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The Politics of the Canadian Public School
First published in1974, this book is a collection of some of the best articles on Canadian education from This Magazine, formerly This Magazine is About Schools. Included is material on school textbooks, teaching the children of recent immigrants, "special education" for working-class kids, and the official use of drugs in the schools. In the introduction George Martell develops a radical reinterpretation of the development of the Canadian school system. The Politics of the Canadian Public School offers radical critiques of the nation's education system published at a time of great change and upheaval.
Our Neighbours' Voices
The personal accounts in this book express fear, desperation, and anger. These are the voices of our neighbours. They have a moral claim on us, to meet their basic needs. This book comprises the personal accounts of low-income people who came to community meetings across Ontario during 1997; the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition sponsored these Neighbour to Neighbour Hearings to listen to those whose voices are too often ignored. Our Neighbours' Voices provides first-hand accounts, documentation and analysis of the extent of poverty in Ontario, and offers policy recommendations for both the provincial and federal governments. An Our Schools/Our Selves book.
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The Speed Culture
Describes the popular rationals for and social forces motivating amphetamine use in America and the often physically and psychologically damaging effects of the drugs.
The Googlization of Everything
In the beginning, the World Wide Web was exciting and open to the point of anarchy, a vast and intimidating repository of unindexed confusion. Into this creative chaos came Google with its dazzling mission—"To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible"—and its much-quoted motto, "Don’t be evil." In this provocative book, Siva Vaidhyanathan examines the ways we have used and embraced Google—and the growing resistance to its expansion across the globe. He exposes the dark side of our Google fantasies, raising red flags about issues of intellectual property and the much-touted Google Book Search. He assesses Google’s global impact, particularly in China, and explains the insidious effect of Googlization on the way we think. Finally, Vaidhyanathan proposes the construction of an Internet ecosystem designed to benefit the whole world and keep one brilliant and powerful company from falling into the "evil" it pledged to avoid.
Where We Live 4: Teacher's Guidebook
This book provides valuable background resources for use with the books in the Where We Live series of readers. Intended for use with the five titles in the Where We Live series--Cedric and the North End Kids, What's a Friend? , About Nellie and Me, Marco and Michela, The Golden Hawks--the guidebook features four-part lesson plans, scope and sequence charts, reproducible blackline masters and annotated bibliography. Where We Live 4 is a useful teaching tool supporting a great series of books for Canadian children.
Sex in Schools
Introduction Susan Prentice Chapter One "Don't Judge Us Too Quick": Writing About Teenage Girls and Sex Susan Belyea and Karen Dubinsky Chapter Two Queer Selves/Queer in Schools: Young Men and Sexualities Blye Frank Chapter Three Sex at the Board or Keeping Children From Sexual Knowledge Mary Louise Adams Chapter Four Opening the Classroom Closet: Dealing with Sexual Orientation at the Toronto Board of Education John Campey, Tim McCaskell, John Miller and Vanessa Russell Chapter Five "Illicit" Sexuality and Public Education, 1840-1907 Bruce Curtis Chapter Six High School Confidential Ellen James Bibliography Contributors
Training For What?
Are government-sponsored training programs a route to greater management control of the workplace, or to labour freedom? Today as at the time of the book's publication in 1992, training is prominent in public policy and political life. The authors in this collection maintain that it is central to management initiatives aimed at the restructuring of the workplace, and that governments rely on it as a substitute for coherent industrial policy. On the other hand, it can enhance workers' skills, improve working conditions and build a more a more democratic working life. Training for What? is a collection of papers examining occupational training as a tool of ongoing political struggle in the workplace. An Our Schools/Our Selves book.
Stacking the Deck
Introduction Chapter One "So Many People": Ways of Seeing Class Differences in Schooling Chapter Two The Origins of Educational Inequality in Ontario Chapter Three Streaming in the Elementary School Chapter Four Streaming in the Secondary School Chapter Five Unstacking the Deck: A New Deal for Our Schools Abstract Bibliography
Alternative Schooling and Student Engagement
This book explores the unique phenomenon of public alternative schools in Toronto, Canada and other large urban areas. Although schools of this kind have existed for more than a century, very little has been written about the alternative school movement. These alternatives focus more on child-centered instruction, give many students (and teachers) opportunities to organize the school differently, provide a greater voice for teachers, students, and parents, and engage students far more with experiential learning. When traditional school structures are failing to meet the needs of many children and youth, there is a rapidly growing need for information and discussion about alternatives that will encourage their talents and serve their needs. This book draws attention to the issue of alternative schooling to help make it more accessible to a wider audience.
