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Health Education
Obesity, a poor standard of living, and low literacy levels has been an on-going health issue that affects people of all ages, especially children of this generation. Over the years, researchers have found a close connection between literacy, level of education, and level of health. A report from the Canadian Council on Learning revealed “60% of Canadians lack the capacity to obtain, to understand, and to act upon health information and services, in order to make appropriate decisions on their own.” |
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August 2008 : Foundation Skills Assessments
BC teachers and education leaders are opposed to the use of standardized test results to measure student performance.Teachers want a more accurate depiction of effort both for themselves and their students. Is it a matter of the tests or how the test results are used?
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School Rankings
Visit www.educ.sfu.ca/school-rankings.html for resources and links about this controversial issue.
Includes opinion pieces such as "One percent solution" by Dr. Phil Winne and "The true purpose of school rankings" by Dr. Charles Bingham and "Cautions about rating BC’s schools", a report by three of our education researchers, Dr. Phil Winne, Dr. John Nesbit, and Carmen Gress. |
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Full Text of Dean's Convocation Speech
After a Vancouver Sun article on Tuesday, November 5, 2007 appeared about remarks made by the Dean of Education during the recent PDP convocation, editorial coverage in major Canadian newspapers followed. As a result, the controversial issue of the civil disobedience of a Sooke teacher who refused to administer the DART test to her Grade 3 students has again made news. |
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COLLATERAL DAMAGE
David C. Berliner, a visiting scholar to the Faculty of Education at SFU for the next few years, has a new book. “Collateral Damage: How High-stakes Testing Corrupts America’s Schools” which he co-authored with Sharon L. Nichols. The book looks at how American education is threatened with corruption by high-stakes testing.
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