Publication Date
In 2024 | 0 |
Since 2023 | 0 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 1 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
Publication Type
Reports - Evaluative | 3 |
Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
Elementary Secondary Education | 2 |
Audience
Location
Canada | 4 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Program for International… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Johnson, Matthew; Riel, Richard; Germain-Froese, Bernie – Canadian Teachers' Federation, 2016
To get a better understanding of how networked technologies are impacting teachers and their teaching practices, in 2015 MediaSmarts partnered with the Canadian Teachers' Federation to survey 4,043 K-12 teachers and school administrators who were teaching in classroom settings across the country. The survey explored the extent to which networked…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Use Studies
Froese-Germain, Bernie – Canadian Teachers' Federation, 2013
Every three years the focus of the international education community shifts to the release of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). No other international study of education commands as much attention as PISA. In an age of intense global…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Cross Cultural Studies, Equal Education
Froese-Germain, Bernie – Canadian Teachers' Federation (NJ1), 2011
First the good news. There's a growing consensus that the quality of teachers and teaching is a major factor--some would say the most important school-based factor--in the quality of student learning. In sum (and this comes as no surprise to the teaching profession), good teaching matters. The bad news is that, in this highly charged climate of…
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Effectiveness, Standardized Tests
Froese-Germain, Bernie – Canadian Teachers' Federation (NJ1), 2004
Talk of accountability (or the lack thereof ) dominates current Canadian education debates. We're not alone in this regard. Mawhinney (1998) observes that "the educational reform agenda in many industrialized nations today is driven by a perceived crisis in accountability" (p. 98). Unfortunately, as Earl (2001) also reminds us,…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Standardized Tests, Educational Change, Teacher Associations