Author:
Publisher: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Keywords: life, extraordinary, bach
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2000-06-10
List price: $12.81
ISBN-10: 1860961908
ISBN-13: 9781860961908

Written by Bach specialist and leading harpsichordist Davitt Moroney. A witty, lucid and revealing account of Bach’s life. Perceptive assessment of the composer’s genius. Of great interest to concert-goers, CD collectors, social historians and students.

Author: CROUSE
Publisher: Schools
Keywords: systems, engine, auto, ser, transp
Published: 1971-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0070146853
ISBN-13: 9780070146853

Authors:Jane Gaskell, Arlene McLaren, Myra Novogrodsky,
Publisher: Our Schools Our Selves
Keywords: schools, series, canadian, feminism, education, claiming
Number of Pages: 106
Published: 1989-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0921908024
ISBN-13: 9780921908029

Beginning with a concrete definition of feminism in relation to education, the authors of this popular and challenging study suggest an answer to the crucial questions: What are our schools teaching, in what way, and how does it impact on the lives of women?The incisive and thought-provoking contents of this volume include "Equality of Opportunity: Issues of Access and Achievement"; "What is Worth Knowing?: Defining a Feminist Curriculum"; "Teachers, Child Care Workers and Mothers: The Work of Caring and Educating"; "Post-secondary Education and Beyond."Claiming an Education offers a balanced

Authors:Bruce Curtis, D. W. Livingstone, Harry Smaller,
Publisher: Our Schools Our Selves
Keywords: schools, ontario, series, kids, class, deck, streaming, working, stacking
Number of Pages: 142
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: $12.74
ISBN-10: 0921908113
ISBN-13: 9780921908111

The authors of this study maintain that programs that sort students into academic and vocational "streams" abuse working-class children, especially those from poor families.These three experienced educators offer an Ontario-based case study of the results of streaming in classrooms on the children of working-class parents. Their conclusions -- backed by a detailed analysis of the impact of streaming -- suggest the need for change in order to ensure that quality education is available to all students.Stacking the Deck explores the subtle and not-so-subtle ways that students are streamed, and su

Author: Bob Davis
Publisher: Our Schools Our Selves
Keywords: schools, reflections, could, teacher
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 1990-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0921908083
ISBN-13: 9780921908081

This book relates the remarkably varied experiences of a man whose career reads like an index of progressive educational developments in late-twentieth century Ontario.Bob Davis has taught in a military academy; in a treatment centre for disturbed children; in an alternative community school; in a university (OISE); and for 23 years in two Metro Toronto high schools. He has co-founded and edited This Magazine Is About Schools and Mudpie: Growing Up in Ontario. He led picket lines and co-organized a successful six-month occupation of a University of Toronto building. Bod Davis maintains "All me

Author: Nancy Jackson
Publisher: Our Schools Our Selves
Keywords: training, schools, job, perspectives, labour
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0921908121
ISBN-13: 9780921908128

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

Author: Bill Bigelow
Publisher: Rethinking Schools Ltd
Keywords: justice, volume, equity, teaching, classrooms, rethinking
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2001-05-14
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0942961277
ISBN-13: 9780942961270

The new companion volume to the original Rethinking Our Classrooms is packed with compelling articles about teaching, as well as curriculum ideas, lesson plans, and resources, all grounded in the realities of the classroom. Like the bestselling first volume, Rethinking Our Classrooms, Volume 2 is an invaluable tool for educators striving to promote social justice and high-quality student learning.