Native education has often been perceived as a low status cousin of the "regular" (that is, middle class, suburban, white) education system, and the achievement levels of Indian students have historically been low. This situation is often attributed to the past policies of many different federal gov...

Abstract: Technology integration occurs most effectively when students take ownership of their education (Dexter, Anderson, & Becker, 2000); this results in a learner-centered rather than teacher-centered learning environment (McCombs, 2002). One particular technology resource that has shown...

This article provides an account and discussion of research processes used in a contemporary study of early school leaving in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Early School Leavers Study was conducted in conversation with 193 young people who left school prior to graduating, their educators and parents. ...

Center for Educational Research, University of Prince Edward Island

Poster presentation, International Research Symposium, University of Alberta.

An excerpt from A Message from the National Standard Writing Committee of a report Achieving Information Literacy: Satandards for School Library Programs in Canada (2003) is presented.

This continuum or autism spectrum includes children with 'classic' autism, who demonstrate impairment in social interaction and communication as well as restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviour. PDD-NOS is a term used for children who have a milder form of autism and may share some but not al...