PCERA 1999

The first PCERA Symposium, held in Ottawa on February 16–19, 1999, examined the seven PCERA priority research themes.

The proceedings of the symposium and the commissioned papers are documented in Report on the Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda Symposium (1999) and A Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda, a joint publication of CESC and the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE).

The symposium was structured around seven subjects within five sessions:

• Session 1: “The Link Between Education and the World of Work”
• Session 2: “Learning Outcomes” and “Teacher Education”
• Session 3: “Technology”
• Session 4: “Citizenship and Social Cohesion”
                     and “Diversity and Equity”
• Session 5: “Special Needs Programming”

Twelve research papers were commissioned that both reviewed the current state of research and proposed research questions on the priority themes.

SESSION 1: THE LINK BETWEEN EDUCATION
                     AND THE WORLD OF WORK

Schools and Work: Towards a Research Agenda
Benjamin Levin - University of Manitoba

I Know How to Do It: Research Priorities for Cooperative Education and Career Edcuation in Canada's Secondary Schools
Hugh Munby, Nancy Hutchinson and Peter Chin - Queen's University

Respondent: Patrice de Broucker - Statistics Canada

SESSION 2: LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes
Henry Schultz, Glenn Clark and Robert Crocker - Memorial University

Measurement of the Full Scope of Learning
Alan Yackulic and Brian Noonan - University of Saskatchewan

Respondent: Barry Anderson - Ministry of Education, British Columbia

SESSION 2: TEACHER EDUCATION

Professional Knowledge and Education Training
Maurice Tardif et al. - Laval University

Respondent: Jocelyn Berthelot - Centrale de l'enseignement du Québec (CEQ)

SESSION 3: TECHNOLOGY

Pan-Canadian Research Options: New Information Technologies and Learning
Margaret Haughey - University of Alberta

Respondent: Barry Chabrol - Open Learning Agency, British Columbia

Technology Implies LTD plus FTE
Anne L. Jefferson - University of Ottawa
Susan D. Edwards - Upper Canada District School Board, Ontario

Respondent: Marita Moll - Canadian Teachers' Federation

SESSION 4: CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL COHESION

Learning Democracy in a Pluralist Society: Building a Research Bas for Citizenship Education in Canada
A. M. Sears, G. M. Clarke and A. S. Hughes - University of New Brunswick

Respondent: Keith Wagner - Alberta Learning

SESSION 4: DIVERSITY AND EQUITY

A Pan-Canadian Research Program for More inclusive Schoolin in Canada: The Diversity and Equity Research Background
David Corson - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)

Respondent: Derek Green - Department of Education, Northwest Territories

Marginalization, Decolonization, and Voice: Prospects for Aboriginal Education in Canada
Terry Wotherspoon and Bernard Schissel - University of Saskatchewan

Respondent: Paulette Tremblay - Assembly of First Nations

SESSION 5: SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAMMING

Inching Toward Inclusion: The Excellence/Equity Dilemma in our Schools
Judy Lupart - University of Calgary

Respondent: BJ Willis - Canadian Association of Principals

School Integration of Children with a Disability in Provinces and Territories in Canada
Robert Doré, Serge Wagner, Jean-Pierre Voyer - Université du Québec à Montréal, and Nathalies Bélanger - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)

PANEL SESSION

Panelists: Élise Boisjoly, Jane Gaskell, Jean-Pierre Voyer, and Charles Ungerleider