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Education,
training and learning September
4, 2008
Back
to school – September 2008
Tens of thousands of students,
from kindergarten to college and university, have gone back to school. In honour
of this annual ritual, Education Matters presents "Back to school
– September 2008." It presents a few facts and figures relating
to education, from enrolment trends and household spending on education to educational
attainment levels among the Aboriginal population and recent immigrants.
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Education
Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada ] April
29, 2008
Education
Matters: Insights on education, learning and training in Canada
- April 2008
This issue of Statistics Canada's free online publication
Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada contains
two articles: * Adult
learning in Canada: Characteristics of learners
- summarizes findings
of a recent report that examined characteristics of adult learners in Canada,
including links between participation in adult education and training and literacy
skill levels, education, family background and age. *
Why
are the majority of university students women?
- summarizes results
of a recent report that set out to explain the gender gap in university participation. [
Previous
issues of Education Matters ] May 1, 2007
Education
Matters: Insights on education, learning and training in Canada, May 2007
May
2007
This issue of Statistics Canada's free online publication Education Matters:
Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada contains the following
two articles:
- Children with disabilities and the educational system
– a provincial perspective documents differences across provinces
in the education of children who have physical, cognitive and behavioural disabilities.
It explores the extent to which they attend regular school classes and have access
to special education services. It also examines differences in the opinions of
parents on whether their special-needs children were being encouraged to reach
their full potential in school.
- Are 5-year-old children ready to learn
at school? Family income and home environment contexts Related
link: Education
Matters:
Insights on education, learning and training in Canada
May
2007, volume 4 number 1 Previous
issues of Education Matters - back to April 2004 February
8, 2007
Study:
Why are youth from lower-income families less likely to attend university?, 2003
The
gap in university attendance between youth from higher- and lower-income families
is largely related to differences in academic performance at age 15 and parental
influences, and to a lesser degree financial contraints, according to a new study. Complete
study: Why
Are Youth from Lower-income Families Less Likely to Attend University?
Evidence
from Academic Abilities, Parental Influences, and Financial Constraints
by
Marc Frenette
- incl. Executive summary plus links to the PDF version of the
complete report
Source:
Analytical
Studies Branch Research Papers November 23, 2006
Study:
Gender differences in university participation, 1977 to 2003
Women's
participation in university has outpaced men's since the late 1970s. In fact,
the gap widened substantially during the 1990s. This study uses data from two
Statistics Canada surveys to investigate the reasons for the differentials of
growth in university attendance between 1977 and 2003. Its findings suggest that
a major factor underlying the steady increase in university enrolment among women
is that it pays more for women to attend university. Complete
study: The
Gender Imbalance in Participation in Canadian Universities (1977-2003)
- PDF file - 137K, 31 pages)
Christofides, L.N., Hoy, M. and Yang, L. (2006)
Department
of Economics, University of Guelph working paper, April, pp. 30 October
10, 2006
Survey
of Canadian Attitudes toward Learning, 2006
Data from the Survey
of Canadian Attitudes toward Learning are now available. Related
Links from the Canadian Council
on Learning (CCL): Majority
of parents can’t help their children with homework, say Canadians
Oct.
10, 2006—Two of every three parents (65%) don’t have the knowledge needed
to help their children with homework, according to a new large-scale survey released
today by the Canadian Council on Learning. Survey
of Canadian Attitudes toward Learning
Canada’s barometer of opinions,
perceptions and beliefs about lifelong learning
This annual large-sample
survey was designed by the Canadian Council on Learning in consultation with Statistics
Canada, and was also administered by the statistical agency. It asked more than
5,000 Canadians about four aspects of learning throughout the lifespan:
*
early childhood learning
* health-related learning
* structured learning
(elementary, secondary and post-secondary)
* work-related adult learning Other
CCL Reports and Data - incl. Composite Learning Index * Lessons In Learning
* Journal of Applied Research on Learning * State of Learning in Canada * State-of-the-field
Reviews * Survey of Canadian Attitudes toward Learning * Data
September 28, 2006
Education
Matters:
Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada
September
2006, vol. 3 no. 3
Thousands of students, from kindergarten to college and
university have gone back to school. In honour of this annual ritual, Education
Matters, released today, presents a "Special back-to-school issue —
A fact book on education in Canada". It puts together a few facts and figures
relating to education, including some of the latest research findings on the very
important role that parents play in their children's education. Back-to-school
factbook
Early childhood
School readiness
How common are
French immersion programs?
How much homework do 15-year olds do?
Working
while in school
Trends in high school drop-out rates
What influences the
decision to pursue a college or university education?
How many young people
go on to postsecondary education?
Household savings and spending on education
The
costs of attending college or university
Paying for postsecondary education
Government
student loan debt
What is the first year of college or university like?
Persistence
in postsecondary education
University enrolment trends
What is education
worth in the labour market? Earlier
editions of Education Matters - going back April 2004
More
free StatCan reports on education July 5,
2006
Youth
in Transition Survey: Update of the education and labour market pathways of young
adults, 2004
More and more youth have undertaken postsecondary
education, either at college, university or a private institution, and have taken
their place in the labour market, according to a four-year study of major transitions
in the lives of Canada's young people. The Youth in Transition Survey (YITS),
which tracked movements between high school, postsecondary education and the labour
market, interviewed young people and measured their activities at three stages:
in 1999, 2001 and 2003. Complete report: Follow-up
on Education and LabourMarket Pathways
of Young Canadians Aged 18 to 20 –
Results from YITS Cycle 3 (PDF file - 391K, 47 pages)
July 2006
By Danielle Shaienks, Judy Eisl-Culkin and Patrick Bussière June
23, 2006
Study:
Education and earnings, 1980 to 2005
Average real earnings since
2000 have increased at a faster pace for young, less-educated male workers than
for any other group, including university graduates, according to a new study.Wages
for this group (young men aged 25 to 34 with a high school education) have rebounded
during the past five years as a result of an influx of these individuals into
lower-skilled jobs in industries exp eriencing strong growth. The study, published
in the June online version of Perspectives on Labour and Income, found that this
movement in wages narrowed the gap in earnings between less-educated and university-educated
men. However, the gap is still wide. Perspectives
on Labour and Income - June 2006 issue (PDF file - 641K, 21 pages)
-
includes the eight-page article on education and savings mentioned above AND
an eight-page article on the Goods and Services Tax. April
26, 2006
Study:
How students fund their postsecondary education, 2001/2002
In general,
no single source of funding was sufficient to cover the basic cost of postsecondary
programs for a majority of students during the 2001/02 academic year, according
to a new study. This study used data from the 2002 Postsecondary Education Participation
Survey to examine costs of education involving tuition, fees, books and supplies,
and financial support for students aged 18 to 24 (17 to 24 in Quebec) who pursued
postsecondary studies during that year. Complete
study: How
Students Fund Their Postsecondary Education: Findings
from the Postsecondary
Education Participation Survey (487K, 39 pages)
April 2006 April
12, 2006
Education
Indicators in Canada, 2005
Featured product
The fourth edition
of Education Indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators
Program, available today, provides a wealth of statistical information on education. Highlights Complete
report: Education indicators in Canada:
Report
of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program 2005
April 2006
HTML
version (includes links to highlights, figures and tables and earlier
issues of the report)
PDF
version (this is an HTML page with links to separate PDF files for (1)
the complete report, (2) the report appendices, (3) the report tables and (4)
committees and organizations. March 24, 2006
Participation
in Adult Schooling and its Earnings Impact in Canada
Based on a
sample drawn from Statistics Canada's Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID:
1993 to 1998 and 1996 to 2001), the study finds that young (17 to 34 years old)
and single workers were more likely than older (35 to 59 years old) and married
and divorced workers to participate in adult schooling and to obtain a post-secondary
certificate. Workers with less than a high school education who might have the
greatest need to increase their human capital investment were less likely to participate
in adult education than workers with high school or more education. Complete
study: Participation
in Adult Schooling
and its Earnings Impact in Canada (PDF file
- 202K, 35 pages)
by Xuelin Zhang and Boris Palameta
March 2006 December
16, 2005
Education
Matters: Trends in dropout rates among the provinces, 1990/91 to 2004/05
[See
the "NOTES" section before the tables at the end for links to three
related StatCan reports]
Related Link:
Provincial
Drop-out rates - Trends and Consequences May
11, 2005
Adult
Literacy and Life Skills Survey, 2003
The challenge to improve literacy
performance among Canadians is far from over, according to the first round of
a major new survey. As in 1994, a significant number of Canadian adults have low-level
literacy skills which may have an impact on their participation in the economy
and in society. Related Links: Learning
a Living: First Results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (incl.
link to the full report in PDF)
- Organization
of the report - links to individual chapters of the report Adult
Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL) - "a large-scale, comparative
survey that seeks to profile the skills of adults in multiple countries through
direct assessment in households" Two
articles from the April 2005 issue of Education Matters (also from StatCan):
Earnings
trends in the knowledge-based economy
University graduates, especially
women, have gained the most through the emergence of the knowledge-based economy.
Males, particularly those with no more than high school, have seen their position
in the labour market deteriorate, with stagnating job opportunities and weak earnings
growth. Student
achievement in mathematics – the roles of attitudes, perceptions and family
background
Motivation to learn, attitudes, and confidence all play
key roles in student achievement in mathematics. Parental occupation also plays
an important role. Compared to other students, math scores were significantly
higher for those who had a parent working in an occupation, like engineering or
science, which required advanced math skills. Source:
Education
matters: insights on education, learning and training in Canada
"This
free online periodical provides summary information on issues and gives access
to education indicators and Canadian education analysis. It presents information,
statistics and analysis in a non-technical, highly readable format for teachers,
students, parents, education associations, researchers and policy makers. It is
published bimonthly by Statistics Canada's Centre for Education Statistics." Previous
Issues of Education Matters - six earlier issues, each with two free education-related
articles
Free
StatCan Education Publications
StatCan
Education Publications for Sale February
16, 2005
Study:
Participation in post-secondary education, 1993 to 2001
"Despite
mounting financial challenges during the 1990s, young people from moderate- and
low-income families were no less likely in 2001 than they were in 1993 to attend
university, according to a new study. The study probes the relationship between
parental education and income and participation in post-secondary education in
Canada from 1993 to 2001."
Complete study:
Participation
in Post-secondary Education in Canada:
Has the Role of Parental Income and
Education Changed over the 1990s? (PDF file - 272K, 48 pages) Related
Link: November 18, 2004
Study:
Postsecondary education — Who leaves and why, 1999 to 2001
About
one out of every seven young people aged 20 to 22 who had attended a postsecondary
institution at some point in their life had left for one reason or another by
December 2001, according to a new study. The most common reason they gave was
a lack of program "fit." Complete
report: Who
Pursues Postsecondary Education, Who Leaves and Why: Results from the Youth in
Transition Survey (PDF file - 214K, 38 pages)
November 2004
October
13, 2004
Study:
Earnings of couples with high and low levels of education, 1980 to 2000
The
gap in earnings between couples who are highly educated and couples with much
lower levels of schooling has widened considerably during the past two decades,
according to a new study
Complete report:
Earnings
of couples with high and low levels of education, 1980-2000 (PDF file
- 345K, 61 pages)
October 2004 September
2, 2004
University
tuition fees, 2004/05
Undergraduate university students can expect
to pay 3.9% more on average in tuition fees when they return to school this fall,
the smallest increase in three years. The average tuition this fall will reach
$4,172, up from $4,018 last year. Family
Background and Access to Post-Secondary Education: What Happened over the 1990s?
(PDF file - 208K, 43 pages)
By Ross Finnie, Christine Laporte and Eric
Lascelles
August 2004
Source:
Analytical
Studies Branch Research Paper Series July
30, 2004
University
enrolment, 2001/02
A record number of students enrolled in Canadian
universities in 2001/02, exceeding the peak recorded in 1992/93. In its strongest
increase in 10 years, university enrolment rose 4.3% compared with 2000/01, reaching
the record number of 886,800 July 23,
2004
Study:
Saving for post-secondary education - 2002
Parents who are in the
highest income group, who own their home mortgage-free or who are university-educated
are more likely to save for the post-secondary education of their children. However,
education saving is also influenced by other factors, such as the child's performance
at school, parental aspirations, awareness of education savings programs, and
grant expectations.
- incl. a link to the ($6) July 2004 online issue of Perspectives
on Labour and Income, where you'll find the article entitled Saving for post-secondary
education. June 16, 2004
Youth
in Transition Survey: Education and labour market pathways of young adults, 2002
"Canada's
young people are making the transition from school to the workforce through a
complex set of pathways, rather than simply finishing their education and jumping
straight into a full-time job, according to new data from the Youth in Transition
Survey."
Complete report:
Education
and labour market pathways of young
Canadians between age 20 and 22: an Overview
(PDF file - 223K, 41 pages)
by Klarka Zeman, Tamara Knighton, and Patrick Bussière
Culture,
Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Division (Statistics Canada)
Related
StatCan link:
April 5, 2004
Youth in Transition
Survey, 2002
Study
Highlights
Complete report:
In
and out of high school: First results from the second cycle
of the Youth in
Transition Survey, 2002 (PDF file - 303K, 41 pages)
April 2004 April
30, 2004
Education
Matters: A new online publication
"Today,
Statistics Canada launches a new, free, online publication called Education Matters:
Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada. This
publication, which will be released every two months, is a source of summary information
on issues relating to education, training and learning, as well as a key point
of access to data and analytical output relating to education."
Education
Matters - Insights on education, learning and training in Canada
April
2004 (Issue Number 1)
- Literacy
counts
A key indicator of educational progress
is the extent to which schools are successful in equipping their students with
strong literacy skills. The evidence shows that educational systems that have
the highest average literacy scores also tend to have the smallest gaps in achievement
between high-scoring and low-scoring students.
- Distance
as a postsecondary access issue
"In
a country as vast as Canada, it can be expected that some individuals must make
the decision to leave home if they want to pursue a postsecondary education. What
role does distance to the nearest institution play in the choice between attending
college versus university?"
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