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TESL Talk, 1976
This article is the introduction, and excerpts from the book "Handbook of Suggestions for Teachers," which was written for teachers of Canadian immigrants. It suggests ways in which the host society can create a favorable environment for learning for the new student. (CFM)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Immigrants
Guo, Yan – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2007
Interest in home-school communication has paid little attention, to date, to the experiences of English as a second language (ESL) parents. This article examines recent Chinese immigrant parents' and Canadian teachers' perspectives of ESL learning presented at Parents' Night. On the basis of observations of three annual Parents' Nights, interviews…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Study Skills, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
Sistek, Vladimir – 1988
Medical students undergoing a stressful process of adjustment, especially in their first year of studies, to the environment of medical school and hospital wards with their stringent requirements, are subject to a personal and professional identity crisis. Possible maladjustments may have profoundly negative affects on their studies and their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coping, Counseling Services, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Programs and Evaluation Div. – 1987
This document was developed to provide principals and teachers with an understanding of the concept and process of student transition to secondary school and to suggest creative ways which teachers have found that will enable educators to facilitate students' transition into and through some of the early secondary grades. The monograph is…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Class Activities, Foreign Countries
Conway, C. B.; And Others – 1968
A short history of the establishment of kindergartens in British Columbia prefaces this study of 22,000 public school children in grades one, two, and three (who had or had not attended kindergarten) in School District 39 of Vancouver and District 61 of Victoria. The effect of kindergarten attendance was evaluated as it related to (1) report card…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary School Students, Intelligence

Allan, John; Bardsley, Penny – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1983
Describes a small group intervention strategy for transient children that involves both discussion and the use of drawing. The group sessions focus on getting to know each other, moving, becoming familiar with the school, getting to know classmates, sharing feelings, and accepting changes. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Markus, Roberta L. – TESL Talk, 1980
Interviews with 207 Soviet immigrant adolescents reveal the adjustment difficulties they have in Canadian schools because of the different school system and changes in their socioeconomic status. The school and community must cooperate in facilitating the adaption of these students to the educational system. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Community Role, Culture Conflict, Differences, High School Students
Brady, Patrick; Allingham, Philip – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2005
This study examined perceptions of preparedness for post-secondary education in the province of Ontario. Participants were 272 university students enrolled in the first year of a four-or five-year concurrent teacher education program and represented two distinctive groups: (a) entrants who had completed the old five-year Ontario Academic Credit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, Academic Achievement, College Preparation
Cheng, Maisy; Ziegler, Suzanne – 1986
This paper begins by reviewing evidence nationally, provincially, and locally that many students drop out of secondary school; that failure rates in core subjects in grades 9 and 10 in Ontario are high; and that ninth graders in Ontario reported being concerned about their school progress, their level of preparation and readiness for high school,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Freshmen, High Schools, School Activities
Predictors of Successful Transition from Self-Contained Special Education to Regular Class Settings.

Schneider, Barry H.; Byrne, Barbara M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1984
Rated the adjustment of 129 newly mainstreamed learning disabled, emotionally disturbed, and mildly developmentally disabled pupils. While the teachers were, in general, very satisfied with the pupils' progress in both academic and behavioral areas, satisfaction declined after grade six. IQ data did not predict satisfactory adjustment. (JAC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Foreign Countries
Swain, Merrill; Lapkin, Sharon – 1982
A decade of research on immersion programs in Ontario is synthesized. The immersion programs studied over this period include three major alternatives: early total French immersion, early partial French immersion, and late partial French immersion. The programs all serve an English speaking students population, devote at least one half of each…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism

Brophy, Kathleen; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Examined teachers in the process of integrating children with special needs into childcare programs in Ontario, Canada. Twenty-four teachers in seven childcare centers were interviewed. Found an extant model for the integration of children with special needs, and that both child-centered and teacher-centered strategies were used to make this…
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries

Baillargeon, Madeleine; And Others – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1993
Two Quebec studies of kindergarten students who also attended school-based day care programs examined the environments provided by both services, continuity or discontinuity of environments as related to child development and adjustment, and the extent of communication and collaboration between educators in the two services. (SV)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Developmental Continuity, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
Grayson, J. Paul – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1995
Surveys of York University (Ontario) freshmen, 1,093 at entry and 1,129 at midyear, found that minority students came from more disadvantaged families than nonminority students. However, minority freshman year experiences were not all negative, and majority student experiences were not all positive. In general, freshman year outcomes were not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Outcomes Assessment

Stewart, Donald W.; Cairns, Sharon L. – Journal of College Student Development, 2002
Client and counselor ratings of student distress were compared with MMPI-2 College Maladjustment (Mt) scale (Butcher, et al; 1989) score for 78 Canadian undergraduate students seeking counseling. Mt scores were consistent with subjective ratings of problem severity and accounted for more variance in client ratings of social and general functioning…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis, Counselor Attitudes