Books, Nonfiction, Education, Canada & Mexico

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Greta Hofmann Nemiroff
Reconstructing Education: Toward a Pedagogy of Critical Humanism
by Bergin & Garvey Paperback (Paperback)

Drawing on elements of progressive education, existential theory, feminist pedagogy, and values education, critical humanism combines the holistic-psychological concerns of humanistic education with the sociopolitical tenets of critical pedagogy. Nemiroff presents an empowering new theory of an educational system that motivates students and encourages them to become active members in a truly democratic society. She also reviews this century's educational theories and the way this new theory and practice developed in one of North America's most experimental postsecondary programs, The New School of Dawson College.

Walter. H. Johns
A History of the University of Alberta
by The University of Alberta Press (Hardcover)

Walter H. Johns, president of the University of Alberta during the most hectic years of growth, 1959 to 1969, tells a story of great human interest as well as documenting for posterity the academic and administrative functions of this Canadian university and the covering provincial legislation.

Jack Gorman
Pére Murray and the Hounds: the Story of Saskatchewan's Notre Dame College
by Gray's Pub (Paperback)

S.J.,Ch Beirne
Jesuit Education and Social Change in El Salvador (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)
by Routledge (Hardcover)

This book examines a unique university model for social change-the University of Central America Jos Sime-n Ca-as (UCA) in El Salvador, where the military murdered six Jesuit priests and two women on November 16, 1989.The book addresses such important questions as: Is the role of a university to train managers for maintaining the status quo, or to prepare graduates who will help create a new society? Is the university an ivory tower, or a center for research on social problems? Beginning with the historical, social, economic, and political context of El Salvador, this book examines the university and the factors that contributed to its changed focus, such as liberation theology.The bishops of El Salvador wanted a traditional Catholic university, but the Jesuits and their lay colleagues established an institution of Christian inspiration, free from ecclesiastical entanglements. The rectorate of Luis Achaerandio, S.J. (1969-75) saw new academic programs, research, and social ...

The University of Western Ontario
by Harmony House Pub Louisville (Hardcover)

James Fitzgerald
Old Boys: The Powerful Legacy of Upper Canada College
by Macfarlane Walter & Ross (Unknown Binding)

James M Pitsula
An act of faith: The early years of Regina College
by Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina (Unknown Binding)

James Doyle Davison
Alice of Grand Pre: Alice T. Shaw and her Grand Pre Seminary : female education in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
by Distributed by Acadia University Book Store (Unknown Binding)

Carlos Ramiro Ruiz Moreno
Apuntes para la historia de la Universidad de Guadalajara con motivo del bicentenario de su fundacion (1792-1992) (Coleccion Publicaciones educativas de ... de Desarrollo Academico) (Spanish Edition)
by Editorial Universidad de Guadalajara (Unknown Binding)

T. C. Byrne
Athabasca University: The Evolution of Distance Education
by Univ of Calgary Pr (Paperback)

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