Changing Ideologies and Provision in Western Canadian Primary Education.

Gammage, Philip

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Publication Date: 1991

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Changing Ideologies and Provision in Western Canadian Primary Education.

Gammage, Philip

Comparative Education, v27 n3 p311-23 1991

Compares recent policy changes in Alberta and British Columbia concerning preschool and primary education. Discusses the conflicts involved in a movement away from centrally imposed models of norm-referenced attainment to a more child-focused developmentally based curriculum in a flexible nongraded setting. Contains 30 references. (SV)

Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Nongraded Instructional Grouping, Student Centered Curriculum

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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