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Direct linkFox, Joanne; Birol, Gülnur; Han, Andrea; Cassidy, Alice; Nakonechny, Joanne; Berger, Jim; Peacock, Simon; Samuels, Lacey – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2014
The First Year Seminar in Science (SCIE113) was developed during 2009/2010 academic year through an exemplary collaboration between faculty, administrators and educational support staff in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC). SCIE113 reflects the vision and values of the Faculty of Science and UBC by offering an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, First Year Seminars, Educational Experience
Mascall, Blair; Leung, Joannie – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2012
In a study of Ontario, Canada's province-wide Primary Class Size Reduction (PCS) Initiative, school districts' ability to direct and support schools was related to their experience with planning and monitoring, interest in innovation, and its human and fiscal resource base. Districts with greater "resource capacity" were able to…
Descriptors: Class Size, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Fiscal Capacity
Quirke, Linda – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2009
The new institutionalism predicts that professionalism is a key element of organizations' ability to be seen as legitimate. Emphasizing the professionalism and formal credentials of its members lends legitimacy to the organization, protecting it from scrutiny. What happens when this norm of professionalism is absent? How do schools legitimate…
Descriptors: Credentials, Private Schools, Private Sector, Foreign Countries
