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Pence, Alan – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2021
The Investigating Quality (IQ) Project was conceptualized as a multiple systems approach to transforming early childhood education, care, and development (ECE/ECD) in British Columbia, Canada. Those systems extended from provincial government to local programs, from innovative policies to new approaches to practice. Fortunately, the tenure of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Preschool Education, Educational Policy, Educational Innovation
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Shulman, Lawrence – Journal of Social Work Education, 2016
Factors external and internal to social work practice have caused our profession to question its role and identity. The emergence of evidence-based or evidenced informed practices forces the profession to reexamine its unique identity and its historical roots. This article addresses the problems in the dominant paradigm guiding our profession, the…
Descriptors: Social Work, Educational Practices, Educational Change, Models
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Fusarelli, Lance D. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2015
Using international data on child well-being and educational attainment, this article compares child well-being in the United States to member countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Multiple measures of child well-being are analyzed, such as material well-being (including poverty, unemployment, and income…
Descriptors: Well Being, Educational Attainment, Comparative Analysis, Poverty
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Underwood, Kathryn; Frankel, Elaine B. – Infants and Young Children, 2012
This article examines current policies and early intervention services for children with disabilities and their families in Canada within the principles of the Developmental Systems Approach (M. J. Guralnick, 2005, 2011). The article considers the sociopolitical context of Canada, especially with respect to diversity and equity. Applying the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Young Children, Disabilities
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Svevo-Cianci, Kimberly A.; Hart, Stuart N.; Rubinson, Claude – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objectives: (1) To identify which United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) recommended child protection (CP) measures, such as policy, reporting systems, and services for child abuse and neglect (CAN) victims, individually or in combination, were most important in establishing a basic level of child protection in 42 countries;…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Childrens Rights, Child Safety, Child Abuse
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Nevo, Dorit; McClean, Ron; Nevo, Saggi – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2010
This paper discusses the relative advantage offered by online Students' Evaluations of Teaching (SET) and describes a study conducted at a Canadian university to identify critical success factors of online evaluations from students' point of view. Factors identified as important by the students include anonymity, ease of use (of both SET survey…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Information Technology, Surveys, Evaluation Methods
Allen, Moyra; Reidy, Mary – 1971
This 5-year study evaluates the first diploma nursing program in Canada within an educational institution, that of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto. Various factors affecting student and Ryerson graduates performance are studied to answer two questions: (1) What type of nurse is being prepared through the Ryerson nursing program, and (2)…
Descriptors: Career Development, Comparative Analysis, Followup Studies, Individual Development