CMEC Update, June 2005 ( 43kb)
The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), composed of the ministers responsible for elementary-secondary and postsecondary education from all provinces and territories, is the voice of education in Canada and abroad. This document outlines CMEC's priority action plans for 2005 in the areas of Aboriginal education, literacy, and postsecondary education capacity, as well as additional initiatives concerning educational outcomes, mobility, research, and other issues.
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2005-06-10
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Developing an Adult-Education Policy Framework: Terminology, Typology, and Best Practices ( 479kb)
This research report was prepared to support the development of a policy framework for adult education across Canada. Research was conducted between December 2004 and March 2005, employing: an extensive literature review of recent adult-education and lifelong-learning literature; the completion of a survey by provincial and territorial governments involved in the development and delivery of adult-education programs; a review of federal government Web sites to identify adult-education and training programs; and consultation with a targeted group of expert adult-educators and practitioners. The report includes an overview of the current state of adult education, definitions, a proposed policy framework, and guiding principles.
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2005-05-31
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Backgrounder on CMEC's Postsecondary Capacity Action Plan ( 16kb)
At its September 2004 meeting, the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), agreed to make postsecondary capacity one of its three main priorities. This document highlights the major challenges facing postsecondary education and the main objectives of the CMEC action plan.
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2005-03-15
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Copyright Matters! Some Key Questions and Answers for Teachers ( 419kb)
Copyright law continues to evolve in response to existing and emerging technologies, international agreements, and the need for a reasonable balance between the users and creators of copyrighted works. The second edition of this booklet is a starting point in increasing teachers' awareness of their rights and obligations in selecting and using copyrighted materials in educational institutions.
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2005-02-07
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PISA 2003 - The 2003 Canadian Report (Web page)
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a collaborative effort among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). PISA is designed to provide policy-oriented international indicators of the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students and to shed light on a range of factors that contribute to successful students, schools, and education systems. The 2003 report focuses on mathematics literacy, providing information on performance in mathematics, reading, science, and problem solving in an international context and on a jurisdictional basis. Other sections of the report look at the relationship between student engagement, student learning, and mathematics performance, and the relationship between family characterisitics, home environment, and mathematics performance.
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2004-12-06
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Single-Sex Schooling ( 420kb)
Often associated with increasing student achievement and improving the educational experiences for both girls and boys, single-sex schooling has garnered renewed interest among education professionals, researchers, media, politicians, and parents. This report looks at the issues of girls' disadvantage, boys' underachievement, and single-sex schooling in the research literature, and offers conclusions and recommendations.
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2004-11-30
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Designation Policy Framework ( 91kb)
The Designation Policy Framework is a pan-Canadian approach intended to guide jurisdictions in the development of their designation policies related to student financial assistance. The framework supports provincial and territorial governments as well as the Government of Canada in working with educational institutions to improve the performance of the student-loans portfolio and to improve accountability to students and taxpayers through stewardship of the portfolio.
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2004-11-24
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Pan-Canadian results of francophone students in a minority-language setting in the School Achievement Indicators Program (SAIP) ( 2326kb)
This report presents an in-depth analysis of minority-francophone students' performance on the School Achievement Indicators Program (SAIP) in mathematics, reading and writing, and science assessments, with a view to identifying reasons that might explain their lower performance, as well as to pinpointing avenues of action that might positively influence student performance. Chapters of the report list and review the research on factors relating to academic performance by students in minority-francophone settings, analyse student performance and contextual data gathered in surveys conducted in the first and second assessment cycles of SAIP, identify a range of possible avenues for intervention to improve students' academic performance, and provide possible directions for further research.
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2004-10-15
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Education at a Glance 2004: Country Profile for Canada ( 433kb)
This document provides an overview of the data from Canada in the publication Education at a Glance 2004, OECD Indicators. Included are data on the impact of learning, financial and human resources in education, access to education, and the learning environment and the organization of schools.
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2004-09-17
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Quality Education for All Young People: Challenges, Trends, and Priorities ( 348kb)
This report was prepared for the International Conference on Education (ICE) in 2004. At ICE, the implications for secondary education were considered in terms of qualitative expansion and greater access, but also in relation to other crucial aspects, such as the scope, function, quality, and relevance of secondary- education systems. Within this framework, the policies and practices of the educational jurisdictions across Canada are presented under the headings of gender equality, social inclusion, Aboriginal, immigrant, and special-needs students, flexibility and skills learning, human-values education, education for sustainable development, and the role of teachers.
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2004-09-08
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Canadian Report for the CONFINTEA V Mid-Term Review of Adult Education ( 714kb)
This report on adult education was prepared at UNESCO's request in preparation for the Mid-Term Review Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA + 6), held in 2003 to report on progress in adult learning since the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA V) in 1997. UNESCO prepared a questionnaire and this report provides the responses from four jurisdictions - Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan - as well as departments of the federal government and literacy organizations. The report's contents are arranged around the themes of conditions and quality of adult learning, literacy and basic education, and media, culture, and technologies.
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2004-06-15
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Secondary Education in Canada: A Student Transfer Guide, 2001 (Web page)
Each year, thousands of Canadian secondary-school students transfer from one province or territory to another. One of the major concerns associated with such transfers is the continuity of students' education. This document was prepared to assist receiving schools in placing secondary students so that their education would be as continuous as possible. Information for each jurisdiction is divided into two parts: part I provides information on secondary education in each of the ten provinces and two territories, and part II contains course descriptions to facilitate the placement of students.
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2004-06-01
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Meeting of the OECD Education Ministers - Raising the Quality of Learning for All, 2004 ( 93kb)
The Chair's summary of the 2004 meeting of the OECD ministers of education outlines key points on the presentations, discussions, and points of agreement and debate on topics such as establishing standards for and monitoring educational quality, teacher supply and effectiveness, and education and social cohesion.
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2004-03-01
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La francisation : scénarios pour la formation ( 1732kb)
As part of the CMEC Pan-Canadian French as First Language Project, a kit was developed for kindergarten to grade 2 teachers in French minority language contexts. This is a training tool to help teachers with the integration of students who have little knowledge of French. It provides various scenarios for teaching and for using the other tools in the kit. The kit is available in French only.
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2003-12-19
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Au fil des saisons : journal d’une enseignante (in French only) ( 524kb)
As part of the CMEC Pan-Canadian French as First Language Project, a young teacher recorded her experiences teaching in a minority francophone context. She reflected on the realities of francisation, the beauty of the French language, and her beliefs about and practice of teaching. The journal is part of a kit that is available in French only.
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2003-12-19
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La francisation : parcours de formation (in French only) (Web page)
As part of the CMEC Pan-Canadian French as First Language Project, this kit was developed for kindergarten to grade 2 teachers in French minority language contexts. The kit provides information on the realities of minority-language teaching and a variety of tools and strategies for francisation that teachers can adapt to their own environments. The kit is available in French only.
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2003-12-19
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Framework for the Future ( 990kb)
In the spring of 2003, the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), sought an external appraisal of its mission, objectives, and capabilities in order to establish a framework for the organization's future and a foundation for its renewal. Three external reviewers were retained for this task. This report includes recommendations concerning relationships among CMEC member governments, between CMEC and the federal government, between CMEC and major national nongovernmental organizations, and a review of the specific roles and responsibilities of CMEC and the CMEC Secretariat.
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2003-12-01
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Access, Inclusion and Achievement: Closing the Gap Country Response: Canada ( 1953kb)
The 15th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers was held in 2003. The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) prepared this document on policies, strategies, practices, critical concerns, and aspirations for education, specifically in relation to the theme "Access, Inclusion and Achievement - Closing the Gap." The report is divided into two sections: Part A consists of best practices, case studies, innovative solutions and policies, and challenges of the educational systems in the provinces and territories, organized around the themes of access, inclusion, and achievement; Part B is linked to the nine points in the Halifax Statement for Education, which resulted from the 14th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers in 2000, and presents progress and success since that meeting in the areas most relevant to Canada's experience, including technologies in education and teacher training.
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2003-11-27
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Education Indicators in Canada 2003 (Web page)
The statistical indicators of education in Canada in this 2003 report cover various aspects of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education, including enrolment, graduation, human resources, and financing. The first section provides a statistical portrait of the school-aged population, while the last one shows measures of transitions from secondary to postsecondary education, and to the labour market. Labour-market outcomes are also included.
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2003-11-25
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A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Networked ICT in Education ( 927kb)
In 2001, the Advisory Committee for On-line Learning - a joint committee of the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) and Industry Canada - developed a research agenda related to on-line learning, from which the topic for this review was derived. In order to make informed and justifiable decisions about the allocation of resources, the government needed research evidence about the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in lifelong education. This report reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of on-line and networked learning through an extensive international literature review, including summaries of relevant studies, analysis of general themes, gaps, and results, and the presentation of conclusions and recommendations.
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2003-10-24
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Education at a Glance 2003: Country Profile for Canada ( 515kb)
This document provides an overview of the data from Canada in the publication Education at a Glance 2003, OECD Indicators. Included are data on the impact of learning, financial and human resources in education, access to education, and the learning environment and the organization of schools.
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2003-09-15
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Canadian Youth, Sexual Health, and HIV/AIDS Study 2002 ( 3126kb)
This report presents the findings of a study on youth, sexual health, and HIV/AIDS. The Canadian Youth, Sexual Health, and HIV/AIDS Study (CYSHHAS) was administered by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, in collaboration with the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS of Health Canada, which provided funding for the study. The overall purpose of the study was to increase understanding of the factors that contribute to the sexual health of youth, by examining the socio-cultural, socio-environmental, and interpersonal determinants of adolescent sexual activity. CYSHHAS focuses particularly on the context of sexual risk-taking, especially with regard to HIV/AIDS prevention. Findings are intended to inform the development, refinement, and implementation of sexual-health and HIV/AIDS-prevention programs, both in schools and in community health settings.
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2003-09-09
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Information, Guidance, and Counselling Services in Canda ( 355kb)
Information, guidance, and counselling services include labour-market information, career counselling, job-search assistance and placement, and personal planning and decision making. This 2002 OECD study involved the completion of a questionnaire by Quebec, Prince Edward Island, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan officials, as well as by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada for the federal government, to present their policies and practices with regard to information, counselling, and guidance services.
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2003-07-01
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A Spring 2003 Snapshot: The Current Status of Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) in Canada's Public Postsecondary Institutions: Part One ( 240kb)
In February 2003, the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), undertook Part One of the PLAR Project, a study of the current state of prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR) in Canada's public postsecondary institutions. This report provides a snapshot of the practices in each jurisdiction, as well as an annotated bibliography of reports and papers.
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2003-05-15
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Guide to Terminology Usage in the Field of Credentials Recognition and Mobility in English Canada (Web page)
Definitions of over 100 terms used in postsecondary education in relation to credential evaluation, programs, and credits are provided.
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2003-03-01
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Copying Internet Resources in Schools (Web page)
Copyright infringement is of key concern to educators and authorities across the country. The education sector believes that clarity and balance in the Copyright Act must be vigorously championed, so that copyright infringement is eliminated and every student and teacher can be assured of timely and fair access to Internet materials. To this end, the provincial and territorial ministers responsible for education across Canada, in collaboration with teachers, school boards, colleges, universities, and professors, have proposed to the Government of Canada that it enact an education amendment to the Copyright Act to permit the educational use of freely available Internet materials. This document explains the proposed amendment.
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2003-01-15
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Copying Print Material in Schools (Web page)
This information sheet explains which materials teachers are permitted to copy.
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2003-01-15
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Playing Music, Radio, and Television Programs in Schools (Web page)
The public performance of music in schools, when it is "in furtherance of an educational object," does not require payment to or the consent of the copyright owner, under the Copyright Act, because of an exception. If the performance is not in furtherance of an educational object, the exception will not apply. This information sheet explains how the exception works.
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2003-01-15
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Provincial Postsecondary Systems and Arrangements for Credit Transfer ( 190kb)
This report provides information about the structure of postsecondary education and the mechanisms and main instruments to facilitate transfer and articulation in all the educational jurisdictions, except Northwest Territories.
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2003-01-01
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Fact Sheet No. 3 - The Council of Europe/UNESCO Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region: What it means for Canada (Web page)
In 1989, Canada ratified the 1979 UNESCO Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees concerning Higher Education in the States belonging to the Europe Region. The purpose of that convention was to facilitate the recognition of foreign degrees and diplomas and to improve access for other countries to information of an official nature about Canadian systems of higher education. A new joint convention was adopted in April 1997 by the countries of the Council of Europe and the UNESCO Europe Region. The new convention, which replaces the 1979 convention, does not differ significantly in substance and objectives. However, it specifies more concretely and in greater detail the responsibilities of ratifying states with respect to the principles and mechanisms for the recognition of qualifications and the collection and dissemination of information on higher education. Canada signed the Council of Europe/UNESCO convention in 1997, committing itself to a wide range of matters regarding the enhancement of academic and professional mobility and to the promotion of fair practice in assessment and recognition of qualifications. This fact sheet provides details on conventions, as well as the main features of this convention, Canada's obligations, and the implications of the convention for postsecondary institutions in Canada.
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2002-12-12
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