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2. Academic Relations between Canada and China: 1970-95.
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Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). and Singer, Martin
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This report reviews development of Sino-Canadian academic relations over the past 25 years. It offers an overview of four periods of Sino-Canadian academic relations (1970-79, 1979-83, 1983-89, and 1989-95), and briefly describes a number of programs in six areas: (1) foreign trade and economic cooperation, (2) foreign affairs and international trade, (3) science and technology, (4) natural sciences and engineering, (5) social sciences and humanities, and (6) provincial initiatives. Included also are profiles of China-related activities at 30 Canadian universities, including: University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, Carleton University, Concordia University, Dalhousie University, University of Guelph, Laurentian University of Sudbury, Universite Laval, University of Manitoba, McGill University, McMaster University, Universite de Montreal, University of New Brunswick, University of Ottawa, Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Universite du Quebec a Trois Rivieres, Queen's University at Kingston, University of Regina, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Saint Mary's University, University of Saskatchewan, Simon Fraser University, Technical University of Nova Scotia, University of Toronto, University of Victoria, University of Waterloo, University of Western Ontario, and York University. Study findings are summarized from both a Canadian and a Chinese perspective. Twenty-five appendixes contain tables and charts of data and reference material on Sino-Canadian academic cooperative programs. (Contains 14 references.) (CH)
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- 1996
3. SCUTREA Conference Proceedings, 1970-1997. 25th Anniversary CD-ROM.
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Standing Conference on Univ. Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults.
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This CD-ROM contains 693 papers on university teaching and research in the education of adults that were presented during the 27-year period from 1970 through 1997. The CD-ROM is designed to be used with the Macintosh, Windows 95, and Windows 3.1 operating systems and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (version 3), which is included along with the papers. Papers can be accessed by clicking titles in lists of papers from each year's proceedings; clicking paper titles listed in an alphabetically arranged list of key words; and searching for a word or combination of words associated with paper titles, authors, and key words. Free text searches can also be performed. The following are among the topics covered in significant numbers of papers: adult education; adult basic education; adult educators; adult learning; adult students; adult vocational education; aging; andragogy; behavioral objectives; community education; community development; competency-based education; computer-assisted instruction; counseling; course content; course evaluation; curriculum design/development; educational finance; educational practices; educational principles; educational research; educational theories; evaluation methods; further education; labor education; learning processes; learning theories; lifelong education; literacy education; National Vocational Qualifications; older adults; professional continuing education; professional development; reflective practice; research design; research needs; research utilization; student and teacher attitudes; and women's education. (MN)
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- 1997
4. Exporting Language Teaching Methods from Canada to China.
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Sampson, Gloria Paulik
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Explores three problems emerging since transfer of Canadian English as second language teaching method to People's Republic of China: (1) assumption that teaching methodologies are exportable and acceptable in same way as modern technology, (2) lack of clarity between scientific and educational theories, and (3) assumption that these teaching methodologies are value-free, and thus, applicable to all teaching situations. (SL)
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- 1984
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