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Learning Link: May 14, 2009

Profile in Learning: Robert Bateman

Known around the world for his realistic nature paintings and tireless environmentalism, Robert Bateman is a Canadian icon. But he also spent more than two decades as a teacher. Now, the renowned artist has channelled his experience into a “revolutionary plan” for kids that stresses outdoor experience, job placement, mentoring—and rote learning. Go to article » 

Informal science learning in Canada

This article from 2007 explores how an informal approach to learning science might provide a necessary avenue for helping to improve science literacy in Canada.

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More CCL news

• CCL's Adult Learning Knowledge Centre is hosting a panel presentation, organized by the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education to discuss how adult learning has shaped the identity of the learning cultures in Atlantic Canada, the Western provinces and Central Canada. This free panel is open to the public and will take place in Ottawa, Ontario, on May 24, 2009
• A new publication by CCL's Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre unravels the nature and determinants of temperament and its role in children's development

Reminders

• CCL's Health and Learning Knowledge Centre is co-sponsoring Health, Learning & Social Development: A National Conference & Symposia in Gatineau, Quebec, May 19–22, 2009
  
• Linking Communities / Overcoming Barriers, the 4th annual national symposium of CCL's Adult Learning Knowledge Centre, is being held from June 8–10, 2009, in Montreal, Quebec. Registration deadline is May 15, 2009. Complete schedule now available online

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