加拿大学校布局调整研究及其启示——基于萨斯喀彻温省的个案分析

学校布局调整是世界各国教育发展都要面对的课题。加拿大学校管理协会的相关研究向我们展示了加拿大萨斯喀彻温省模拟学校布局研究的具体情况,在学校布局调整的出发点、调整方案的制定、学校布局调整的具体实施等方面都给我们提供了许多有益的启示。     

加拿大华文教育的发展现状与主要问题研究

在多元文化主义政策的推动下,加拿大华文教育取得巨大的发展,体现在公共教育体系、华文学校、孔子学院等各种教育形式中。在其快速发展的同时,也存在着经费、教师、教材、教学等方面方面的问题。但在国内国际两种有利环境的推动下,加拿大华文教育必将克服阻力,获得更好的发展。     

加拿大高中数学课程标准和教学评价的启示

加拿大高中数学课程标准,关于数学学习过程,强调问题解决、推理和证明、反思回顾、选择工具和计算策略、联系、表述、数学交流;对学生的数学学习技能的掌握要求较低,但强调数学学习中用工具、强调数学理解与交流;在数学课程实施和保障中强调学生家长的积极作用;对教材编写提出明确要求;强调对数学知识方法的归纳和概括;对数学教学评价目标指向明确.因此,就目前中国高中数学课堂,应改进课堂教学环节;应树立全过程关注数学学习困难学生的意识;应讲道理、重过程,促进学生的理解;应利用教学评价促进学生的发展和优化教师的教学行为.     

2011年加拿大联邦大选对魁北克问题的影响

加拿大第41届联邦大选,魁北克人团惨败,魁北克人党因此也面临危机和困境,这意味着魁北克分离主义的势力和影响受到实质性的削弱,魁北克问题的演进因此呈现积极的迹象。但是,魁北克人党在魁北克依然保持较高的支持率,并承诺举行第三次全民公决;加拿大联邦层面和魁北克省也存在对魁北克分离主义的助推因素：魁北克人对哈珀保守党多数联邦政府更加疏离甚至敌视。这表明魁北克问题对加拿大国家政治稳定与和谐的潜在挑战和冲击依然存在。     

中加高职课程的比较研究及启示--以加拿大乔治·布朗学院为例

本文选取了课程与工作的匹配程度、课程的理论深度、理论与实践的整合度这三个维度对中加两国高职课程进行比较研究,总结其利弊,取长补短,旨在为形成具有我国特色的高职课程模式提出改革思路.     

The case for democratic governance in Canada's community colleges

Although the tradition of bicameral governance is well established in Canada's universities, in no province do community colleges operate under a similar principle. In fact, there is no statutory role for college faculty in governance, either through a senate or a senate-like body. This article argues the case for greater democracy in the governance of colleges and, in doing so, analyzes the role of college governance. The conclusion reached is that, while more democratic and participatory governance may be argued on conceptual grounds, it would also improve morale, trust, and communication within the college sector.     

The de/politicization of pronouns: implications of the No Big Deal Campaign for gender-expansive educational policy and practice

ABSTRACT

Accommodating non-binary transgender people, many of whom use gender-neutral pronouns, poses a unique challenge to schools and universities, even in contexts with legal protections for transgender rights. This article explores a recent Canadian controversy around gender-neutral pronouns, and assembles a theoretical framework to analyze the argument that legal protection for transgender peoples’ pronouns poses a threat to ‘free speech.’ The framework bridges queer theory, affect theory and Deleuzo-Guattarian assemblage theory to propose a threshold between ‘extra’ and ‘excessive’ effort to accommodate social difference in everyday life. Free speech objections produce some peoples’ pronouns as requiring ‘excessive’ effort. This extra/excessive framework was exemplified by a recent Canadian social media campaign that sought to produce transgender peoples’ pronouns as requiring merely ‘extra’ effort, which entails de-politicizing pronouns. Community responses to the campaign carry significant implications for gender-expansive educational policy and practice.     

加拿大高校学生学习成果评估的内容、方法及启示

作为全球第二个实现高等教育普及化的高等教育强国,加拿大高校学生学习成果评估体系富有特色:在评估内容方面,构建起了高等教育系统、院校以及学科(专业)等不同层面的学生学习成果体系;在评估方法方面,形成了由标准化测试、评价量规、表现性评估以及问卷调查等四种类型构成的多元化学生学习成果评估方法体系。其对我国的启示是:构建和完善高校学生学习成果评估的内容体系,为学生学习成果评估奠定共识基础;开发多元化的学生学习成果评估方法与工具,提高评估活动的科学性;加强以结果为导向的评估制度建设,促使学习成果评估常态化。     

Growth of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging in Canada

Abstract

Canadian participation in the Program for Cooperative Cataloging began in 1998 when Memorial University of Newfoundland joined NACO to counter the lack of locally relevant authority data. Different circumstances operated for each of the early adopters. McGill University joined SACO first, in 1999, and NACO only in 2009. Concordia University joined NACO in 2011. Other libraries joined forces through the Canada Funnel, established in 2005. Since 2015, the number of independent members has grown, and more Canadians have begun participating in the governance and working groups of the PCC. This coincides with increased interest in internationalization within the PCC itself.     

Application of machine learning techniques to assess the trends and alignment of the funded research output

Research and development activities are regarded as one of the most influencing factors of the future of a country. Large investments in research can yield a tremendous outcome in terms of a country’s overall wealth and strength. However, public financial resources of countries are often limited which calls for a wise and targeted investment. Scientific publications are considered as one of the main outputs of research investment. Although the general trend of scientific publications is increasing, a detailed analysis is required to monitor the research trends and assess whether they are in line with the top research priorities of the country. Such focused monitoring can shed light on scientific activities evolution as well as the formation of new research areas, thus helping governments to adjust priorities, if required. But monitoring the output of the funded research manually is not only very expensive and difficult, it is also subjective. Using structural topic models, in this paper we evaluated the trends in academic research performed by federally funded Canadian researchers during the time-frame of 2000–2018, covering more than 140,000 research publications. The proposed approach makes it possible to objectively and systematically monitor research projects, or any other set of documents related to research activities such as funding proposals, at large-scale. Our results confirm the accordance between the performed federally funded research projects and the top research priorities of Canada.