Education
Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, morals, beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include teaching, training, storytelling, discussion and directed research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of educators, however learners can also educate themselves. Education can take place in formal or informal settings and any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered educational. The methodology of teaching is called pedagogy. Formal education is commonly divided formally into such stages as preschool or kindergarten, primary school, secondary school and then college, university, …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
The Great Right North charts the growth of far-right groups in Canada, illuminating how official and unofficial government attention generates the context in which they flourish. Breaking new ground by …
Winks 256 Hall-Dennis and the Road to Utopia Education and Modernity in Ontario Josh Cole 257 University … University Women A History of Women and Higher Education in Canada Sara Z. MacDonald 258 Canada to Ireland … working in a variety of sectors, except for education. In addition to these interviews, we met with … cultural elites); and external institutions, like education and the media. We would add to this list other …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Critic, translator, essayist, and gay man, Édouard Roditi (1910–1992) was a singular witness to the twentieth century. His writings over six decades are a unique account of a life lived …
obvious relevance, or status as part of a “general education” at the time Roditi was writing. If some appear … nineteenth-century French schools. Even now, this kind of education continues to be available in many cities of formerly …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 French
Dans À quoi sert la philanthropie?, Hilary Pearson démystifie le monde de la philanthropie canadienne en dressant un portrait actuel des fondations et en mettant en lumière des organisations qui …
Les subventions relevant de la catégorie « éducation » ne sont pas toutes destinées à améliorer l’éducation … termes de subventions accordées8. 21 % 11 % 32 % Éducation et recherche 16 % Santé 11 % Services sociaux …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Vancouver, British Columbia, now reports “no religion” as its leading religious identity, putting it in the vanguard of a trend happening across North America. What does this mean for the …
Wigg-Stevenson, an associate professor in contextual education and theology at Emmanuel College, Toronto. She …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Sanctuary in Pieces documents the evolving nature of sanctuary in settler societies. Drawing on archival research and interviews in Montreal/Mooniyaang/Tiohtià:ke, Madokoro explores the history of protection and hospitality over two …
migrants.”6 Such policies have included access to education and health care for people without legal status …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 15 October 2024 English
“Coren tells us the stories of his fascinating life with clarity, self-deprecating wit, and page-turning verve.” — STEPHEN FRY From England’s working class to high profile media personality, Michael Coren …
probably unfair, but it provided a first- class education to children whose parents could never have af- … polite thirteen- year- olds to fuck off. The education at Wanstead was generally very good, and I even … confusion, and it definitely had an effect on our education. One boy in our year went to Cambridge, but he … known centre for Anglican and interdenominational education in the evangelical tradition. Methodism was around …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
A thorough account of the cultural achievements of the anthropologist and media scholar Edmund Snow Carpenter.
immediately foreseeable based on his upbringing and education. Born in Rochester, New York, in 1922, he preferred …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
The Past, Present, and Future of Canadian Cities explores the historical functions of municipalities, their current ability to tackle major problems, and how to unlock the potential of cities to …
specific reference to municipal governments and education in Ontario. Tassonyi demonstrates how Ontario … 1840s to establish a system of manda- tory public education in Lower Canada, with modest success. Given the … rallying cry in the popular agitation against the Education bill.”56 Some alleged that popular opposition …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Canadian municipalities oversee the country’s most urgent policy areas, yet the constitutional authority of cities to manage their increasing obligations has not kept pace. This volume considers how policy, law, …
municipal policy programs to maximize health, education, and labour-market outcomes for newcomers. AnalogousCity …
Fraser Institute · 8 October 2024 English
The Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools 2024 ranks 292 public, Catholic, independent and charter secondary schools based on eight academic indicators generated from Grade 12 provincewide testing, grade-to-grade transition …
school administrators. The web sites of Alberta Education, local school districts, and individual schools … results provided by Alberta Education (the provincial ministry of education) we rate each school on a … the students. For each diploma course, Alberta Education, the authority that designed the course, administers … findings are supported by data from Alberta Education. However, the same research found that “there … and Mathematics 30-1Fraser Institute Studies in Education Policy 7 or 30-2 — depending upon which courses …
