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"My Job Was to Teach": Educators' Memories of Teaching in British Columbia during World War II
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Raptis, Helen – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2018
Substantial historical research indicates that during World War II Canadian schools were considered optimal sites for fostering nationalistic sentiments in teachers and learners. Policymakers directed educators and students to collect scrap metals, purchase war savings certificates, salute the flag, and undertake marching drills. These…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Memory, Educational History
Reflected Educational Thought and Action: Construing Retired Teachers.
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Kompf, Michael – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1991
Uses construct and developmental theories and findings from a survey of retired teachers to examine experiences surrounding teacher retirement. The paper structures a model of career-span development focusing on retirement dynamics; discusses the benefits of life review upon career completion; suggests continuing educational roles for retired…
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, Career Development, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
An Aging Teaching Force and Problems of Organizational Renewal.
Bumbarger, C. S.; And Others – Education Canada, 1987
Ascertains what 59 male and 40 female Alberta teachers (average age 50) think about career changes, early and partial retirement. Indicates reasons for career change (personal challenge, additional salary, frustration) and lack of interest in partial retirement. Concludes options for career change should be investigated with younger age group.…
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, Career Change, Early Retirement, Foreign Countries
Accessing the Knowledge Base of Retired Teachers: Experiences in Establishing a Formal Mentoring Program in a Rural School Division.
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Goddard, J. Tim; Habermann, Sharon Reimer – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2001
A program in rural Alberta (Canada) used retired teachers to mentor beginning teachers. Surveys and interviews with 24 proteges and 21 mentors indicated that the recruitment of experienced mentors, the provision of money, the establishment of a sense of community, and the provision of time for reflection all contributed to the program's success.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Collegiality, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility
A Survey Tool, Retrenchment Blues and a Career Alternatives Program.
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Renner, K. Edward – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1991
A questionnaire and interviews were used to assess personal and professional characteristics of 97 Canadian college faculty reaching age 65 in 2000-2010. It measured career satisfaction, interest in a career alternatives program, and retirement plans. A significant proportion of respondents found little satisfaction in academe and would consider a…
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, Career Change, College Faculty, Foreign Countries
On Assembling the Pieces: What Do Retired Educators Tell Us?
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Ralph, Edwin G. – Action in Teacher Education, 1994
Retired Canadian educators' gave advice to beginning teachers and offered specific suggestions to a university regarding enhancement of its preservice program. The educators stressed the importance of teachers mastering a basic set of generic skills for classroom management and instructional dimensions of teaching, emphasizing the importance of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education