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Dawson, Debra L. – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2017
This paper examines levers or drivers that have influenced the direction of educational development in Canada over the last 40 years and also tries to predict what will be the impact of some current levers on changing the work of developers in the next 20 years. Reflecting on those years, it is apparent our work in the 1980s was very focused on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends
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Rolheiser, Carol; Evans, Mark; Gambhir, Mira; Broad, Kathy – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2012
Since 2002 the Initial Teacher Education Program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, has run a series of professional learning partnership projects between university instructors and K-12 educators. The Inquiry Into Practice Series, based on a collaborative inquiry approach, has strengthened the commitment to…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries, College Faculty
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Smit, Julie; Cavallo-Medved, Dora; Poling, Kirsten – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2011
Do you have an idea for a new activity or laboratory exercise that you would like to incorporate into your course but feel unsure as to how it will be received by your students? This was our concern when developing first-year biology labs for a biology majors' course at University of Windsor. Through a Centred on Learning Innovation Fund (CLIF)…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Course Improvement Projects, Laboratory Training, Laboratory Experiments
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Hewlett, Katherine – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2012
This project built upon the AchieveAbility initiative, which develops materials and training for teaching specific learning difference learners in schools and colleges. AchieveAbility devised the concept for the "InCurriculum" Project and brought together a consortium of United Kingdom higher education institutions to deliver the…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Learning Disabilities
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Jamal, Zenobia; Guo, Shibao – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2008
The student population in Canada's higher education institutions is becoming increasingly racially and culturally diverse. Canadian higher education has the obligation to build inclusive teaching and learning environments where the needs and aspirations of students from diverse cultures and backgrounds can be addressed in an equitable manner.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Classroom Environment, Student Diversity, Educational Change