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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780776638171
Publisert
2022-11-15
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Ottawa Press
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240

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Biographical note

Recipient of the CEA/Whitworth Award for contributions to educational research, Robert Crocker is Professor Emeritus at Memorial University. He was Associate Deputy Minister of Education in Newfoundland, where he was involved in negotiations leading to the constitutional amendment ending religious control of education in that province. He also served as a member of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and as President of the Canadian Educational Researchers’ Association.