Announcing the publication of:
RING SOME ALARM BELLS IN ONTARIO: REACTIONS TO THE REPORT OF THE
ROYAL COMMISSION ON LEARNING
The Report of the Ontario Royal Commission--entitled "For the Love of
Learning"--was greeted at first with some enthusiasm.
On closer scrutiny, however, the initial enthusiasm began to wane, and a vigorous
debate emerged in the press--and in schools and universities--on the relative
merits of the Report's proposals.
Spurred by these debates, the authors of "Ring Some Alarm Bells in Ontario"
discuss several questions that reach to the very heart of education and schooling
in Canada. Rather than review every proposal in the Report, they have selected
several key issues related to education and learning and subjected them to
close--and very vigorous--examination. The result of these discussions is to
ring again, in the words of the Report itself, "some alarm bells in Ontario."
Given the contents of this timely and imaginative volume, readers may well
consider the Commission's recommendations in a very different light. The authors
draw attention to the need to examine very carefully any new educational
"solutions," and to re-assess them in the context of first educational principles.
By examining these important questions lucidly and thoughtfully, this book will
appeal to all those interested in improving education for our most important
heritage--our children.
The authors:
The authors--Robin Barrow, Catherine Beattie, Rebecca Priegert Coulter, Carol
Crealock, LeRoi Daniels, R.D. Gidney, Colin Laine, Denis Lawton, Geoffrey
Milburn, Hugh Munby, Jerry Paquette, and Dennis Raphael--are well-known for
their interest in contemporary education.
"RING SOME ALARM BELLS IN ONTARIO (edited by Geoffrey Milburn) is available
from THE ALTHOUSE PRESS, Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario,
1167 Western Road, London, Ontario N6G 1G7
x+182 pp. ISBN 0-920354-38-6
Paperback: $18.95 plus shipping and handling
For info: please contact Ms Butson at 519-661-2096/ e-mail
[log in to unmask] /fax: 519-661-3833
Dennis Raphael, Ph.D., C.Psych
62 First Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4M 1W8
Tel: 416-465-7455
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