, Editor – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2024
"Language Teacher Identity" presents a groundbreaking critical examination of how ideologies of race, ethnicity, accent, and immigration status impact perceptions of plurilingual teachers. Bringing together contributions by an international panel of established and emerging scholars, this important work of scholarship addresses issues…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Characteristics
Prochner, Larry – University of British Columbia Press, 2009
In the early nineteenth century, governments began to develop specialized educational programs--kindergartens and infant or nursery schools--to give children a head start in life. These programs hinged on new visions of childhood that originated in England and Europe, but what happened when they were transported to the colonies? This book unwinds…
Descriptors: Nursery Schools, Early Childhood Education, Integrity, Foreign Countries
Jones, Glen A., Ed. – 1997
This book presents a portrait of Canadian higher education since 1954 in 15 chapters. An introductory chapter (by Glen A. Jones) discusses the Canadian federation, provincial coordination, institutions and institutional governance, and student enrollment and participation rates. The following chapters include: (1) "The Federal…
Descriptors: Canadian Studies, Cultural Influences, Decentralization, Educational Policy
Jamieson, Kathleen – 1978
To be born poor, Indian, and a female is to be a member of the most disadvantaged minority in Canada today. For 109 years the Indian Act of 1868 has discriminated against Canada's Indian women on grounds of race, sex and marital status. It states that an Indian woman marrying a non-Indian man ceases legally to be Indian. She must leave her…
Descriptors: American Indians, Canada Natives, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Clark, Burton R. – 1983
Basic elements of the higher education system are considered, along with variations across nations (the United Kingdom, Sweden, Japan, Italy, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Australia, Canada, the United States, Poland, Yugoslavia, Mexico, and Thailand). Three basic elements of the organization of higher education system are identified:…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Comparative Education, Educational Change
Blumenthal, Peggy, Ed.; And Others – 1996
This volume contains papers on regional and global trends that affect the political factors which are changing the context within which academic mobility occurs: (1) "Introduction" (by Peggy Blumenthal and others); (2) "Political Dimensions of Regionalism in a Changing World" (David Leyton-Brown); (3) "Economic Dimensions…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Differences, Economic Factors, Educational Trends
Ovando, Carlos J., Ed.; McLaren, Peter, Ed. – 2000
Essays on political issues in multicultural and bilingual education include: "Cultural Recognition and Civil Discourse in Democracy" (Carlos J. Ovando, Peter McLaren); "The Political Life of Language Metaphors in Writings About Diversity in Education" (Sharon Pugh, Ovando, Nicole Schonemann); "Contesting Whiteness:…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Culture Conflict
Axelrod, Paul – 1982
The impact of economic changes on Canadian universities in Ontario since World War II is explored, with focus on how universities were perceived by the public, why they were supported during the period of expansion, how they set out to fulfill their prescribed functions, and how they were affected by the diminished opportunities and cooler…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, College Role, Economic Factors
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Rebuffot, Jacques – 1993
A discussion of French immersion education in Canada begins with a general examination of language immersion, including the historical context and social climate from which the immersion approach has grown in Canada, its beginnings in Quebec and spread throughout Canada, and the status of the approach in the United States, a number of European…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Education, Cultural Context, Educational Benefits
Bercuson, David; Bothwell, Robert; Granatstein, J. L. – 1997
This book, which examines Canada's university system in the 1990s, is a follow-up to a 1984 book that was critical of Canadian undergraduate education. Educational finance, college admission standards, gender and racial issues, tenure, academic freedom, and scholarly writing and publishing are among the topics discussed. The charges against the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Academic Standards, Attitude Change, Change Strategies
Ricento, Thomas, Ed.; Burnaby, Barbara, Ed. – 1998
This collection includes the following essays on language and politics in North America: "Respecting the Citizens: Reflections on Language Policy in Canada and the United States" (Colin H. Williams); "The Politics of Language in Canada and the United States: Explaining the Differences" (Ronald Schmidt, Sr.); "Demographic…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingualism
Wangoola, Paul, Ed.; Youngman, Frank, Ed. – 1996
This book contains 15 chapters, some of which are based on papers presented at an international workshop in Africa that brought together a diverse group of participants who shared a commitment to adult education for social transformation. The papers are organized in six sections. Following the first section, "A Transformative Political…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Change, Community Education
Adams, Karen L., Ed.; Brink, Daniel T., Ed. – 1990
Essays on the campaign to establish English as the United States' official language include: "Official Languages and Language Planning" (Richard Ruiz); "Una lingua, una patria?: Is Monolingualism Beneficial or Harmful to a Nation's Unity?" (David F. Marshall and Roseann D. Gonzalez); "Canadian Perspectives on Official…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Communication