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Corbett, Michael; Ackerson, Zachary – Canadian Journal of Education, 2019
In this article we offer a comparative analysis of vocational education and training (VET) in two rural regional locations by situating the pragmatic problem of advising rural students against the backdrop of differently structured market-oriented vocational education systems in Canada and Australia, respectively. Each of these jurisdictions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Rural Education, Compulsory Education
Aubineau, Morgane; Blicharska, Teresa – School Mental Health, 2020
An increasing number of autistic students attend mainstream secondary schools in both France and Quebec. The importance of considering their views on subjects that affect their daily life is now well established in education research. Still, little is known about how these students cope with specific aspects of inclusion. This article explores the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Secondary School Students
Karns, Kaitlyn Vivian Anne – Online Submission, 2020
Ontario Universities offer a variety of undergraduate programs that could be classified as creative arts programs. Whether these programs focus on one specific major, such as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting, or concurrent programming, such as a concurrent music and education program, students have a variety of choices for their post-secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Bachelors Degrees, Socioeconomic Influences
Fesseha, Ellen; Pyle, Angela – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2016
This study sought to gain insight into how Ontario teachers define play-based learning, and how their perspectives affect its implementation in kindergarten classrooms. Using survey data from kindergarten teachers from around the province of Ontario, two definitions of play were developed: one focused on social development through play and the…
Descriptors: Play, Kindergarten, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Teachers
Pyle, Angela; Bigelow, Ashley – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2015
The benefits of play to children's development and academic learning are often discussed in the research. However, inconsistencies in definitions of play and differing perspectives concerning the purpose of play in educational settings make it challenging for teachers to determine how to productively integrate play-based pedagogies into their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Child Development, Academic Standards
McQuarrie, Fiona – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2012
In recent years, there has been increased interest within British Columbia in the issue of whether or how trades qualifications might transfer into academic post-secondary programs. Some BC institutions have already started, or will be starting, programs which incorporate this form of transfer credit. Colleagues at British Columbia Council on…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Credentials, Credits, Vocational Education
Di Santo, Aurelia; Berman, Rachel – Children & Society, 2012
This article describes a research study that investigated three- and four-year-old Canadian preschool children's perceptions about starting kindergarten. Findings from 33 focus-group discussions suggest that children begin to formulate ideas about starting kindergarten prior to school entry. Children's responses were grouped according to three…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries, Preschool Children
Taylor, Alison – Journal of Education Policy, 2010
Recent education policies focus on making youth pathways more transparent while addressing skills shortage. However, there appears to be ambivalence about the target audience for "new vocational" programmes in secondary schools and how they should be organized. This paper begins from the observation that Canadian policy-makers, like…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Conflict, Academic Education
Cowin, Bob – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2009
When British Columbia began establishing community colleges in the mid 1960s, the explicit decision to provide extensive university transfer opportunities for college students had the added benefit of making a wide array of academic courses available to students who were not university-bound. Some of these students had been in applied programs in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Public Colleges, Community Colleges
Munson, Lynne; Bornfreund, Laura – American Educator, 2010
This article presents the authors' critique of lessons proposed by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21). The authors initiate a discussion about content that they hope will play out in schoolhouses and statehouses across the country. They take on a different task: they present a handful of lesson ideas from P21 that could enhance studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Cowin, Bob – Online Submission, 2007
This overview of the development of the university, college and institute sector in British Columbia, Canada focuses on the public sector but makes passing reference to the few private institutions that provide academic education. Some contextual information about the role of government and agencies is provided, along with a listing of key…
Descriptors: Educational History, Postsecondary Education, Academic Education, Foreign Countries
McMahon, Brenda – Journal of Educational Administration, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the intersections of whiteness, anti-racism and social justice in educational administration. It is an attempt to understand how white administrators who work in racially minoritized school communities reconcile the moral challenges of articulations of racial equity with the hierarchical…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Race, Educational Administration, Academic Education

Howard, Philip G. – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1983
Looks at the history of the place of Dene languages in education in the Mackenzie Valley of the Northwest Territories. Reference is made to the status of Inuktitut in the Arctic districts, but focuses on the Dene languages--Chipewyan, Slavey, Dogrib, and Loucheux. (ERB)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Athapascan Languages, Canada Natives, Educational History
Techniques: Making Education and Career Connections, 1997
Susan Drake, who has been actively involved in developing theories on curriculum integration, describes how they work in practice in Canada. (JOW)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Foreign Countries, Integrated Curriculum, Secondary Education
Reynolds, John; Sharpe, Dennis B. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1992
A study identified the benefits and problem areas of competency-based vocational education (CBVE) and compared perceptions toward CBVE of 44 faculty, 5 administrators, and 236 students of the Cabot Institute of Applied Arts and Technology in Newfoundland. Academic faculty were more negative toward CBVE than any other group and students were…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Administrator Attitudes, Competency Based Education, Foreign Countries