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The End of Children? Changing Trends in Childbearing and Childhood
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Lauster, Nathanael; Allan, Graham – University of British Columbia Press, 2011
Fertility rates have fallen dramatically around the world. In some countries, there are no longer enough children being born to replace adult populations. The disappearance of children is a matter of concern matched only by fears that childhood is becoming too structured or not structured enough, too short or too long, or just simply too different…
Descriptors: Investigations, Demography, Anthropology, Prediction
Leadership Issues for Canadian Education.
Williams, T. R. – 1979
In addressing issues that are common to all educational jurisdictions in Canada, the author has designated as "national" those issues that are manifest concurrently within the provincial and local board arenas and as "federal" those issues that integrally involve relationships between the federal government and the provinces.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Culture Conflict, Demography, Economic Factors
From Quantitative to Qualitative Change in Ontario Education: A Festschrift for R. W. B. Jackson. Symposium Series/6.
McDiarmid, Garnet, Ed. – 1976
This collection of essays focuses on the first ten years of The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and Canadian education and society. The essays are "Dimensions of a Decade: Canadian Higher Education in the Sixties," by Edward B. Harvey; "Graduate Studies in Ontario Education at the Three-Quarter-Century Mark," by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum, Educational Change
Inuit Morality Play: The Emotional Education of a Three-Year-Old.
Briggs, Jean L. – 1998
This book examines dramatic interactions between a 3-year-old Inuit girl and the adults in her world. In these playful yet emotionally charged dramas, Inuit adults enact with children the plots that drive Inuit social life; they test, act out problems, entertain themselves, and create children who think and feel like an Inuit. The child, Chubby…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Canada Natives, Child Development, Child Rearing
The Higher Education System: Academic Organization in Cross-National Perspective.
Clark, Burton R. – 1983
Basic elements of the higher education system are considered, along with variations across nations (the United Kingdom, Sweden, Japan, Italy, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Australia, Canada, the United States, Poland, Yugoslavia, Mexico, and Thailand). Three basic elements of the organization of higher education system are identified:…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Comparative Education, Educational Change
Educating Citizens: International Perspectives on Civic Values and School Choice
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Wolf, Patrick J., Ed.; Macedo, Stephen, Ed. – Brookings Institution, 2004
In the wake of the Supreme Court's landmark ruling upholding school choice, policymakers across the country are grappling with the challenge of funding and regulating private schools. Towns, cities, and states are experimenting with a variety of policies, including vouchers, tax credits, and charter schools. Meanwhile, public officials and…
Descriptors: Credits, Tax Credits, Public Officials, Private Schools
Perspectives on Official English. The Campaign for English as the Official Language of the USA.
Adams, Karen L., Ed.; Brink, Daniel T., Ed. – 1990
Essays on the campaign to establish English as the United States' official language include: "Official Languages and Language Planning" (Richard Ruiz); "Una lingua, una patria?: Is Monolingualism Beneficial or Harmful to a Nation's Unity?" (David F. Marshall and Roseann D. Gonzalez); "Canadian Perspectives on Official…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Communication