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Emberley, Peter C.; Newell, Waller R. – 1994
This book argues that the Canadian public higher education system should return to the principles of a classical tradition of liberal education, abandoning the experimentation in school curricula and teaching methods of the last three decades. Taking as its point of departure the Ontario government's initiatives concerning destreaming and the…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Classical Literature, Conventional Instruction, Educational Change
Peer reviewedThomas, Gary – Oxford Review of Education, 1986
Argues that technology now offers the opportunity for neutralizing the conflicting demands of child-centered, progressive, humanistic education with the back-to-basics demands voiced in recent years. Analyzes why education has had difficulty in responding to the potential of new technology. (JDH)
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Conventional Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Methods
