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Catechesis and Religious Education in Canadian Catholic Schools
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Rymarz, Richard – Religious Education, 2011
A key concept in contemporary Catholic educational discourse makes a distinction between religious education and catechesis. This distinction is based on the assumptions of faith commitment on the part of catechesis and the focus on cognitive outcomes on the part of religious education. Many official documents on Canadian Catholic school…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Catholics, Foreign Countries, Religious Education
L'Enseignement de la Grammaire en Immersion Francaise au Secondaire: Les Premieres Lignes d'un Curriculum Communicatif Base sur les Besoins des apprenants.es (The Teaching of Grammar in Secondary Level French Immersion Courses: A Communicative Approach in a Curriculum Based on the Needs of the Students).
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Rheaume, Martine – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1997
Discusses the need to use the "communicative approach" to teach French grammar in French immersion classes in Canada. Emphasis is placed on the value of using a "needs-based syllabus" that considers the immediate and long-term employment needs of each individual, as well as the psychological and developmental needs. (18…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Objectives, Employment Potential, Foreign Countries
Displacement and Discrimination--a Double Burden for Workers of Colour.
Shields, Jennifer – TESL Talk, 1993
Interviews an authority on antiracist education in Canada. The article presents issues for consideration by English-as-a-Second-Language teachers preparing displaced workers facing racism in employment. Issues raised include the types of racial barriers existing in the Ontario job market and the "modus operandi" and pervasiveness of…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Course Objectives, Employment Qualifications, English (Second Language)
Racial Barriers in Job Search, and Other Dominant Themes in a Teacher Training Program.
Lynn, Karen; McDonald, Valerie – TESL Talk, 1993
Discusses a training session, based on a needs assessment, provided for college English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) staff whose students were displaced workers. The needs assessment indicated that teachers needed strategies to help students deal with the racial barriers encountered in their job search and with their anxiety focused on the end of…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Anxiety, College Faculty, Community Resources
Moncton's Multi-Faceted Art Program.
Strugnell, William – Education Canada, 1982
Describes the art education program in Moncton, New Brunswick (Canada) from elementary school through senior high, emphasizing art as a serious discipline that demands a coherent structure, definite objectives, sequential learning skills, reasonable expectations of both product and process, a regular place in the timetable, and trained teachers…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Teachers, Classroom Environment