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Noonan, Brian; Sarrick, Chris – Education Canada, 1985
Details project providing teacher inservice training and curriculum development for Saskatoon Catholic schools' middle years (ages 10-15) program. Outlines phases which include establishing the model; providing inservice professional development for five school development teams; implementing, experimenting, and developing at classroom/school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Catholic Schools, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Cherland, Meredith R. – Education Canada, 1985
Describes University of Regina's 4-year specialized Middle Years Teacher Education Program, leading to a Bachelor of Education degree, which features an intense second year of weekly teaching experience in an intermediate classroom, instruction in teaching skills and strategies, and focuses on characteristics and needs of early adolescent learners…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades
Hathaway, Warren E. – Education Canada, 1993
A two-year study in Alberta on the effects of classroom lighting found that elementary school students exposed to full-spectrum lighting with measurable ultraviolet output had fewer dental caries, larger gains in height and weight, larger gains in achievement, and better attendance. Students exposed to high-pressure sodium vapor lamps had the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Classroom Environment, Dental Health
Jones, Richard – Education Canada, 1996
Describes development of the School Culture Inventory (SCI). Interviews of staff, parents, and students in three high-performing secondary schools in British Columbia identified common attitudes and values related to organizational culture, which were then used to construct student, parent, and teacher surveys comprising the SCI. Pilot testing…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades
Zilber, Julie – Education Canada, 2002
Four elementary schools in Washington, Alaska, and British Columbia are cooperating on a project to explore issues surrounding the Pacific salmon fisheries. Place-based techniques and interactive media are used to bring together science; global concerns; the histories of Canada, the United States, and First Nations peoples; background on the…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Cooperation, Experiential Learning, Fisheries
Caissy, Gail A. – Education Canada, 1985
In a survey of 172 experienced intermediate/junior high teachers in southern Ontario, all agreed that teachers at this level need courses based on the characteristics and needs of early adolescents. The majority indicated that their preservice training lacked such courses and had not prepared them for intermediate/junior high teaching. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries
