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Guo, Shibao – Convergence, 2006
This study examines the role of adult education in bringing about social change through community development initiatives at a grassroots organisation called SUCCESS (United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society), an immigrant community organisation in Vancouver, Canada. It adopts a case study approach. The study focuses on the historical…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Case Studies, Organizational Development, Community Development

Ontario Women's Directorate, Toronto. – 1992
Canadian business is changing. Competition is stiffer, markets are shifting. The workforce is also changing. Flexibility in when, where, and how work gets done is key to attracting the employees organizations need to gain a competitive edge. Many companies, organizations, and unions are recognizing the interdependence of work life and family life.…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Change Strategies, Employed Parents, Employed Women
Kruidenier, Bastian G.; Clement, Richard – 1986
A Canadian study of student orientation (integrative, instrumental, or other) and its relationship to second language learning motivation and sociocultural factors in the learning environment is discussed. The study compared the orientations and stated reasons for studying a second language of over 800 grade 11 students with data on three…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Environment
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1981
This booklet, one of a series featuring the Canadian provinces, presents a brief overview of Northwest Territories and is suitable for teacher reference or student reading. Separate sections discuss geography, history and people, land claims, the economy, the government, and recreation and the arts. Specific topics include the expansive size and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Area Studies, Climate, Conservation (Environment)
Harvey, Dexter; Cap, Orest – 1987
This learning module, which is part of a three-block series intended to help human service workers develop the skills necessary to solve the problems encountered in their daily contact with elderly clients of different cultural backgrounds, deals with communication and adjustment from the standpoint of the special cultural background of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aging (Individuals), Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counselor Training
Harvey, Dexter; Cap, Orest – 1987
This learning module, which is part of a three-block series intended to help human service workers develop the skills necessary to solve the problems encountered in their daily contact with elderly clients of different cultural backgrounds, deals with the work environment of a human services worker who deals primarily with elderly minority…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counselor Training, Cross Cultural Training
Sasseville, Bastien – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2004
The discourse about information technology is often overlooked by researchers and scholars as a means of understanding the recent process of computerization in education. The research explores this phenomenon through a comparative discourse analysis of primary and secondary school teachers and promoters of ICT integration. The results show that…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Discourse Analysis, Comparative Analysis
Turcotte, Julie; Leonard, Andre; Montmarquette, Claude – Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
This document provides data from the new Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) conducted by Statistics Canada with the support of Human Resources Development Canada. The survey consists of two components: (1) a workplace survey on the adoption of technologies, organizational change, training and other human resource practices, business strategies,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employees, Surveys, Technological Advancement
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 2001
Kindergarten marks a new beginning for parents and their children, and presents challenges for parents as their child makes the transition between home and school. This handbook describes what parents can expect from their child's kindergarten program in Alberta, Canada. The handbook describes how young children learn, how their learning is…
Descriptors: Art Education, Child Development, Classroom Environment, Educational Objectives
Peel Board of Education, Mississauga (Ontario). – 1996
This book promotes an integrated curriculum to assist students in grades 6-9 in seeing the links between different subject areas and in a larger context, the direct relevance of what they are learning in school to their needs later in life. The book uses a problem-solving approach that is "technological" in nature: the book provides…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Construction Materials, Curriculum Enrichment, Design
Hindle, Doug – 1996
This document, the fourth in a series on diversity in the classroom, supports the belief that challenges faced by teachers working with diverse students can only be met through teacher practices that increase levels of positive teacher-student interaction and that create, in each student, effective social and problem solving skills. Section 1,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Democratic Values, Discipline

Werner, Walt – Canadian Social Studies, 1996
Recommends integrating global education objectives in a low-key manner through the questions and examples that the teacher interjects into classroom discussions. Articulates four foci that can serve as entry points for global education in many discussions. These include moral issues, systems approach, and reflexive inquiry. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Classroom Environment, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Enrichment

Abu-Rabia, Salim – International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1996
Investigates the relationship of attitudes and cultural background to reading comprehension in the second language (L2) of Israeli Arab students learning Hebrew and Israeli Jewish and Canadian Arab students learning English. Results showed that the motivation of students to learning their L2 was instrumental rather than integrative, regardless of…
Descriptors: Arabs, Context Effect, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language)

Fraser, Barry J.; And Others – Higher Education, 1992
A survey of 1,720 students in 71 university science laboratory classes in the United States, Canada, England, Australia, Israel, and Nigeria investigated student and teacher perceptions of dimensions of classroom environment (student cohesiveness, open-endedness, integration, rule clarity, material environment). Results and the utility of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Faculty, College Science, College Students
Walton, Gerald – Journal of School Violence, 2005
The issue of bullying features prominently in educational administration, academic research, journalism, and public discourse. In this paper, I present a critical examination of research on bullying by addressing dominant themes and preoccupations in the literature. I argue that the proliferation of policies and programs purported to reduce…
Descriptors: Violence, Bullying, Educational Administration, Antisocial Behavior