This article provides an overview of the integrative process of initiating an action research project on literacy for students "at risk" in a Canadian urban elementary school. As the article demonstrates, this requires development of a school-wide framework, which informs the action research project and desired outcomes, and a shared…

A number of times over the past century, there have been struggles in the United States over what is and is not included in the history curriculum. These struggles have primarily been over who is represented in the teaching of history. In Canada, however, this debate has not been as prevalent. For example, Historica's Heritage Minutes is a…

Practice-based research projects that expose some of the inherent tensions in action research are described. Two projects focused on curriculum implementation, and one investigated the nature of and influences on school-based curriculum decision-making. (IAH)

An Ontario (Canada) provincial review of geography instruction was undertaken to: (1) determine student achievement levels and program effectiveness; (2) identify implementation strategies for a compulsory course, entitled "Canadian Studies Geography"; and (3) pilot test a new review model designed to analyze intended, implemented, and…

This report describes research and development projects carried on by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) during the period May 1, 1977 through April 30, 1978. The project descriptions in most instances are based on proposals prepared prior to initiation of work. Where reports, publications, or other materials have been produced…

Information for this inventory of research into higher education in Canada was obtained from a survey of 1800 persons in universities, community colleges, associations, and government departments. A total of 308 projects are reported and are classified under six headings: general; administration, finance and manpower; curriculum and teaching;…

This edition of the annual "Inventory of Research into Higher Education in Canada" contains a description of about 250 research projects that are in progress or were completed during 1975. Intended to be wide in scope, it includes not only research projects but also other contributions to the study of postsecondary education such as…

We reflect on methodological issues arising in two of our own research projects as a form of practice, as a way of engaging in a praxis of project research. The projects chosen for this purpose are themselves concerned with teacher education and curriculum development in environmental education: they include participatory "reflective…