Robertson, Heather-Jane. No More Teachers, No More Books.: The Commercialization of Canada’s Schools. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Inc., 1998. This book deals with the notion of an increased dependence upon technology. Computers will take center stage, making the teacher and teacher-student communication obsolete. It is argued that this move towards technology is being introduced to prepare students for what the outside world will be like. The emphasis on the increasing lack of human contact is a predominant theme throughout the book. Rural Education Centre, Western Montana College of the University of Montana. Looking the Dragon in the Eye: School Consolidation Pros & Cons. Dillon: June 1994. Russell, N. Thomas. Strength of Choice. The Canadian Association of Independent Schools, 1993. The book outlines the history of the Canadian Association of Independent Schools. Reed, Donn. The Home School Source Book. 2nd ed., revised, 1994. A catalogue of learning materials for home schooler with commentaries, notes and essays on schooling at home from birth to adulthood. Sher, Jonathan P. The Battle for the Soul of Rural School Reform: Can the Annenberg Rural Challenge Turn the tide? in Phi Delta Kappan, October 1995. Yanes, Samuel ed. No More Gym Shorts, Build-It-Yourself, Self-Discovery, Free School Talking Blues. New York: Harper Colophon Books, 1972. This book deals with the notion of "Free Schools". It is a personal book that deals with the perceptions and experiences of being involved with free schools in the United States. It goes into detail about the personal and academic development of the students as well as abstract ideas and experiences that are uncommon in conventional schools. Weston, M.R. Father Jimmy, Life and Times of Jimmy Tompkins. Cape Breton Island: Breton Books, 1997. Weston paints a lively portrait of this little priest from Margaree who had an irresistible talent to motivate and animate communities in crisis. Wiggington, Elliot, ed. The Foxfire Book. Garden City, New York: Anchor Books, Doubleday & Co, Inc., 1972. In the well-known Foxfire projects conducted in Georgia, USA, students gathered oral history on traditions and life-styles of the region and published them, first as a school newspaper and then as books. |
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