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1. Continuing Education and North American Society. Occasional Paper No. 1.

Author

Pacific Association for Continuing Education, Burnaby (British Columbia). and Fast, R. G.

Abstract

The author defines and examines briefly continuing education as the process by which life-long educational needs of the individual and society are met, requiring new administration and community involvement. The paper also examines in outline form the societal context in which individuals which make up that society find themselves today, in terms of interdependence, rich and poor nations, and a changing occupational structure. The changes in the future are discussed in regard to health and life, environment and technology. There are individual and societal needs for continuing education that revolve around coping with the knowledge explosion; solving community problems; enriching one's life; pursuing interests; and upgrading professions, careers and jobs. In tabular form, the author explains one taxonomy of the categories of Community Service Programs and examples of such programs in Alberta. Another taxonomy dealing with self-development, community development, and program development functions is defined. The conclusion provides recommendations for effective community leadership in implementing these programs. (JB)

Published
1973

2. Agricultural Teaching: Papers Presented at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Teaching. Washington, D. C., November 11, 1913. Bulletin, 1914, No. 27. Whole Number 601

Author

Department of the Interior, United States Bureau of Education (ED)

Abstract

The purpose of the American Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Teaching, as stated in its constitution, is "to promote the teaching of agriculture and to devise ways and means for increasing the efficiency of such instruction in elementary and secondary schools and in colleges and universities." The time is opportune perhaps for discussing what ought to be the immediate policy of the association in putting its purpose into effect. One matter has already been settled. It has been agreed that for the present efforts shall be centered principally upon promoting the teaching of agriculture in the secondary schools, by devising ways and means of making that teaching more efficient. One who has marked the recent multiplication in the number of secondary schools attempting to teach agriculture can not but commend restriction of attention to the important problems which these schools present. Appended are: (1) 1913 summer practicum (home project) work of the University of Minnesota Northwest School of Agriculture, Crookston, Minn; (2) Students' reports on 1912 and 1913 summer practicum work at Crookston, Minn; (3) Use of land by high schools teaching agriculture. Returns for school year 1911-12; (4) The cooperative use of equipment and illustrative material in teaching agriculture; and (5) Massachusetts State-aided vocational agricultural education-- Examples of the income of pupils from farm work during attendance at school in 1913. [Best copy available has been provided.]

Published
1914

3. Canadian Adult Basic Education: An Overview. Occasional Paper No. 4.

Author

Pacific Association for Continuing Education, Burnaby (British Columbia). and Brooke, W. Michael

Abstract

The paper reviews the growth of Canadian Adult Basic Education (ABE) with emphasis on the role played by the Federal government. It considers major events leading to an awareness of the disadvantaged and their inability to function adequately, without necessary opportunities and skills, in the mainstream of an industrialized society. The author describes the various Federally sponsored projects--the Technical and Vocational Training Assistance (TVTA) Act, the Basic Training for Skill Development (BTSD) Program, The Adult Occupational Training (AOT) Act, and the New Start Program. Innovations in ABE established life skills and basic literacy training and an ABE course based on individualized learning and a behavioral objectives "systems" approach. For continued effectiveness and expansion, the author emphasizes the need for active student involvement in the learning process. A bibliography is provided. (Author/JB)

Published
1974

4. Organizing for Life-Long Learning. Occasional Paper No. 2.

Author

Pacific Association for Continuing Education, Burnaby (British Columbia).

Abstract

The statement reflects Canada's growing interest in adult education. Lifelong learning is viewed as necessary for coping with a complex and rapidly changing society and additional benefits of adult education can be seen in terms of cost benefits and the use of existing educational structures. Social factors influencing the need for adult learning opportunities include the knowledge explosion, computer technology, and the trend away from strictly youth-oriented schooling. Five areas of individual need are: pursuit of life-long interests; professional, vocational, and career upgrading; coping with the information explosion; identifying and resolving community problems; and life enrichment. Canadian citizens and provincial educators are indicating more interest in adult education. Many feel that the concept could better be served by a restructured Department of Education with support and coordinating services for an adult education program; cooperative action at regional and community levels through decentralization, already begun in the province; and by new methods of need assessment, coordination and delivery of services. Appended are: a Canadian policy for continuing education; adult education in British Columbia; and tables illustrating growth of adult education in British Columbia. (MDW)

Published
1974

5. Two Papers on Canadian Indians; Education and Economic Development: The Case of Indian Reserves in Canada. [and] The Capitalization of a Traditional Pursuit: The Case of Wild Rice in Manitoba. Center for Settlement Studies, Series 5: Occasional Papers Nos. 5 and 6.

Author

Manitoba Univ., Winnipeg. Center for Settlement Studies., Deprez, Paul, Lithman, Yngve Georg, Deprez, Paul, Lithman, Yngve Georg, and Manitoba Univ., Winnipeg. Center for Settlement Studies.

Abstract

The first paper aims to give a certain relativity to the significance of education and to indicate the limitations of any educational effort. The thinking underlying the current approach to the economic development of native communities and reserves is discussed as well as the implications and consequences of such thinking. It is argued that the success of any educational effort depends on the overall employment situation at the level of the reserve or at any level for that matter. Utilizing the concept of a "natural resource system", which combines the analysis of ecological, economic, and social variables into a coherent framework, the second article delineates the process that changed wild rice from a subsistence staple crop to what will be a heavily capitalized agricultural industry. It is shown that the Indians, who were the original exploiters of this natural resource, have lost more and more of their control over the economic activity, and that this diminishing control is not due to any cultural inabilities on the part of the Indians. Rather it is shown that the Euro-Americans have assumed more and more control over wild rice because of the vast financial institutions which have encouraged this development, from the Hudson's Bay Company in earlier days to major food industries today. It is argued that the "developments" in the wild rice industry are in fact detrimental to the interests of the Indian population, and that the changes in this industry in effect contribute to the development of underdevelopment on Indian reserves. (AUTHOR/NQ)

Published
1973

6. On the University-Community Symbiosis. Occasional Papers in Continuing Education. Number 5.

Author

British Columbia Univ., Vancouver. Center for Continuing Education. and Thomas, Alan M.

Abstract

As university institutions have grown, the university and community relationship has again become obscure and troubling. Today, no one has to defend the thesis that adults can learn. We have turned our attention to how, when, and at what price. Over the last twenty years, postsecondary education has witnessed a shift from elite to mass education. Adult public education, mostly of a remedial nature, was largely a failure prior to the mid-fifties. But by that time in Canada and the U.S., the private sector (industry, armed services, etc.) had created teaching and learning systems that sometimes dwarfed the public sector in scope, results, and costs. During this same period, the mistaken view of education as an investment was accepted and transmitted to developing countries. What has been thrown into perspective now is the distinction between learning and education and how the two are related. Education, a social endeavor, is the way society responds to the capacity of its members to learn. The Canadian university must create its own community not identified by a single place, the student's age, or the instructional process. It must cease to evaluate conventional students for society. The university should focus on where, how, why, and what learning is taking place. (CSS)

Published
1971

7. Canadian Universities and Colleges. Amended Version. Reference Papers. No. 106.

Author

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). Information Div. Dept. of External Affairs.

Abstract

This paper on Canadian universities and colleges presents information on the historical background, financing of higher education, provincial developments since 1969, national and international aspects, the control and government of institutions, teaching staffs, types of institutions, admission requirements, and student costs. Two systems of higher education have developed in Canada reflecting the two major cultural traditions. One system retains French characteristics; the other system was designed according to English, Scottish, and United States practices. A small third group of institutions offers instruction in both French and English. Each Canadian province is responsible for the establishment and administration of education within its own boundaries, since there is no federal ministry of education. The federal government is responsible only for the education of Indians and Eskimos, inmates, and the military. The federal government does contribute to the costs of higher education. Studies conducted by national organizations concerning higher education are cited. Each province has its curriculum and awards its certificates of completion of secondary-school studies. Canadian universities have individual admission requirements based on certificates awarded in the province, but all treat the certificate of their provinces as approximately equivalent. Appendices include a description of degree-granting universities and colleges in 1973 by province, excluding those granting degrees in theology only; a list of some Canadian higher education student service and academic organizations; and a bibliography of key documents in Canadian higher education. (SW)

Published
1974

8. Education of Yukon Indians. A Position Paper. Appendix 1.

Author

Yukon Native Brotherhood, Whitehorse. and Yukon Native Brotherhood, Whitehorse.

Abstract

Since it was felt that the Canadian educational system was not serving the needs of Yukon Indian children, 14 items were forwarded by Resolution to the Brotherhood at the First Yukon Indian Conference held January 10-14, 1972. Nearly all the recommendations were dependent upon the provision of an education consultant who would act as a liaison between the Department of Education and the Indian community. Among the recommendations were that: two-way communication channels be fostered between parents, teachers and students, between Yukon Native organizations, and between the Brotherhood and the Canadian and Yukon Territory governments; kindergartens be made available wherever a group of more than five children ages 3-5 exist, with Indian parent committees responsible for all matters relating to their location, instructors, program and operation; education programs be changed to allow for revival and re-establishment of Indian languages and for a true picture of Indian history, culture and contributions; the necessary encouragement and assistance be extended to ensure employment of Native people as teachers, counsellors and teaching aides in Yukon; Indian students receive more encouragement to stay in school; resources be made available to enable certain Indian-operated group homes to be planned, designed and constructed; education of Native students be made more meaningful and relevant to their needs; adult Indians be informed as to educational aims, methods and institutions through regular periods of instruction offered in homes or Indian meeting places. (NQ)

Published
1972

9. The Guelph Document System...with a Manual of Procedures. Report No. 3.

Author

Guelph Univ. (Ontario). Library. and Beckman, Margaret

Abstract

This report is a revision and expansion of an earlier research report that described the design of the University of Guelph's documentation system for the organization of government publications within university libraries. The design of the Guelph document system represents a deliberate departure from cataloging and classification theory and standards. The document code is a shelf location device and is structured only as is necessary to bring publications within government jurisdiction into appropriate relationships. Other codes were designed to provide quick sorting capabilities through a data processing system and in no way necessitate involvement in rules, regulations, or principles of cataloging. This report describes the initial investigation, and the development of a new method for organizing government publications made possible by new technology. The topic is covered in five parts: (1) a statement of the problem, and an identification of the traditional methods of arranging and processing government publications in libraries; (2) analysis of the design of the Guelph document system; (3) a description of the codes which are the basis of the system; (4) a discussion of the operating system as it has developed including changes, costs, equipment, user acceptance, and cooperative use; and (5) a manual of procedures for the system as used at Guelph. Related references and a bibliography conclude the report. (THC)

Published
1973

10. Can Man Transcend His Culture? The Next Challenge in Education for Global Understanding.

Author

American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC.

Abstract

Presented are a summary and working papers of a seminar that included participants from the Regional Development Program of the Organization of American States and heads of universities in Latin America and Canada. Following a brief overview of the issues, topics discussed are: (1) intercultural contact; (2) internationalization of the university; (3) international education; (4) educational reform; (5) some guidelines for international education; (6) an international curriculum; (7) the new University of the America's; (8) internationalization of the United States; (9) international education exchange; (10) the college and the urban community; (11) university education as a communication process; and (12) internationalizing the curriculum through the arts. (Author/KE)

Published
1973

11. Current Educational Topics No. III. I. The Duty of the State in the Medical Inspection of Schools; Results Which the Public May Rightfully Expect; II. Health Problems in Education; III. Sanitation in Rural Communities;. Bulletin, 1912, No. 24. Whole Number 496

Author

Department of the Interior, United States Bureau of Education (ED), Dresslar, F. B., Wood, Thomas D., and North, Charles E.

Abstract

One of the most important factors in the education of children is the establishment of their physical health, without which all learning and training must have less value for the individual and for society than they would have with it. Implicitly in the act creating the Bureau of Education and explicitly in recent acts of Congress, investigations in regard to the health of children, the publication of the results of these investigations, and giving such information as will help teachers and school officers in solving the problems of school hygiene and sanitation are made functions of the bureau. The three papers transmitted herewith, written by F. B. Dresslar, Ph. D., specialist in school hygiene and sanitation in the Bureau of Education; Thomas D. Wood, M. D., professor of physical education in Columbia University;. and Charles E. North, M. D., of New York City, in a very effective way to call the attention of teachers, school officers, and parents to the importance of the health of children, and offer many valuable practical suggestions as to the means of preserving it. (Contains 3 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]

Published
1912

12. Problems of Social Science Research at Smaller Canadian Universities.

Author

Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council, Ottawa (Ontario). and Overgaard, Herman

Abstract

The workshop was convened by the Social Science Research Council of Canada as part of its annual meeting. Its purpose was to explore the possible usefulness of a large-scale conference on the same topic. The three papers presented are included in the final report: (1) social science research needs of smaller Canadian universities (John T. Sears); (2) social science research in small Canadian universities (John R. Hofley); and (3) the problems of social science research in small or new Canadian universities (in French, Andre Bernard). In the papers and the discussion that followed, an assumption was borne out: that little social science research is effectively carried out in these institutions. Additionally, it was also seen that there is in the smaller institutions a growing conflict between increasing pressure for more research activity and the inadequacies of the current situation for conducting research. Two factors are identified as accounting for the difficulty in conducting research: (1) the virtually exclusive undergraduate teaching orientation of the institutions, and (2) their lack of research facilities. (MSE)

Published
1974

13. Text of Presentation Monday, June 7, 1971; CAHPER Convention, University Committee Athletic Scholarship Panel.

Author

Windsor Univ. (Ontario). Faculty of Physical and Health Education.

Abstract

The introduction of new scholarships and awards in Canadian college athletics led to a panel discussion at the 1971 Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation on the issue of opposing or supporting such scholarships. The first participant supported them and felt it was wrong to assume Canadian sports would automatically imitate American mistakes of ignoring the athlete's academic life and allowing too much recruitment activity. The second participant felt athletes do not need special scholarships because in Canada financial aid is available to anyone who really wants a college education. Also, competitive recruiting would mean appealing to Americans to the disadvantage of Canadian boys, and the healthy, relaxed atmosphere surrounding Canadian sports in the past would be lost. A government spokesman supported third-party scholarships, particularly those in which the athlete gets the money from the government and decides for himself where to go to school. He did not see why sports should be singled out as a cultural activity not worth supporting. He also suggested that offering scholarships would keep promising athletic talent in Canada. The next participant warned that over-recruiting and commercialization in sports would follow, with physical education teachers having to engage in extensive recruiting and noncompetitive sports losing support. He said that the costs incurred in attracting larger audiences to big sports events cancel the profits. Reactors then gave additional views to which panelists replied. (CD)

Published
1971

14. Perception and Utilization of Student Services.

Author

Otto, David

Abstract

A total of 1,002 students enrolled in the University of Alberta for the 1973-74 academic year completed a questionnaire designed to assess their awareness of the student service offices. Seventy-five percent of the students had some idea of where to find many of the student offices but only one in every 16 could recall the telephone number of a student-run, dial-a-friend office. Although many students could not recall specific locations and telephone numbers, they did know that the services existed and were able to direct a hypothetical friend facing a series of problems to the proper offices. At some point in their own career at the University of Alberta, as many as half of the students in this study had personally used one or more of the student service offices. The most popular offices, both in terms of patronage and perceived value of service, were Canada Manpower, Student Awards, Student Counseling, and Student Health. While communication between service and student is a problem, it appears that those Alberta students who need guidance, counseling, and assistance do know about the university's agencies and how to use them. (Author/LBH)

Published
1974

15. Open Conference on Information Science in Canada, Proceedings (1st, Montebello, Quebec, May 14 & 15, 1973).

Author

Canadian Association for Information Science, Ottawa (Ontario). and Mauerhoff, Georg R.

Abstract

The papers presented at the first Canadian conference on information science are presented in this volume. Six presentations were given under the general topic of research: Research into Privacy and Data Banks, Communications Knowledge Software Industry for Canada, Census Data Access and Statistical Information Management, Communication System Habitability: The Need for Behavioural Research, FABS (Formulated Abstracting): An Experiment in Regularized Content Description, and I.F. Thesaurus of Building Science and Technology. The subject of education included: Education for Information Science: An Apologia and an Introduction, National Goals for the Education and Training of Personnel for a National System for Scientific and Technological Information, Data--The Missing Link in the Evolution of Library Science Curricula, Teacher Education in Information Systems Utilization, and Laval University's Experience with Data Bases. Papers on technology are: Computer Communications in Canada, Communications and the Wired City, Modularity - Microform and Microcomputers, A Hybrid Interactive Search System, Optical Character Recognition in Information Processing, A UDC Water Thesaurus/Concordance: Development and Use, and An Urban and Regional Information System, as Applied to the Eastern Townships Region, Province of Quebec. Four papers are also included on policy and information networks in Canada. (SJ)

Published
1973

16. Our Indian Children: What Is Their Future?

Author

Paskell, Anthony

Abstract

The article was written to direct attention to the deplorable conditions still being suffered on many Indian Reserves across Canada; and, further, to show how these conditions reflect themselves in the schools, and in the children. These conditions, it was maintained, consisted of all the usual results of abject poverty and systematic neglect and exploitation of the First Nations people--degradation, humiliation, substandard living conditions, low self-esteem, heavy drinking, sickness, and apathy. Since these conditions reflect themselves on the children, it was maintained, then what is the impact on the children, and what role does the teacher (overwhelmingly white) serve on the reserve and in the classroom? The author then sketched an outline depicting a fairly typical situation the first year on a reserve by a fairly typical teacher in charges of a fairly typical class of students. The picture painted was bleak in the extreme; especially since the Dickensian depictions were happening in one of the richest countries on earth. And they were almost all based on personal experience. The article concludes with a message to incoming teachers for the following year. The message was a simple appeal--if you wish to succeed, you must (a) leave your middle-class values at home, (b) climb off the backs of the kids, and let them be what they are, (c) be unfailingly there for them and their parents and (d) institute the democratic process in the classroom; one vote per person including yourself.

Published
1968

17. Colour Them Happy

Author

Paskell, Anthony

Abstract

This article came about as the result of a chance meeting of the author, Anthony Paskell with Bob Aller, (a West Coast artist) and the remarkable experience that evolved. Mr. Aller held a series of art sessions on various Indian Reserves, all based on his unique approach to the teaching of Art (and art-related experiences)--a non-teaching methodology with no pressures put on children to participate. The author had the opportunity to watch and learn as these sessions took place at the Birch Island Indian Reserve School in the summer of 1969. The article followed the stunning results of Mr. Aller's methodology--first the creation of thousands of magnificent pieces of child-created art. Then, international recognition, as many of these artworks gained attention at galleries and art museums across Canada and the U.S. (including a showing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York). Perhaps as impressive as these paintings were, was the achievement of Mr. Aller himself, in beating the odds stacked up against him (in this case a built-in distrust by Indian children of all authority figures and especially anyone with white skin trying to take over the summer holidays!). By managing to draw people together over the period of one summer, he single-handedly broke down barriers accumulated from 500 years of humiliation and degradation of First Nations people. For just a while, in a few isolated spots in Canada he succeeded in demonstrating the potentiality of his methods in education generally. The article reflected on how children react when presented with a blank canvas of possibilities... color them happy!

Published
1969

18. Publishing in Canada; Proceedings of the Institute on Publishing in Canada, June 27-30, 1971.

Author

Alberta Univ., Edmonton. School of Library Science., Pomahac, G., and Richeson, M.

Abstract

The purpose of the Institute was to establish a dialogue between the people concerned with the fate of the publishing industry and those directly involved in it. Papers by eleven Canadians prominent in publishing and literature are presented to an audience made up of librarians, booksellers, government officials, educators, publishers and students. The subjects discussed are: trade publishing in Canada, editing, design and production, copyright, marketing, author-publisher relations and the future of publishing in Canada. The discussion resume and closing remarks are followed by a list of the participants. (Author/NH)

Published
1972

19. The Evolution of Learning Assistance in a Community College.

Author

Rose, Robert R.

Abstract

This paper describes the three phases in the evolution of the Mount Royal College (Canada) Learning Assistance Program, beginning with the clinical approach (1969), moving to a credited class structure (1970), and finally to the present non-credit workshop approach (1971). The Learning Assistance Program was established to help students needing assistance in basic skill areas such as reading, writing, listening, and mathematics. The workshop approach has had the highest student retention rate of any of the alternatives tried. Students entering the program are given diagnostic tests to determine their learning difficulty, then given the choice of three alternative learning styles: individual, independent, and group. Programmed learning packages are being developed, and an intern program utilizing students from a nearby university has increased the staff available to help students in the program. (Author/LP)

Published
1972

20. [National Conference on Cataloguing Standards (Ottawa, May 19-20, 1970].

Author

National Library of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario).

Abstract

The following papers were presented at an invitational conference on cataloging standards: (1) "Canadiana Meets Automation;" (2) "The Union Catalogues in the National Library - The Present Condition;" (3) "A Centralized Bibliographic Data Bank;" (4) "The Standardization of Cataloguing;" (5) "The Standardization of Cataloguing; a summary;" (6) "Standardization of Classification and Subject Headings;" (7) "Standardization of Input and Retrieval in an Automated System;" (8) "Standardization for Serials;" (9) "Standardization for Government Publications;" and (10) "The Means of Achieving Standardization." Resolutions based on the conference are also included. (Author/NH)

Published
1971

21. Education for Librarianship.

Author

Alberta Univ., Edmonton. School of Library Science. and Pomahac, Gertrude C.

Abstract

To provide an opportunity for discussion of the educational needs of library personnel in the prairie provinces, a Workshop on Library Education was held in Edmonton on March 14, 1970. Approximately two hundred registrants representing all three prairie provinces participated. The papers presented are: (1) Issues, Decisions and Continuing Debate: The History of American Library Education 1870-1970, (2) Research and Library Education, (3) Pre-Service Education: Content and Methodology, and (4) Continuing Education for Librarians. Also presented is a list of registrants and biographies of the speakers. (MM)

Published
1970

22. Manpower Management in Canada; A Selected Bibliography. Bibliography Series: No. 3.

Author

Queen's Univ., Kingston (Ontario). Industrial Relations Centre. and Williams, C. Brian

Abstract

This bibliography is composed of 1,125 citations ranging in date from 1960 to 1966 with a number of pioneering studies, published in the late 1950's, also included. Studies conducted in Canada and the United States are reported for the broad field of manpower and employment. Part I focuses on topics in the fields of employment and unemployment. Part II focuses on topics in manpower supply, manpower planning, and manpower utilization. Part III includes additional useful sources such as bibliographies, a review of current Canadian manpower studies, catalogs of agencies, manpower papers, and manpower publications of the Federal Government. Entries are arranged alphabetically according to author within each topic. An author index is included. (CH)

Published
1968

23. Women Who Work: Part I, the Relative Importance of Age, Education and Marital Status for Participation in the Labour Force. Special Labour Force Studies No. 5.

Author

Allingham, John D.

Abstract

This paper is intended to provide a systematic treatment of some hypotheses relating to labor force participation determinants, and an illustration of the relative importance of age, education, and marital status for female participation. Marital status, education, and age have all been shown to affect participation rates. On an impressionistic basis, marital status has been shown to have a greater effect than education, which in turn has a greater impact than age. Although age is of least importance, there is evidence of a pattern in its effect. Within "high" and "low" education groups of single females, age is roughly related in an inverse manner to participation. The pattern for married women is more complex. Within each of the educational groups, the top three rates relate to those aged 40 to 44, 45 to 49, and 50 to 54--ages at which labor force re-entry occurs, after the prime child-bearing-and-care years. (JK)

Published
1967

24. Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology in the Province of Ontario, Canada.

Author

Stannard, Stanley A.

Abstract

A document by the Ontario Education Department, "Some Unique Features of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology," describes the purposes and operations of the ideal community college. It must basically: (1) provide total education (avocational and vocational) and vertical and horizontal mobility, regardless of entrance standards; (2) develop curricula for both cultural and occupational needs; (3) cooperate with business, industry, and social and public agencies to keep up with or ahead of technological change; (4) progress by constant research in curricula, pedagogical technique, and administration. Recommendations are made for (1) governing boards and advisory committees, (2) public role of the college, (3) an educational services council, (4) composition of the curriculum committee, (5) a student-faculty college committee, (6) full counseling services, including a study skills center, (7) educational TV, (8) a community resource center for extension, recreational, and cultural use, (9) the professional development of teachers, (10) conferences of curriculum specialists, (11) upgrading and enrichment programs, (12) credit system of student assessment, and (13) use of computers and the teaching of their use. The author of this paper amplifies these points, describes the enabling legislation, and quotes from statements by Ontario's Premier and the Minister of Education. Certain differences in philosophy between Canadian and American educators and public can be noted. (HH)

Published
1968

25. The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec: The Medium through Which the Protestant Committee of the Council of Public Instruction Communicates Its Proceedings and Official Announcements. Volume XX

Author

Parmelee, G. W.

Abstract

This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1900 through December 1900. Among the topics covered in this volume are: Annual Convention of Protestant Teachers, co-operation of parent and teacher, future of kindergarten, the neglected child, the rights of children, status of education at the close of the century, educational experiments, co-education of boys and girls, coming eclipse of the sun, decoration of the school room, dictation exercises, domestic science instruction, educational reform, effect of weather on school children, food and brain power, outline of a course in botany, school gardens, school hygiene, requisites of a genius, new methods in education, teaching agriculture in elementary schools, teaching of history in superior schools, and the Teachers' Pension Fund. Most issues for 1900 include the following sections: (1) Articles: Original and Selected; (2) Editorial Notes and Comments; (3) Current Events; (4) Practical Hints and Examination Papers; and (5) Official Department. An index is included.

Published
1900

26. The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec: The Medium through Which the Protestant Committee of the Council of Public Instruction Communicates Its Proceedings and Official Announcements. Volume XXII

Author

Robins, L. B.

Abstract

This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1902 through December 1902. Among the topics covered in this volume are: current events, directory of superior schools, educational experiments, minutes of the Protestant Committee, practical hints and examination papers, and the convention of the Protestant Teachers' Association.

Published
1902

27. The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec: The Medium through Which the Protestant Committee of the Council of Public Instruction Communicates Its Proceedings and Official Announcements. Volume XIX

Author

Parmelee, G. W.

Abstract

This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1899 through December 1899. Among the topics covered in this volume are: Minutes of the Administrative Commission of the Pension Fund, beginning map work, Canada, correlation of studies, Convention of Protestant Teachers, English for elementary schools, grants to superior schools, how to make a school attractive, lesson on the Great Railways, stories for reproduction, spelling problem, teachers' lecture course, tabular statement June examinations, and value of kindergarten training. Most issues include the following sections: (1) Articles: Original and Selected; (2) Current Events; (3) Practical Hints and Examination Papers; and (4) Official Department. An index is included.

Published
1899

28. The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec: The Medium through Which the Protestant Committee of the Council of Public Instruction Communicates Its Proceedings and Official Announcements. Volume XVIII

Author

Parmelee, G. W.

Abstract

This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1898 through December 1898. Among the topics covered in this volume are: aim of a true teacher, child study, circular to superior schools, elementary course of study, model and academy course of study, convention of Protestant teachers, Latin pronunciation, Minutes of the Protestant Committee, school house construction, teaching of number as ratio, and use of maps in teaching geography. Most issues in the 1898 volume include the following sections: (1) Articles: Original and Selected; (2) Editorial Notes and Comments; (3) Current Events; (4) Practical Hints and Examination Papers; (5) Books Received and Reviewed; and (6) Official Department. An index is included.

Published
1898

29. The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec: The Medium through Which the Protestant Committee of the Council of Public Instruction Communicates Its Proceedings and Official Announcements. Volume XVII

Author

Parmelee, G. W.

Abstract

This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1897 through December 1897. Among the topics discussed in this volume are: dark days in schools, exhibits of school work, education from a publisher's standpoint, English composition, Central Board of Examiners, life of Froebel, grammar, kindergarten methods in the primary department, Minutes of the Teachers' Convention (1896), new school year, Minutes of the Protestant Committee, report of an educational experiment, spelling match, self-culture, Directory of Superior Schools, and teaching of botany in public schools. Most issues include the following sections: (1) Articles: Original and Selected; (2) Editorial Notes and Comments; (3) Current Events; (4) Literature, Historical Notes, etc.; (5) Practical Hints and Examination Papers; (6) Books Received and Reviewed; and (7) Official Department. An index is included.

Published
1897

30. The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec: The Medium through Which the Protestant Committee of the Council of Public Instruction Communicates Its Proceedings and Official Announcements. Volume XIII

Author

Harper, J. M.

Abstract

This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1893 through December 1893. Among the topics covered in this volume are: current events, country school and graded school, Convention of 1893, Directory of Superior Schools, financial outlook of the women teachers in Montreal, teaching, kindergarten methods in primary classes, practical hints and examination papers, Protestant Central Board Examinations, Minutes of the Protestant Committee, and value of the literature in moral training. An index is included.

Published
1893

31. Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year Ending June 30, 1904. Volume 1

Author

Department of the Interior, United States Bureau of Education (ED)

Abstract

Volume 1 begins with the Commissioner of Education's introduction and includes state school-system statistics. Chapter I covers education in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Chapter II presents children's growth statistics collected in Worcester, Mass., Toronto, Ontario, and Milwaukee. Chapter III addresses German university pension and insurance beneficiary regulations. Chapter IV presents a digest of school laws on governance, teachers, and schools for each state except Florida, Idaho, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Chapter V discusses the University of Paris during the Middle Ages. Chapter VI presents the proceedings of an Armstrong Association meeting on the work and influence of Hampton Institute, including a letter from former U.S. president Grover Cleveland and addresses by Andrew Carnegie, Harvard president Charles W. Eliot, Hampton principal H.B. Frissell, and Booker T. Washington. Chapter VII addresses public school temperance instruction and the liquor question, with reports from Connecticut, New York State, and Massachusetts, as well as information on Prussian temperance instruction. Chapter VIII presents early English writers' notices on education from 1578 to 1603. Subsequent chapters address German juvenile criminality; Southeastern Alaska's Hlingit language grammar and vocabulary; the Swedish education system; British and Irish education in 1903; and English higher education, i.e., secondary, technical, and evening schools, and the 1902 law requiring councils to support schools higher than elementary schools. Chapters XIV and XV cover education at the St. Louis Exposition, including state and territorial and educational institution exhibits. Chapter XVI discusses the final establishment of the American common school system in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia between 1863 and 1900. Chapter XVII reprints the Alaskan-education general agent's 1890 preliminary report and 1892 report on introducing domestic reindeer into Alaska. Chapter XVIII offers "A Definition of Civilization," the Indian Industrial School commencement address by W.T. Harris, and papers by Harris on "Art Education the True Industrial Education" and "The Intellectual Value of Tool Work." Chapter XIX is a list of U.S. education periodicals. Chapter XX is a directory of chief state school officers, city superintendents, college presidents, pedagogy professors and university and college pedagogy department heads, and normal-school principals. [For Volume 2, see ED620501.]

Published
1906

32. Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1895. In Five Volumes. Volume V -- In Two Parts. Part 1 [Report of the Commissioner of Education]

Author

Department of the Interior, United States Bureau of Education (ED)

Abstract

This is the Report of the Commissioner of Education, part of the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1895. The Bureau of Education report is contained within volume five, which is in two parts. Part one contains: (1) The Commissioner of Education's Introduction; (2) Statistics of State Common-School Systems; (3) City School Systems; (4) Statistical Review of Secondary Schools; (5) Statistical Review of Normal Schools; (6) Statistical Review of Higher Education; (7) Statistical Review of Professional Schools; (8) The Educational Systems of England and Scotland, with Statistics for 1893-94; (9) Manitoba School Case; (10) Education in France; (11) Public Education in Belgium; (12) Education in Central Europe; (13) Education in the Netherlands; (14) Education in Italy; (15) Report of the Loyal Commission on Secondary Education; (16) Papers Accompanying the Report of the Loyal Commission on Secondary Education; (17) Higher Education in Russian, Austrian, and Prussian Poland; (18) Art education in the public schools; (19) Facilities for the University Education of Women in England; (20) Educational Status of Women in Different Countries; (21) Chautauqua: A Social and Educational Study; (22) Pensions for Teachers; (23) Coeducation--Compulsory Attendance--American Students in Foreign Universities--Continuation and Industrial Schools; and (24) Educational Directory. [For the first part of the Commissioner of Education's 1894-95 report, see "Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1894-95. Volume 2. Containing Parts II and III" (ED622083).]

Published
1896

33. Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1892-93. Volume 1. Containing Parts I and II

Author

Department of the Interior, United States Bureau of Education (ED)

Abstract

This is Volume 1 of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1892-93, containing Parts I and II. This volume begins with the Commissioner of Education's Introduction. Part I covers the topics: (1) Statistical Summaries; (2) Illiteracy in the United States; (3) System of Public Education in Belgium; (4) Elementary Education in Great Britain; (5) Education in France; (6) Education in Ontario, New Zealand, and India; (7) Recent Developments in the Teaching of Geography in Central Europe; (8) The Common School System of Bavaria; (9) Education in Uruguay; (10) Child Study; (11) Bibliography of Herbartianism; and (12) Name Register. Part II, Education and the World's Columbian Exposition, covers the topics: (1) Programme of the International Congress of Education and Addresses of Welcome; (2) American Views and Comments on the Educational Exhibits; (3) German Criticism on American Education and the Educational Exhibits; (4) French Views upon American Education and the Educational Exhibits; (5) Medical Instruction in the United States as presented by French Specialists; (6) Notes and Observations on American Education and the Educational Exhibits, by Italian, Swedish, Danish, and Russian Delegates; (7) American Technological Schools; (8) Higher Education of Women in Russia; (9) Papers Prepared for the World's Library Congress; and (10) Notes on Education at the Columbian Exposition. [For "Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1892-93. Volume 2. Containing Parts III and IV," see ED622070.]

Published
1895

34. Teaching Young Children to Read: Proceedings of a Conference, November 14-16, 1962, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education. Bulletin, 1964, No. 19. OE-30014

Author

US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education (ED) and Cutts, Warren G.

Abstract

This bulletin is based upon a conference on beginning reading instruction which brought together professional leaders in the field of reading and related disciplines. Their purpose was to report on research and to review a variety of practices on primary reading. Keynoting the conference, one of America's foremost reading authorities gives a historical review of beginning reading practices since 1900. This publication is international in scope, bringing together reports from Canada and England, as well as from the United States. The conference began with welcoming remarks by Wayne O. Reed, Deputy Commissioner of Education. The first section, Overview of Teaching Practices, Past and Present, includes: (1) Trends in Beginning Reading Since 1900 (Nila B. Smith); (2) Current Reading Practices in the United States (Mary C. Austin); (3) The Child From 3 to 8, With Implications for Reading (Frances Ilg); and (4) A Modern Reading Program for Young Children (William D. Sheldon). The next section, Experimental Programs in England and the United States, presents: (1) Beginning Reading with the Augmented Roman (John A. Downing); (2) Reading in the Kindergarten (Joseph E. Brzeinski); and (3) The Language Experience Approach (R. V. Allen). The third section, Recent Research on Beginning Reading Instruction in the United States and Canada, contains: (1) Learning Factors in Beginning Reading (Donald D. Durrell); (2) Children Who Read Before First Grade (Dolores Durkin); (3) The Language of Elementary School Children (Ruth G. Strickland); (4) Explorations for Instructional Design in Early Reading Programs (A. R. MacKinnon); and (5) Young Children's Thinking and the Teaching of Reading (Millie C. Almy). Lastly, A Look Ahead provides: (1) By the Reading Specialist (Arthur I. Gates); (2) By the Teacher Educator (Amy Hostler); (3) By the Curriculum Planner (Grace A. Dorsey); and (4) By the Research Director (Helen M. Robinson). A list of conference participants is appended. Individual papers contain bibliographies. (Contains 42 footnotes, 3 tables, and 3 figures.) [Best copy available has been provided.]

Published
1964

35. Project in Research in Universities: Opportunities for the Preparation of Teachers of Exceptional Children. Bulletin, 1937, No. 17

Author

United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education (ED) and Martens, Elise H.

Abstract

The first published compilation of material relating to opportunities for the preparation of teachers of exceptional children in the United States appeared in 1929 under the auspices of the International Council for the Education of Exceptional Children. At the time 43 institutions in the United States and 2 in Canada were reported which offered courses in this field. In 1931 the Office of Education issued a bulletin on the same subject, with brief descriptions of the courses given. Seventy-one institutions were listed in this report as offering opportunities for study to prospective teachers of exceptional children. In 1936 a third investigation was undertaken as one phase of the Project in Research in Universities, and its findings are reported in this paper. The number of institutions announcing courses preparatory to the teaching of one or more types of exceptional children had by that time grown to 118. This represents an increase of 66 percent in the 5 years between 1931 and 1936--an unmistakable evidence of the mounting importance that is being attached to the special preparation of teachers for children who because of mental, physical, or emotional deviation are in serious need of special educational provision. The present analysis was made on the basis of data accumulated by means of questionnaires, with supplementary information gathered from a study of current catalogs and announcements of courses. In addition to universities, colleges, and normal schools, highly specialized institutions for the deaf, the blind, and the feeble-minded were also considered. General findings of this analysis covered: (1) Number of institutions providing specialized training; (2) Facilities for respective groups of exceptional children; (3) Geographic distribution of training facilities; (4) Content of curriculum; (5) Administrative organization; (6) Cooperative relationships; and (7) State designation of training facilities. Names and geographical distribution of institutions that do not claim to offer a comprehensive unit of teacher-preparation in the field are appended. [For related reports, see "Project in Research in Universities: Preparation for Elementary School Supervision. Bulletin, 1937, No. 18 (ED542577) and "Project in Research in Universities: CCC Camp Education: Guidance and Recreational Phases. Bulletin, 1937, No. 19" (ED542578). Best copy available has been provided.]

Published
1938

36. Education: The Mixture as Before

Author

Paskell, Anthony

Abstract

"The Northian", a Canadian magazine for teachers in Indian, Eskimo and northern schools, was located in the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. The article "Education: The Mixture as Before" was an examination of the educational trends across Canada in the wake of the Hall-Denis Report. The article sought to confront the educational expectations and underlying assumptions of such radically new concepts as: (1) the child-oriented (child-centred) approach; (2) unstructured teaching methods; and (3) ungraded and open-concept schools. The main conclusion of the article was that these admirable attempts to shake the schools free of the traditional rigidity of the system were fore-doomed because of the entrenched powers of that system.

Published
1969

37. Metrication. A Guide for Consumers. Consumer Research Report No. 2. Third Edition.

Author

Consumer and Corporate Affairs Dept., Ottawa (Ontario).

Abstract

Designed to introduce the metric system to consumers, this guide, developed in Canada, offers a brief definition and history of the metric system and rationale for change. The conversion experiences of other countries are described, and questions about learning the new system and problems involved with the conversion process are also considered. Practical implications for the consumer are discussed regarding the following products: Automobiles, bakery products, clothing, dairy products, footwear, furnishings, gasoline and oil, groceries, hardware and lumber, household equipment, liquor, paper, photographic equipment, and toiletries and drugs. A table of everyday metric units is included. (NJ)

Published
1974

38. A Study of Kindergarten Teachers' Predictions of Their Pupils' Subsequent Performance and the Effects of an Intervention Program at the Grade 1 Level. Research Report.

Author

North York Board of Education, Willowdale (Ontario)., Virgin, Albert E., and Crawford, Patricia

Abstract

This paper reports on an intervention program adopted by 73 North York, Ontario, elementary schools and used with 595 first grade pupils identified as likely to experience limited school success. Criteria for pupil selection were teachers' ratings, performance on the reading and numbers subtests of the Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT) and the North York Primary Self Concept Inventory. Implementation was carried out by teachers and volunteers, including parents, university students and grade 6 pupils. Before and after studies demonstrated a gain in MAT and self concept scores and a change in class distribution scores. Follow-up studies on intervention are briefly described. (MS)

Published
1974

39. History of Sport and Physical Education.

Author

Nova Scotia Dept. of Education, Halifax. and Young, Louise

Abstract

The reports from this conference deal with the sources, manifestations, and influences of sports and physical education over time, geography, and cultures. Written in a non-technical manner, the twenty-eight articles deal with the relationship of sports to (among others) politics, art, dance, mythology, religion, economics, sociology, and aesthetics. Approximately one-third of the papers examine sports before 1800; the remaining two-thirds, sports and physical education up to the present decade. Approximately the same ratio exists between those examining sports as a Canadian phenomenon and as a manifestation of western culture in general. (MB)

Published
1974

40. Cross-Cultural Communication and the Adult Educator

Author

Niemi, John A.

Abstract

The paper reviews briefly the process and modes of communication, explores some problems of cross-cultural communication between the dominant society and the multitude of Indian cultures that exist in Canada, and draws some implications for adult educators. (Author/MW)

Published
1974

41. Relative Academic Performance of College Transfer Students at the University of Calgary

Author

Sheehan, Bernard S. and Reti, Margaret

Abstract

This paper compares academic achievement of the University of Calgary undergraduate population with that of transfer students from Alberta community colleges for 1968-1972. Results indicate that transferring students do not succeed academically as well as the total university student population. (Editor/PG)

Published
1974

42. Metrication: A Guide for Consumers.

Author

Consumer and Corporate Affairs Dept., Ottawa (Ontario).

Abstract

The widespread use of the metric system by most of the major industrial powers of the world has prompted the Canadian government to investigate and consider use of the system. This booklet was developed to aid the consuming public in Canada in gaining some knowledge of metrication and how its application would affect their present economy. Included are: (1) an operational definition of metrication, (2) an explanation of the planned conversion process and what it would mean in terms of automobiles, food, clothing, furnishings, hardware and lumber, household equipment, paper, maps, weather, drugs, postage rates, and photographic materials, and (3) anticipated problems with the system resulting from conversion. (SN)

Published
1972

43. Study Opportunities for Ministers, January 1968 to January 1969.

Author

National Council of Churches of Christ, New York, NY. Dept. of Ministry.

Abstract

An alphabetical directory is presented of continuing education opportunities for ministers as offered by 111 seminaries, councils of churches, and other agencies in the United States, Canada, and several overseas countries. Doctrinal theology, pastoral counseling, behavioral sciences, social ethics, worship, community action, and 12 other subject fields are denoted by letter codes; other fields are listed as they occur. Data are given on program dates or length of study, tuition or fees, board and room costs, eligibility, degrees granted, applicability of programs to degree work, scholarships (if any), and sources of further information. Program listings are preceded by advice on seeking other sources of continuing education, information sources on possible tax deductions for continuing education, and the edited version of a seminar paper on program objectives and evaluation. Also included are three references, geographical and subject indexes, and a list of other Department of Ministry publications. (ly)

Published
1968

44. Canadian School Life Tables

Author

Stafford, Jim

Abstract

Paper reveals that Canadian children tend to begin their school life at a later age than U.S. or Indian children and that Canadian school participation rates peak a year earlier and thereafter decline more rapidly than U.S. rates. (Author/CB)

Published
1973