The Arts and Science Honours Academy (ASHA) is a unique interdisciplinary undergraduate honours programme at a large research-intensive university in Canada. Data were collected in early 2020 from 108 past and present students, representing the first eleven cohorts of the programme. Triangulating results from quantitative and qualitative analyses,…

The purpose of this research study was to explore how one rural elementary music programme deepens students' sense of place. Place-based educational research has explored the implementation of such programme in the areas of social studies and visual arts, however, more research is needed to examine how music education can deepen students' sense of…

Since the first Circle of Trust retreat was offered in 2005, the Center for Courage & Renewal (CCR) and other individual facilitators across the United States, Canada, and Australia have continued to offer many cross-professional retreats, as they have proven extremely popular. They are designed for people from any profession who want to…

The questionnaire for parents who previewed the drug education program for grades 4-7 in the Vancouver schools and responses to the questionnaire are presented. All questions except one involve rating aspects of the program on a scale--excellent, good, fair, poor. The last question asks for the respondent's comments. (For related documents, see TM…

School administrators face many dilemmas when deciding to implement sex education programs. Arguments for and against sex education being taught in schools are offered along with the author's personal opinion. (DF)

The questionnaire administered to persons who assisted with the drug education program in Vancouver in grades 4-7 and responses to the questionnaire are presented. Most questions involve rating aspects of the program on a scale--excellent, good, fair, poor. The last question asks for the respondent's comments. (For related documents, see TM 002…

The purpose of this study is to assess in selected Vancouver elementary schools the drug education program utilizing the film "Drugs Are Like That." Questionnaire responses are summarized for: (1) parents who attended the advanced showings of the film with the subsequent discussions on drug abuse, and (2) principals, teacher,…

An evaluation is presented of two inservice courses on computer science designed to help teachers achieve computer literacy. Positive changes in teachers' attitudes toward computers were noted as well as gains in functional knowledge and computer literacy. There was little or no change in teachers' priorities for computer use, program expansion,…

A partial immersion bilingual (English-Ukrainian) program which included Grades 1 to 3 was examined to determine: (1) the program students' achievement in mathematics, English and Ijrainian; (2) the attitudes of parents and program personnel toward the program; (3) the program students' level of cognitive development; and (4) reasons students left…

The Saanich Elementary Internship Program (SEIP), a team effort between the University of Victoria (British Columbia) faculty of education and the Saanich School District, was investigated for the purpose of improving the preparation of elementary school teachers. The Saanich School District was primarily responsible for selection and placement of…

This study examined the relative worth of the various components of the teacher education program offered to graduates of the University of Manitoba for the years 1978 and 1984. Because it was assumed that teachers' assessments of the value of various aspects of their training program would change with experience, two populations with different…

The Learning Partners Program (LPP) of the Westview Schools in North York (Ontario) was evaluated. The language arts program paired primary school students from grades 1 to 3 with junior school students three years older. The junior school students received preparation from their homeroom teachers. The evaluation examined the degree of program…

The Community Involvement Program (CIP) carried out in a grade 12 class in each of three Etobicoke secondary schools in the Province of Ontario was evaluated. The data analyses at the end of the first year of the program indicated that the CIP had achieved its major objectives of: (1) increased knowledge of community and social agencies; (2)…

This study was conducted to provide information for the Ontario Ministry of Education about the 1990-91 graduating class of candidates from teacher education institutions in Ontario. Subjects were 5,080 English-language and 417 French-language teacher education graduates. A longitudinal survey was taken in three stages over a period of two years.…

The Junior High School Mathematics Consortium was a project in cooperative curriculum development involving 20 Alberta, Canada school systems. The project materials were developed and revised according to performance objectives developed by the Edmonton Public School Board, and the program unit booklets were developed cooperatively by ten school…