Québec Schools On Line : Opportunities for English-Language Education
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Québec Schools On Line : Opportunities for English-Language Education
Abstract
In 1996, The Advisory Board on English Education (ABEE)
prepared a brief on the integration of technology into English
language schools, noting the particular needs of these schools,
especially in rural areas, and making recommendations on accessibility, teacher support, and school organization, among other
issues. The current Board notes how much—and how quickly—
the technology has changed since 1996 but, based on its
strongly held belief that technology is subordinate
to pedagogy, it endorses in principle the content of this earlier
document. Yet the technology available for classroom use has
changed, it has done so at a speed unimaginable in 1996, and
done so qualitatively as well as quantitatively, making it imperative
that a broad-based discussion of technology in teaching take
place as part of our changing understanding of teaching and
learning. In addition, the problems in English language schools
and centres caused by demographics, distance and dispersion
have become more acute and more in need of ingenious solutions
so that their graduates are prepared for the 21st century,
and potential solutions to these problems through Information
and Communications Technologies (ICT) merit discussion. This
brief addresses both the general issues and those pertinent to
the English education system in Québec, and includes a set of
recommendations to help in the formulation of MELS
orientations.
Date
June, 2014
Pages
36
Language
en
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Advisory Commitee for English-Speaking Quebecers. Québec Schools On Line : Opportunities for English-Language Education, June 2014.
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Advisory Board on English Education (ABEE)
Founded:
1991
Constituents:
English language education sector, particularly the Quebec Ministry of Education
Activities:
Advise the Minister of Education on all matters affecting the educational services offered in English elementary and secondary schools and adult and vocational education centres
Former Name:
Task Force on English Education