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How Corporate Business Practices Are Transforming Education [electronic resource] : Case Studies of Five Canadian Secondary Schools
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Robert E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Academic-industrial collaboration--Canada.
- Business and education--Canada.
- Corporate culture--Canada.
- Corporate sponsorship--Canada.
- Education, Secondary--Canada.
- Local Subjects:
- Academic-industrial collaboration--Canada.
- Business and education--Canada.
- Corporate culture--Canada.
- Corporate sponsorship--Canada.
- Education, Secondary--Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (462 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- How Corporate Business Practices Are Transforming Education
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work examines the nature of corporate involvement in schooling. It analyzes the extent and effects of corporate involvement in schooling and identifies processes by which businesses and educational transactions occur.
- Contents:
- HOW CORPORATE BUSINESS PRACTICES ARE TRANSFORMING EDUCATION: Case Studies of Five Canadian Secondary Schools; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Chapter One - Dancing with the Dragon: Towards an Understanding of Corporate Culture and Equity in the Canadian Classroom; Chapter Two - Beneath the Wheel: Corporate Involvement in Canada's Classrooms; Chapter Three - Research Methods: Channeling the Forces; Chapter Four - The Transactions: Two Examples of Interprovincial Corporate Investments in Education
- Chapter Five - Canada Airways: In Conjunction with the Canadian Council of Aviation Technicians and Golden Heights Secondary SchoolChapter Six - Flexography: In Conjunction with Flexography INC. and Sir James A. MacDonnell Secondary School; Chapter Seven - Entrepreneurial Program: In Conjunction with a Variety of Small Businesses and Arbutus Ridge Secondary School; Chapter Eight - Youth One!: The Incorporation of Instruction; Chapter Nine - The Transactions in Retrospect: Observations and Insights; Chapter Ten - Conclusion: The Anatomy of a Corporate Transaction; Appendices
- Appendix A - Letter of IntroductionAppendix B - Consent Form; Appendix C - Interview Protocol; I. Core Questions for School District Administrators; II. Core Questions for Principals; III. Core Questions for Teachers; IV. Core Questions for Corporate Representatives; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-2179-3
- OCLC:
- 821177224
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