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The Mathematics Program and Declining Enrolment in Ontario.
Girhiny, John – 1978
A task force composed of educators and members of the business community studied the effects of declining enrollment on the mathematics program in Ontario. The group suggests that the main impact of decline on the mathematics program will be an intensification of the existing problems, which include insufficient student practice in mathematical…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction
The PANG Project. Process Analysis of Non-Grading. Project No. 214.
Thelin, Annika Andrae – Newsletter School Research, 1981
The quality of instruction may be similar in both traditional/graded and innovative/nongraded classrooms. This essay discusses the results of instruction observed in several nongraded (of varying degrees) Swedish schools serving grades 7-9. A multigraded organization requires more planning by teachers for individualization of instruction, and…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Individualized Instruction
Split Grade Classrooms; An Educational Dilemma.
Craig, Cheryl; McLellan, Jim – Education Canada, 1987
Although the single-grade classroom has emerged as the most prevalent administrative arrangement, the existence of the split grade phenomenon continues to be a part of educational tradition in both rural and urban schools, predominantly at the elementary levels. Teachers are then forced to compromise curriculum to teach all levels simultaneously.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Problems, Educational Quality
A Multiple-Progress Plan for the Small School?
Fogarty, M. F. – Teachers' Forum (Australia), 1982
The article discusses the educational situation in Queensland and offers an alternative to the present open education plan. It suggests: that traditional education is appropriate for teaching basic skills, as in specific areas of mathematics where one level of mastery may depend on certain knowledge at a lower level; that curricula which are…
Descriptors: Continuous Progress Plan, Conventional Instruction, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Birdsville. Isolated Schools' Project 1999.
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Dwyer, Shelley – Education in Rural Australia, 1999
A final-year student teacher from the University of Southern Queensland (Australia) describes her student teaching experiences in a one-room school in the isolated town of Birdsville, focusing on the harsh natural environment, the demands of a multiage classroom, and positive attributes of the small school and community involvement. (SV)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Geographic Isolation, Higher Education
Teaching in Gunpowder. Isolated Schools' Project 1999.
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Williams, Elizabeth – Education in Rural Australia, 1999
A final-year student teacher from the University of Southern Queensland (Australia) describes her student teaching experiences at Gunpowder State School, an isolated one-room school in central Queensland, focusing on techniques for managing the multiage classroom and teacher-community relationships. (SV)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Similarities between Early Childhood Education in Oxfordshire, England and Reggio Emilia, Italy.
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Firlik, Russell J. – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1993
Discusses four similarities between early childhood education systems in Oxfordshire, England and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Similarities between the two school systems include an integrated curriculum; (mixed) age grouping and school organization; the teacher's role; and the pedagogical underpinnings. (BB)
Descriptors: British Infant Schools, Classroom Environment, Comparative Education, Early Childhood Education