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Learning Link: June 24, 2009

Lessons in Learning—Making the environmental grade: The benefits of going green in the classroom

Over the past generation, the public’s concern for—and interest in—environmental issues has increased dramatically and environmental education has been incorporated into provincial curricula. The latest Lessons in Learning examines the landscape of environmental education and uncovers some of its surprising benefits, including improved critical thinking abilities and academic achievement. Go to article » 

Practically speaking: Improving the fabric of workplace learning 

The rising dollar. An aging workforce. Competition from overseas. These are just a few of the challenges facing Canadian businesses. Increasingly, companies are investing in skills training as a way of gaining a much-needed edge—and Canada’s textile industry has been on the forefront of this shift, spending millions of dollars on an innovative—and inventive—workplace learning initiative.  Go to article » 

CCL Recommends

In the next weeks, Canadian astronaut Julie Payette will be boarding the space shuttle Endeavour for a stay at the International Space Station, her second trip to space.

CCL featured Payette in its Jan. 10, 2008, issue of Profiles in Learning. Read the article and find out about the important, and unlikely, role that music and the arts have played in Payette’s accomplished career.

Go to article » 

More CCL news

• About the CLI data: View webpage versions of the fact sheets for CCL's Composite Learning Index, offering an in-depth look at the index's indicators
• Now available online, What did you do in school today? Transforming classrooms through social, academic and intellectual engagement, a new report on the first year's results of a project led by the Canadian Education Association and co-funded by CCL
• New article in the Learning Starts Early! Series, "Learning Disabilities: Dyscalculia and Dyslexia," from CCL's Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre

Reminders

• Education, Training and Sustainability: Conditions for success in a changing world—a collection of presentations made by leaders from major international organizations and the world of business on the subject of sustainable development at the Conference of Montreal, 2008—is available free from CCL

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