Now available Contemporary Economic Perspectives in Education Kristof De Witte (ed.) Contemporary Economic Perspectives in Education contributes to the growing field of ‘education economics’. This book provides a detailed approach to how economists treat earlier evidence, how they avoid measurement problems, and how they measure efficiency. Applications covered include the underperformance of boys, efficiency and…
Read articleEducation International (EI), the global voice for 30-million teachers and education workers, will hold its 7th World Congress in Ottawa in July. For the first time, Canada will greet the 1,500 teacher leaders from around the world who gather at the Congress which is held every four years. The last Congress was held in Cape…
Read articleOur colleague Dr. Hanne Mawhinney of the University of Maryland passed away on Jan. 24, 2015. I have copied below the message sent out by Michelle Young of UCEA with the announcement of this sad news. “Hanne’s passing represents an enormous loss for the field. UCEA, in particular, has benefited from Hanne’s keen insight, strong…
Read articleRegistration for ABC Ontario’s 2015 conference Professionals’ Day – Friday, February 20, 2015 is now open Keynote Speaker: Jean Peterson, Ph.D., professor emerita, directed school-counselor preparation in the Department of Educational Studies at Purdue University for several years. In her first career, she was an award-winning high school English and foreign language teacher. Later, she…
Read articleNews release: Study: Career decision-making patterns of Canadian youth and associated postsecondary educational outcomes http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/150127/dq150127a-eng.htm?cmp=mstatcan
Read articleNews release: School board revenues and expenditures http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/150121/dq150121f-eng.htm?cmp=mstatcan
Read articleThis conference follows research by the EXPERICE laboratory (Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité) and CNAM (Conservatoire national des arts et métiers) in response to the call by CNAF (Caisse nationale d’allocations familiales): “Quality of early childhood education and socialization of young children” (2012—‐2014). It offers the opportunity to dialogue with other researchers and to…
Read articleIs play at risk in the 21st century? Much has been written on the potential for children’s play to be usurped by more rigorous academics in early childhood curricula and by the growing trend of commercialization (Hill, 2011). This discourse prioritizes play as a means to an end (i.e., play for learning; play to combat…
Read articleThe Editors of the Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (JCACS) invite submissions for an upcoming Special Issue on the topic of Curriculum Theory and Teacher Education. Few collections have explicitly examined the linkage and utility of curriculum theory in relation to the education of teachers. While previous studies have used curricular frameworks…
Read articleCall for Abstracts The Education for Sustainable Well-Being Press (www.ESWB-Press.org) calls for submissions of abstracts of papers for consideration for the edited e-book volume on the theme: Indigenous Perspectives on Education for Well-Being in Canada The editors of the volume will be Thomas Falkenberg and Frank Deer of the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba.…
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