The effects of funding on the provision of educational services in Western Canada, 1976-1987

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dc.contributor.authorGlegg, Alastair Robertson Lindsay
dc.contributor.supervisorHodgkinson, C. E.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-15T19:07:16Z
dc.date.available2018-06-15T19:07:16Z
dc.date.copyright1990en_US
dc.date.issued2018-06-15
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy Ph.D.en_US
dc.description.abstractWhile considerable attention has been paid to the supposed qualitative outcomes of changes in level of financial support for public school education, comparatively little is known about the effects of funding changes on the provision of educational services. An examination of the levels of government expenditure on education in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba from 1976 to 1987 reveals a strong relationship between the state of the provincial economy and levels of financial support. During this period funding levels increased and decreased in all the provinces, with British Columbia experiencing the largest and most frequent fluctuations. Indices were developed for this study to measure the changes in levels of educational services provided. These changes were found to be closely associated with funding levels. Analysis of data obtained from a sample of 20 British Columbia school districts revealed a similar pattern at the district level. In addition, the mix of services was studied, and significant changes were evident in the percentage of teachers employed in instructional as opposed to administrative and support positions. These changes were associated with changes in levels of financial support. Certain characteristics of school districts were identified as having the potential to explain different responses to funding changes. Regression analysis was used to test the resulting hypotheses, and produced largely inconclusive results. This study concludes that although the level and mix of educational services provided in western Canada varied as funding levels increased and decreased over the period studied, in the main school systems proved sufficiently resilient to maintain or even to increase the levels of service they ordinarily provided without dramatically altering the mix of instructional and support staff.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/9456
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectEducation, Canada, Westernen_US
dc.subjectEducation and state, Canada, Westernen_US
dc.titleThe effects of funding on the provision of educational services in Western Canada, 1976-1987en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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