NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Light, Justine; Gnida, Sara – TESL Canada Journal, 2012
This article presents the development, rollout, and subsequent uptake of the Alberta Teachers of English as a Second Language (ATESL) document Best Practices for "Adult English as a Second Language (ESL)/Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Programming" in the light of literature on teacher engagement with second-language…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Scardamalia, Marlene; Bereiter, Carl – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2010
Knowledge Building as a theoretical, pedagogical, and technological innovation focuses on the 21st century need to work creatively with knowledge. The team now advancing Knowledge Building spans multiple disciplines, sectors, and cultural contexts. Several teacher-researcher-government partnerships have formed to bring about the systemic changes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Research and Development, Intentional Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McGinn, Michelle K. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2010
This paper presents a qualitative case study of statistical practice in a university-based statistical consulting centre. Naturally occurring conversations and activities in the consulting sessions provided opportunities to observe questions, problems, and decisions related to selecting, using, and reporting statistics and statistical techniques…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Consultants, Statistics, Case Studies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Stefanovic, Ingrid Leman – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the role that the University of Toronto has had in helping to establish a Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development in Toronto, Canada. The way in which the RCE initiative has helped to move forward the university's own five-year plan will also be discussed.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Expertise, Partnerships in Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Dahms, Tanya; McMartin, Dena; Petry, Roger – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the unique collaborative process initiated at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada, to develop a Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) through the United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS). Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Governance, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Regional Characteristics