Public Attitudes Towards Education in Ontario 1998 : the Twelfth OISE/UT Survey.

Public Attitudes Towards Education in Ontario 1998 : the Twelfth OISE/UT Survey.

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The twelfth survey is based on interviews conducted in late 1998 with a random sample of 1000 Ontario adults, and questionnaires completed by over 100 randomly selected corporate executives. Trends in attitude changes are presented for the general public and executives.

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Main Author: Livingstone, D. W.
Other Authors: Hart, D., Davie, Lynn, E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1999
Series:Heritage.
Subjects:
Education > Ontario > Public opinion.
Public opinion > Ontario.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • TABLES
  • HIGHLIGHTS
  • Introduction
  • The Survey Design
  • 1 General Views: Satisfaction, Quality and Needed Schooling
  • Satisfaction
  • Changes in Quality
  • The Perceived Importance of Education
  • 2 Funding Education
  • Extent of Public Funding for Education
  • Budget Priorities
  • Size of Educational Expenditures
  • Education Spending Priorities
  • Paying Education Taxes
  • Specific Elementary and High School Funding Issues
  • Catholic and Private School Funding
  • Contracting Out School Services
  • 3 Governing Elementary and Secondary Schools
  • Overall Control by the Provincial Government
  • Who Should Handle Staffing and Labour Issues
  • Community Control
  • 4 Re-Organizing Schools
  • What Makes Elementary Schools Effective?
  • Secondary School Reforms
  • Streaming
  • After High School?
  • 5 Educational Equity Issues
  • Perceived Equity for Lower Income Students
  • Perceived Equity for Women in Education
  • Perceived Equity for Aboriginal Students
  • 6 Universities: Budgeting for Access
  • Guaranteed Access to University
  • Fee Hikes, Enrolment Cuts or Program Reductions
  • Responding to the Double Cohort
  • 7 The Importance of a University Education
  • Value to Individuals
  • Employment and Incomes
  • Other Benefits
  • Value to Society and the Economy
  • Impact of the Universities
  • Policy Issues: University Enrolment and Labour Force Needs
  • Basic and Applied Research
  • 8 Education and Employment
  • Perceptions of the Education-Jobs Fit
  • Personal Skills Fit
  • General Education-Jobs Fit
  • Education-Jobs Policies
  • Shorter Workweeks
  • Paid Educational Leave
  • 9 Lifelong Learning
  • Participation in Adult and Continuing Education
  • Credit for Adult and Continuing Education Courses
  • Reasons for Taking Adult Education Courses
  • Credit for Prior Learning
  • Use of Public Libraries and Public Television.
  • Hours of Informal Learning
  • 10 Background Differences
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Parental Status
  • Educational Attainment
  • Ethnic Group
  • Family Income
  • Occupational Class
  • Political Party Preference
  • Concluding Remarks: Navigating the Knowledge Society
  • APPENDIX: METHODOLOGY
  • NOTES.

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