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- First day in the school of soft knocks. Bunner, Paul // Report / Newsmagazine (Alberta Edition);9/24/2001, Vol. 28 Issue 18, p2
Comments on the public school system of Edmonton, Alberta. Mention of reforms that resulted in back-to-basics curricula, regular testing and increased parental involvement; Comparison of the system to that experienced by the author during his school years; The author's views on sending his own...
- First day in the school of soft knocks. Bunner, Paul // Report / Newsmagazine (National Edition);9/24/2001, Vol. 28 Issue 18, p2
Comments on the public school system of Edmonton, Alberta. Mention of reforms that resulted in back-to-basics curricula, regular testing and increased parental involvement; Comparison of the system to that experienced by the author during his school years; The author's views on sending his own...
- Ideal & reality. Huque, Sameera // New Internationalist;Aug99, Issue 315, p23
Focuses on Bangladesh's creation of the Intensive District Approach to Education for All (IDEAL) program to revolutionize primary education in the country. Response of Bangladesh teachers to IDEAL; Benefits of IDEAL to primary school students and teachers in Bangladesh; Problems facing primary...
- What makes primary education successful? Broadfoot, Patricia // European Education;Winter97/98, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p76
Explores some of the unexamined assumptions upon which policy reforms in British and French primary education are based. Need to assess the potential of such reforms in the light of the broader context of educational values and understanding; Range of individual differences between learners;...
- Structural reform of rural middle and primary school education, Hebei (1985). Heying, Liu; Quanqing, Jia // Chinese Education & Society;Sep/Oct94, Vol. 27 Issue 5, p82
Focuses on structural reform of rural middle and primary school education in Hebei, China. Enthusiasm of rural people for acquiring culture and scientific knowledge; Specifications of Provincial Communist Party Committee secretary Gao Yang's publication on educational change; Definition of...
- The role of images and image-text relations in group 'Basic Skills Tests' of literacy for children in the primary school years. Unsworth, Len; Thomas, Angela; Bush, Robyn // Australian Journal of Language & Literacy;Feb2004, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p46
The 'Basic Skills Tests' in literacy are undertaken by all students in Years 3 (about 8 years of age) and 5 (about 10 years of age) in New South Wales government schools and by many students in schools in the nongovernment education systems. The stimulus magazines upon which the multiple-choice...
- Reviewing the literacy hour. Strong, Julia // Literacy Today;Jun2002, Issue 31, p6
Discusses British primary school teachers' views of the literacy hour and the impact it has had on their teaching. Series of National Literacy Trust primary conferences held in spring 2002; Concerns regarding literacy hour's perceived threat to creativity; Learning objectives and structure of...
- Modern English Education. Best, John W. // Education;Oct1963, Vol. 84 Issue 2, p70
The article discusses the traditional structure of the English school system and important changes that have been made during recent years. It deals only with publicly supported schools in England. The Education Act of 1944 provided for compulsory free education between the ages of five and...
- Children and the New Media Literacy. Krausz, Peter // Australian Screen Education;Autumn2001, Issue 25, p106
Argues for the movement to Primary Schools into the media businesses as well as the expansion of their core task from print literacy to visual literacies. Media explosion and films for the classroom; Censorship ratings and study guides; Computer games and the Internet; Implications of not...
