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
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Dennis Raphael, Ph.D., C.Psych
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