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Ontario's Postsecondary Cooperative Education in a National and a Global Context: A Mixed-Methods Exploration into Its Strength and Issues
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Zha, Qiang; Wu, Qing – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2020
Postsecondary cooperative (PSE co-op) education is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience, for which Ontario is termed a "hot bed." Adopting a mixed-methods design, this study explores the status and characteristics of Ontario's PSE co-op in the national and the global contexts through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Cooperative Education, Global Approach
The Changing Landscape of Graduate Teaching Certificate Programs in Canada
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Verkoeyen, Stephanie; Allard, Erin – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2020
In a 2014 paper, Kenny, Watson, and Watton analyzed 13 Canadian universities offering graduate teaching certificate programs. This research used the Kenny et al. (2014) framework to provide an update, addressing the following research questions. First, has there since been an increase in the number of graduate teaching certificate programs at…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Graduate Study, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education
Administrative Restructuring of a Residency Training Program for Improved Efficiency and Output
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van Zyl, Louis T.; Finch, Susan J.; Davidson, Paul R.; Arboleda-Florez, Julio – Academic Psychiatry, 2005
Objectives: Canadian residency training programs (RTP) have a program director (PD) and a residency program committee (RPC) overseeing program administration. Limited guidance is available about the ideal administrative structure of an RTP. This article describes administrative load in Canadian RTPs, presents a novel approach to delegating core…
Descriptors: Program Administration, Psychiatry, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
School Administrator's Guide to Implementing Language Programming
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Alberta Education, 2007
The "School Administrator's Guide to Implementing Language Programming" serves as a starting point to plan for and implement language programming. It provides a general overview; suggests practical strategies for working with students, parents, teachers and the surrounding community; and includes details on areas to address in selecting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Development, Program Implementation
Institutional Leadership for Educational Reform: The Atlantic Institute of Education. Experiments and Innovations in Education No. 3.
Anderson, Gary J.; Lauwerys, Joseph A. – 1978
A history of Canada's Atlantic Institute of Education (AIE) is given, including a description of the social environment that created the need for such an institution. Educational reform programs for teacher education, special education, and counselor education sponsored by AIE are described. The central use of educational research in AIE programs…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Counselor Training, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
University Continuing Education in Canada: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities.
Brooke, Michael, Ed.; Waldron, Mark, Ed. – 1994
This book contains the following papers about the role and activities of Canada's universities in continuing education: "Introduction" (Brooke, Waldron); "Continuing Education and the Canadian Mosaic" (Selman); "Philosophical Issues in Continuing Education" (Selman); "Improving Support Services for Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Programs, College Role, Community Education
Theory and Practice of Distance Education. Second Edition.
Holmberg, Borje – 1995
This book provides a comprehensive survey of literature regarding the theory and practice of distance education (DE). Among the aspects of DE discussed are the following; overall picture of DE today (concept/evolution, DE and open learning, modes of teaching/learning); background (basic questions concerning education/teaching/learning and impact…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Continuing Education, Correspondence Study