The Canadian Human Rights Foundation initiated a survey, using interviews and questionnaires, on promoting human rights education. It was found that the majority of educational practitioners surveyed did not have a policy on human rights education. Methods and techniques to promote this policy are discussed. (JAZ)

This study was designed to determine Canadian teachers' perceptions of work related stress and to assess the degree to which these stressors accounted for overall job stress. Results indicated the factors which most contributed to overall job stress were role overload, relationships with students, work load, and relationships with colleagues.…

Five articles on issues associated with French immersion approaches and bilingual education within the Canadian educational system are presented. Topics include attitudes, impacts, children's reading processes, early versus late immersion programs in British Columbia, and a study of writing ability of English-speaking students in French-speaking…

Fourteen articles on the education of the gifted child in Canada are presented. Topics addressed include the giftedness construct, Canadian law and policy, integrative program policy, program planning and evaluation, teacher training, disabled gifted students, psychosocial dimensions of giftedness, the Ontario experience, innovative and…

Identifies and discusses two difficulties in application of humanities metaphors to educational phenomena: lack of criteria to assist in metaphor selection and transferring systems of discourse from a humanity to education in conditions in which the receiver is unfamiliar with the original sources. (NEC)

References to Plato, Aristotle, Hegel, and Marx illustrate essential characteristics of liberal education; central concern with the educationally valuable; development of mind as a whole; and acceptance of hierarchy within knowledge. Criticizes contemporary groups (primitivists, multiculturalists, reductionists, indoctrinators, vocationalists,…

A 100-item test covering nine areas of superstitious belief administered with 10 control items to 1,749 Canadian and British children showed younger children and girls were more superstitious than older children and boys. Academically inclined children were less superstitious. Science-based education had little effect. Implications for Canadian…

Notes that increasing support for denominational education in Canada challenges educators to examine the issue before serious conflict reaches the courts. Notes that denominational education is affecting teachers' professionalism and human rights. Explains that because existing court judgments are contradictory, conflict resolution is better…

Attempts to predict mid-range futures for Canadian university faculties of education using techniques of organization theory. Presents both worst case and best case scenarios within organizations and focuses on choices among strategic alternatives involving substantially different educational missions. (SB)

Describes Newfoundland's method of identifying discrepancies among high school graduation marks and the consequences for students of adjustments made to reduce the differences. Notes effect of size of school, random error, and influence of school or teacher on differences. Considers three sets of assumptions necessary for the analysis. (SB)

Argues that although both functionalist and "reproductive" radical paradigms of formal education assume that students passively internalize dominant norms and values taught by the school, the assumption is not invariably tenable. Demonstrates that systems of education serve as agents of legitimation and mediate the dialective relationship between…

Describes the results of survey of 1,100 grade 5, 8, and 11 students to determine their knowledge of and attitudes toward world affairs. Notes that age, sex, and class were the most important correlates and that children were only marginally more knowledgeable about domestic politics than international affairs. (SB)

Reports an investigation showing the different purposes of seeking information and the different sources of information used by elementary and secondary administrators, support personnel, teachers, and department heads. Discusses implications of the study in the development of information delivery systems. (SB)

Analyzes the strategies that Canadian community colleges must adopt to survive in the 1980s, noting conflicting sociocultural value systems in Canada, the social and political forces which gave rise to community colleges, and the current status of community colleges. (SB)

Describes the activities of 16 senior educational administrators and examines their purposes, goals, and approaches to those activities. Explores the relevance of the administrators' mental outlook to their conduct. Suggests implications for career planning, organizational leadership, and administrative influence over educational policy. (SB)