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Pitt, Alice; Dibbon, David; Sumara, Dennis; Wiens, John R. – Education Canada, 2011
Calls for students to develop 21st-century competencies are gaining traction among educators and policymakers, driven by a number of factors including research on learning; the ubiquity of information and communications technologies; and globalization in its many forms. What does 21st-century teaching mean to those who prepare young people for…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Global Approach, Deans, Administrator Attitudes
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Potter, Tom G.; Socha, Teresa L.; O'Connell, Timothy S. – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2012
In the light of recent challenges facing the field of outdoor adventure education in higher education, this exploratory study sought to identify some of the underlying political and institutional factors and societal influences on an international level that have led to the success of some programmes and the closure of others. Thirty-eight outdoor…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, College Faculty
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Cuneo, Carl; Harnish, Del; Roy, Dale; Vajoczki, Susan – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
There are unique moments in curriculum development when an opportunity for a fresh start or a major turn in design fleetingly presents itself. These moments opened up in different locations across McMaster University at different times and eventually led to several quite different initiatives in inquiry-guided learning (IGL). Well-travelled…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Universities, College Instruction
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Grodzki, John S. – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2011
This study of one mid-sized Canadian school district employed a case study approach to uncover and document the influences of organizational socialization, sensemaking, and perceptions of self-efficacy on the development of administrators' role identities. Findings describe formal and informal socialization processes experienced by administrators,…
Descriptors: Socialization, Self Efficacy, Principals, Role Perception
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Brander, Rosemary A.; Paterson, Margo; Chan, Yolande E. – Qualitative Report, 2012
Healthcare organizations are striving to meet legislated and public expectations to include patients as equal partners in their care, and research is needed to guide successful implementation and outcomes. The current research examined the meaning of customer service as related to the culture of care relationships within a Canadian hospital in…
Descriptors: Health Services, Administrator Role, Foreign Countries, Patients
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Newton, Paul; Tunison, Scott; Viczko, Melody – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2010
This paper reports on an interpretive study in which 25 elementary principals were asked about their assessment knowledge, the use of large-scale assessments in their schools, and principals' perceptions on their roles with respect to large-scale assessments. Principals in this study suggested that the current context of large-scale assessment and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Administrator Role
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Gaudreau, Nancy; Royer, Égide; Frenette, Éric; Beaumont, Claire; Flanagan, Tara – McGill Journal of Education, 2013
We examined a training program in classroom management in relation to the efficacy beliefs of elementary school teachers. The training program used a quasi-experimental design with a waitlist control group. Twenty-seven elementary school teachers in the greater Quebec City area participated. The repeated measures ANOVA results revealed positive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Techniques, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers
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Walker, Keith; Kutsyuruba, Benjamin; Noonan, Brian – Journal of Educational Administration, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the trust-related aspect of the work of school principals. The authors' exploratory examination of the Canadian school principals' perceptions of their moral agency and trust-brokering roles described their establishing, maintaining, and recovering of trust in schools. This article is delimited to…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Ethics, Instructional Leadership
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Melville, Wayne; Bartley, Anthony; Weinburgh, Molly – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2012
In this article, we investigate the change forces that act on administrators, subject department chairpersons and teachers as they seek to implement a change in a Canadian secondary school. Using a case study methodology, our analysis of the data uses Sergiovanni's (1998) six change forces: bureaucratic, personal, market, professional, cultural,…
Descriptors: Principals, Secondary Education, Secondary Schools, Educational Change
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Davison, Philip; Burge, Elizabeth J. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
This study explores what it means for academic leaders to work in post-secondary institutional contexts. Four themes emerge: balancing daily dissonance; learning experientially to lead; creating learning spaces; and needing moments of grace. The research reveals that leaders seek deeper understandings of their work and their characterization.
Descriptors: Context Effect, Administrator Role, College Presidents, Educational Administration
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Scott, Shelleyann – Professional Development in Education, 2010
This study is part of the International Study of Principal Preparation project and reports on a Canadian Catholic Board's mentoring programme for novice school principals. This programme aims to produce effective managers and provide formal collegial support. A pragmatic, mixed-method approach involving interviews with participants along with an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Instructional Leadership, Collegiality
Finlay, Finola, Ed.; Orum, Jennifer, Ed. – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2011
The Articulation Committee Companion is designed to serve as both an introductory resource for new articulation committee members and as an ongoing reference for committees. The Companion includes a brief overview of the province's articulation committees and their essential role in the post-secondary system. In addition, the Companion outlines…
Descriptors: Committees, Articulation (Education), Postsecondary Education, Administrator Role
Quinlan, Colleen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As of July 2011, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) reported 17 of Canada's 95 universities were led by women. While this represents considerable change from 1974, when Pauline Jewett became the first woman president to lead a co-educational Canadian university, progress for women climbing the educational leadership…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Women Administrators, Career Development
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Whitley, Jessica – Exceptionality Education International, 2010
There has been recent attention paid to the mental health issues experienced by many children and youth in Canada and internationally. In particular, the role of the school and educational leaders in preventing mental health difficulties and intervening in the case of mental illnesses has been highlighted. This paper presents an overview of…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Mental Health, Foreign Countries, Intervention
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Landry, Janice – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2011
This article is based on a study that explored the professional lives of eight leaders of continuing education in Canadian universities, with a focus on their administrative role, to provide a deeper understanding of how they live within their practice (lived experience). A practical listing of 56 horizons of experience was identified, useful as…
Descriptors: Universities, Continuing Education, Leadership, Teaching Methods
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