British Columbia headlines
Many entry-level jobs – particularly ones in exploration such as bush work and mineral sampling – attract students from diverse fields of study, said Gavin Dirom, president and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration B.C.
Three new online tools for teaching, learning literacy and essential skills
Posted: June 7, 2011 | 
Category: Learning
Building on what has been learned over the past decade about the impacts of violence on learning, here are three groundbreaking online tools that can help students to learn more effectively and help programs to improve their practices.
How ‘cloud computing’ can contribute to literacy in Canada: AlphaPlus (PDF)
Posted: June 6, 2011 |
Category: Learning
A new report from AlphaPlus suggests that with the help of cloud computing, the future of cyberspace for adult literacy will see a proliferation of new and easily accessible literacy tools such as smartphone applications to help read signs and turn text into voice.
Contemporary students disadvantaged by dismissal of imitation as valid learning exercise: Judith Rice Henderson
Posted: June 2, 2011 |
Category: Learning
In Renaissance Italy, imitation was widely regarded as a crucial education tool, challenging students to learn by copying elements of a pre-existing work. Today, such an exercise would be condemned as plagiarism.
Survey of recent immigrants shows they expected all Canadians would speak both French, English
Posted: June 2, 2011 |
Category: Learning
Immigrants landing in Calgary are confused by the dominance of English in that city, and express puzzlement that they don't hear much French spoken on the street or in buses. They wonder, under those circumstances, why Canada calls itself bilingual.
Expert in language learning, literacy speaks out about using research in education to avoid making ‘major policy mistakes’
Posted: June 2, 2011 |
Category: Learning
James Cummins, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Language Learning and Literacy says: “Education is a part of society that gets a lot of money spent on it, so there needs to be support for all kinds of education research, even if it contradicts conventional thinking.”
How the brain benefits from bilingualism: research highlighted at Congress 2011
Posted: June 2, 2011 |
Category: Learning
New research shows that bilingualism assists the brain in its ability to focus and can stave off the negative effects of Alzheimer's disease in old age.
Calling all high school valedictorians: Pathways to Education Canada needs your help
Posted: June 1, 2011 |
Category: Learning
With a high school dropout rate in some of Canada's low-income communities higher than 70 per cent, Pathways to Education Canada is encouraging valedictorians to use their graduation speeches to help spread the word that all students deserve the support and opportunities needed to graduate.
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