scholarly journals Expanding on #YouDoYou: Reflections from the 2015 Cohort of 3M National Student Fellows on Exploring Authenticity in Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Karen Young ◽  
Justine Baek ◽  
Piper Riley Thompson ◽  
Wali Shah ◽  
Vrindy Spencer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Status

The fourth cohort of 3M National Student Fellows explores the current state of our post-secondary education system across Canada and opportunities to further tune into practice in order to pursue an authentic and meaningful academic life. Six of the 2015 3M National Student Fellows propose recommendations for decision-makers at post-secondary institutions across Canada to challenge the status quo through embracing varied methods of teaching and learning.

The Status of Forest Technician Training in Canada

1969 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13
Author(s):  
George A. Garratt
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
The Past ◽  
Forest Industries ◽  
The Status ◽  
Consistent Increase ◽  
Technician Training

Stimulated most recently by the reorganization of the post-secondary education systems in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec, the number of formal forest-technician training programs has now increased to 17, two-thirds of them two-year offerings, with several additional courses in prospect for 1969. Enrollments have shown a rather consistent increase over the past six years, as a consequence both of the initiation of 13 new programs during that period and of enlarged student bodies in the older establishments. The number of forest-technician diploma awards reached an all-time high of 472 in 1968, to give a ratio of 4.4 technicians per professional (B.Sc.F.) degree recipient. About two-thirds of the 1968 graduates who entered forestry work were employed by provincial agencies, approximately a fourth were hired by the forest industries, and the balance entered federal service.

scholarly journals Barriers to Differentiation: Applying Organizational Studies to Ontario Higher Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-37
Author(s):  
Roger Pizarro Milian ◽  
Scott Davies ◽  
David Zarifa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Organizational Studies ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Status Seeking ◽  
Institutional Differentiation

Ontario’s Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities is currently attempting to increase institutional differentiation within that province’s post-secondary education system. We contend that such policies aimed to trigger organizational change are likely to generate unanticipated responses. Using insights from the field of organizational studies, we anticipate four plausible responses from universities to the ministry’s directives: remaining sensitive to their market demand, ceremonial compliance, continued status seeking, and isomorphism. We provide several policy recommendations that might help the ministry overcome these possible barriers to further differentiation.  

Instructional Issues and Retention of First-Year Students

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-285
Author(s):  
Richard A. Giaquinto
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
First Year ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Financial Problems ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
To Receive

Literature on retention for first-year students appears to focus on the emotional, interpersonal, and financial problems these students face when beginning their post-secondary education. The article accepts the importance of these issues and their effect on retention. However, the article suggests that there are other issues that should be addressed when we try to uncover reasons why some students lack the persistence and do not complete their degrees. They are respectively the cognitive development of these students, their perception of teaching and learning, and most importantly the type of instruction they receive in their beginning classes. Each of these areas is discussed and a model of instruction is presented that calls for this cohort of students to receive instruction that actively engages them in their own learning. Suggestions are provided for instructors in an effort to help them make their students more active and engaged learners.

scholarly journals Media Usage in Post-Secondary Education and Implications for Teaching and Learning

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. e3 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Gidion ◽  
L.F. Capretz ◽  
K.N. Meadows ◽  
M. Grosch
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Media Usage

scholarly journals A Continuum of Approaches to Service-Learning within Canadian Post-secondary Education

1969 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-100
Author(s):  
Tony Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Student Development ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Liberatory Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Potential Impact

This article provides a multi-level conceptual framework for service-learning that can serve as a decision-making guide for service-learning initiatives in Canadian post-secondary education. Service-learning approach options along a non-hierarchical continuum (philanthropic, social justice, and social transformation) are examined; the theoretical clusters used to frame this examination include experiential education, social learning, student development, and liberatory education. Various dimensions and potential implications of each approach are explored. Regardless of the particular service-learning approach adopted by Canadian institutions, decision makers and participants should be conscious of the parameters and potential impact of their chosen approach.

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