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Healthy Children Learn Best: Why and How Leaders in Urban Schools Should and Can Improve Health Care Delivery in Urban School Settings, 4(8)
No full textOpening this study are rationales describing why the study of health care in urban school settings is important. Additionally, descriptions of how health care is administered in urban centers in Canada, the United States, internationally, and in an economically disadvantaged urban school district located in Phoenix, Arizona, are given. Results taken from this study indicate that inadequate training and limited resources and time acted as barriers to providing needy students with effective health care treatment in eight urban elementary school settings. Additionally, findings suggest that doubts and fears about involvement, and efforts to cultivate and protect teacher professionalism discouraged teachers and administrators in the eight schools from becoming advocates and more actively involved in health care issues
Using Stories to Shift Attitudes: The Case of Bullying, 4(4)
No full textThis article provides a brief report of the application of a stories-based approach to culture change in a small urban elementary school. In the article we concentrate on recounting the process implemented in an attempt to shift the values and beliefs held by staff about bullying. In the first section we review some of the literature on stories and outline a four-stage model for using stories to shift school culture. We then illustrate each of the four stages as they applied to the problem of bullying. The illustration shows how stories can be used to influence values, norms and beliefs in the school
Accrediting \u27this\u27 space and place: Pre-service program accreditation and the process of (re)presentation--A Case Study, 4(7)
No full textIn 1998, members of the Faculty of Education at Nipissing University in Ontario, Canada wrestled with preparations for a pre-service education program review to be carried out by the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT). The OCT\u27s Standards of Practice and Education Committee (SPEC) had developed a draft set of themes and indicators relating to standards of practice. The Faculty was, in turn, expected to evidence those indicators. Part of such an evidential warrant was the expectation that the on-site evaluation panel would "visit and spend quality time in an Exhibits Room" (OCT, 1997/1998, p. 19)--a room designed to contain "demonstrations of student learning--a living documents room to read and view samples of teacher candidates\u27 products, portfolios, videotapes, CD ROMs, essays: artifacts that demonstrate the theory/practice connection" (p. 19). This hyper-article focusses upon the conceptualization, design, and development of that room and the power of its contribution towards securing a favourable review from the OCT accreditation panel through the lens of Elliot Eisner\u27s alternate forms of data representation
Review Essay: InspirationÇ v6.0, Classroom Ideas: Using Inspiration® for Teachers by Teachers, and Exploring Inspiration®: Interactive Training CD-ROM, 4(10)
No full textThe Technology-Infused English Classroom, 4(13)
No full textThis article outlines the minimum code for a technology infused English classroom. It then presents a series of scenarios in which teachers and students utilise technology to enhance the learning process. Finally, Westside Elementary School in Hood River, Oregon and Tahatai Coast School, in New Zealand are used as case studies to explore the teacher development processes which are a necessary precursor to the technology infused school and technology enhanced learning
Equity in Faculty Recruitment, 4(12)
No full textThis paper looks at equity in employment and in particular, recruitment and hiring practices in Canadian universities. First, I review the literature on equity in employment in Canada and Ontario in particular, and also organizational hiring practices, and those mainly at the university level. Next, I describe the cycle that one university department underwent of the hiring process. I question whether the recruitment and hiring process is and can be equitable
Review Essay: Assessing Technology: International Trends In Curriculum And Assessment: U.K., Germany, U.S.A., Taiwan, and Australia by Richard Kimbell, 4(6)
No full textRestructuring Faculties of Education: State of the Nation, 4(2)
No full textSignificant changes are occurring in faculties of education across Canada as institutions restructure to address financial constraints and the changing needs of the teaching profession. To understand the restructuring process, a cross-Canada study was implemented using a modified delphi. Findings indicate that education faculties and departments will be smaller with fewer staff and limited course offerings. Some universities are implementing specialized programs in an attempt to develop a niche for themselves, and others are focusing on certain areas of research to more effectively utilize their expertise and increase their capability to obtain grants. Overall, there are likely to be significantly fewer faculties and departments of education as institutions rationalize their programs. Organizations are also becoming more decentralized and professors are assuming more responsibilities while obtaining more control over program content. At the same time, institutions are granting more authority to external stakeholders in an attempt to develop programs more responsive and appropriate to local needs
Principal Training: The Missing Link for Successful School Councils, 4(9)
No full textThe findings reported in this article are the result of a two-phase research project. The first part of the study was conducted during the spring, 1995 in fifteen schools based in Canada and Europe. The next portion was a two-year case study conducted in a Canadian milieu concluding in spring, 1999. This study accentuates the fundamental shifts in power that are considered imperative for effective site-based management. It informs that a combination of theoretical and practical exposure to site-based management is an essential influence on its effectiveness. This was most strikingly apparent in the critical area of principals\u27 leadership approach which requires direct, immediate and ongoing training
