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Noseworthy, Randy P. – 1997
During the mid-1930s, the main line of the Newfoundland (Canada) Railway stretched 547 miles from St. John's to Port aux Basques, and railway workers and their families lived along the line in small isolated settlements. The provincial department of education, the Newfoundland Railway, and the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company devised an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correspondence Study, Educational History, Elementary Education
Briody, P. M. – 1979
Evaluation of the Mobile Classroom Project, which provided complementary and supplementary educational experiences not available through the Primary Correspondence Schools (PCS) for 58 isolated country children in Central Queensland during 1978 and 1979, used personal observations; comments from parents, home supervisors, and key educators…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Communication Skills, Correspondence Study, Elementary Education
Briody, P. M. – 1980
Data for evaluation of the Mobile Remedial Unit, instituted to assist approximately 250 isolated Queensland children with learning difficulties during 1978 and 1979, were obtained by visits to 10 schools; discussions with principals, teachers, administrators, and the 2 mobile remedial teachers; document analysis; and travel with a remedial teacher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Correspondence Study, Educationally Disadvantaged
