Library and Learning Services: Teaching and Learning: External Forces

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What are External Forces?

An external force will generally come from outside the education discipline; however, it will impact and influence our students, faculty, graduates, and classrooms.

Examples can be:

UN's Sustainable Development Goals
Artificial Intelligence
Ashoka
Labour market and unemployment/employment trends
Government policy, commissions, and reports like the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Each of the examples above have impacted us at Georgian.

Web Resources

UN's Sustainable Development Goals
Select each goal and then select the "Targets & Indicators" tab to get further clarification.
Ashoka Canada
Ashoka is the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs – individuals with system-changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems. Ashoka connects the work of individual social entrepreneurs to business, academic and public sector partners.
Ashoka
Ashoka is the largest network of social entrepreneurs worldwide, with nearly 3,000 Ashoka Fellows in 70 countries putting their system changing ideas into practice on a global scale.
Statistics Canada - Labour statistics
A portal to Statistics Canada labour data.
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
The Centre was created as one of the Truth and Reconciliations' Calls to Action. It houses the stories and memories of residential school survivors.
Artificial Intelligence (as explained by IBM)
Read this web page on the development of artificial intelligence (AI).

Social Media & Podcasts

Adam Grant's ReThinking
Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist and a leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, rethink assumptions, and live more generous and creative lives.

Looking for Research Databases?

The databases listed below are specific to the field of education.

Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
All levels of education are covered from curriculum, administration, and policy to funding and childcare issues . Includes Canadian content.
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Educator's Reference Complete This link opens in a new window
Research information for teachers and administrators who work in preschool to college level education.
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ERIC This link opens in a new window
A digital library containing educational research including articles and case studies for all levels of education
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Or use Page 1+ to search multiple article databases at once. The education field is represented in many of our general databases.

Page1+ This link opens in a new window
Enter your keywords to find books, articles, streaming video & more in one click. Access to full text requires your Georgian user credentials.

Thinking about education in your discipline? Use our program research guides to see what databases are recommended.

Program Research Guides A-Z
Select a subject grouping to find the program research guides.