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Eaton, Emily M.; Day, Nick A. – Environmental Education Research, 2020
The corporate control of energy production and the reach of fossil capital into civil and political society can be understood as a regime of obstruction that is preventing necessary action on climate change and blocking a just energy transition. In addition to overt forms of economic power and influence, hegemonic power is central to the fossil…
Descriptors: Energy, Fuels, Climate, Change
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Hoadley, Susan; Tickle, Leonie; Wood, Leigh N.; Kyng, Tim – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015
Graduates with well-developed capabilities in finance are invaluable to our society and in increasing demand. Universities face the challenge of designing finance programmes to develop these capabilities and the essential knowledge that underpins them. Our research responds to this challenge by identifying threshold concepts that are central to…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Finance Occupations, Online Surveys, Foreign Countries
Oesterle, Susan, Ed.; Allan, Darien, Ed. – Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group, 2015
This submission contains the Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group (CMESG), held at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. The CMESG is a group of mathematicians and mathematics educators who meet annually to discuss mathematics education issues at all levels of learning. The aims of the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Time Management, Mathematics Instruction, Industry
Regan, Ross H. – Education Canada, 1979
A first step toward improving vocational education should be to find a consensus on its goals. This study compares the views of education, business, and labor on what's important for vocational programs. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business, Comparative Analysis, Educational Improvement
Kormos, Jim – 1978
To help Ontario (Canada) meet its goal of high quality education, researchers examined the processes by which learning materials are developed, educators' perceptions of both the processes and the materials, and the problem of maintaining high quality in learning materials while enrollments are declining. Questionnaire surveys of Ontario teachers,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Feedback
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Edwards, Viv; Walker, Sue – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1996
Discusses multilingual resources for children--books in languages other than English as well as dual language books written in both heritage languages and English for immigrants. Focuses on the challenges dual language books present for translators, emphasizing that publishers' insensitivity has often resulted in inadequate translations. (10…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cultural Relevance, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Standards Branch. – 1996
This document reports on a forum held in Alberta to receive input regarding a report that made recommendations for expanding business involvement in education through workplace learning opportunities for students. The approximately 130 participants represented teachers, business/industry, government, parents, students and recent graduates,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Corporate Support, Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy