Browsing by Discipline
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Masculinity goes to class : gender performances and anti-oppressive perspectives in a secondary classroom
(2013-04-10)This research explores the complicated terrain of secondary school mates' masculinity and the ways they make sense and meaning of these identities in the socio-political context of a feminist, anti-oppressive teacher's ... -
Math anxiety, math self-concept, and performance in math
(2000)Study participants: 320 grade ten advanced students from two school boards in Northwestern Ontario. Math anxiety, math self-concept, math performances were studied. Gender differences were also explored. -
Mathematically-based stories in junior classes : do stories change attitudes toward mathematics?
(2014-01-22)This study explored evidence of a change in students' attitude towards mathematics in junior classes through the use of a mathematically-based stories unit. Using a questionnaire, observations, interviews, and classroom ... -
Mathematics anxiety in pre-service junior/intermediate (J/I) students
(2004)The present study examines the feelings of pre-service teachers at the J/I level's towards mathematics and the teaching thereof. Two instruments were used to examine the samples' feelings towards mathematics. The Mathematics ... -
Media and digital literacies in Canadian teacher educators’ open educational practices: a post-intentional phenomenology
(2023)In this qualitative post-intentional phenomenological research I share insights into the lived experiences of teacher educators who infuse their open educational practices with media and digital literacies in faculties ... -
Mediators' perspectives on the Ontario family mediation process and its potential impact on abused women and children's education
(2014-01-22)This research focused on the perspectives of seven mediators in Thunder Bay on what will happen to abused women if the mandatory mediation information program is actually implemented into the divorce process in Northwestern ... -
Meeting the challenge of deaf and hard of hearing students transitioning to secondary school : parent and student perspectives / by Lisa Tropea.
(2010)The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the perspectives of parents of deaf and hard of hearing students who were ready to make the transition from elementary school to secondary school or who had recently ... -
Memengwaawid, to be a butterfly: an Indigenous exploration of Northwestern Ontario Anishinawbe and Muskego or Ininiw sacred stories and teachings in a contemporary novel
(2014-12-11)Among their capacities to entertain, to pass down cultural traditions, ceremonies, dances, songs, and to correct undesired behaviours, sacred stories explain how something in nature came to be and how our interactions ... -
Mental Health Literacy and Ontario Young People: Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder
(2016)This study examined the mental health literacy of a group of young people, with particular interest to their ability to correctly label, identify symptoms, and recommend appropriate help sources for Major Depressive ... -
Mighty Girl: Empowering girls through leadership development
(2020)Many girls face a significant decline in their self-esteem during adolescence. However, there is a connection between the skills girls can develop in order to improve their self-esteem, and the development of a leadership ... -
Mindful leader development of undergraduate students
(2019)This case study examined a six-week mindfulness intervention in a higher education leadership course. Higher education has a critical role to play in preparing students to navigate this worldwide terrain with success by ... -
More than pink shirts and posters: beyond the limits of anti-homophobia education
(2017)Most schools in Canada are unsafe spaces for queer youth or those perceived by their peers as queer. Gay/Straight Alliances (GSAs) and other LGBTQ+ inclusive groups exist in schools with the goal of mitigating and working ... -
Multicultural ways of knowing : reading the Kite Runner in a grade 11 class
(2013-02-12)This qualitative study describes responses of twenty-eight students in a Grade 11 language arts class as they read, The Kite Runner (Hosseini, 2004), and responded to activities in the context of a multicultural unit. The ... -
Narrating activist education: teachers' stories of affecting social and political change
(2015-01-13)The project was undertaken in order to gain a deeper understanding of the conceptual and practical relationships between education and activism. Of particular concern is how teachers perceive ... -
Native conceptions of giftedness / by J. Karen Reynolds.
(1992)This study seeks to determine the relevance of "giftedness" in an isolated north-western Ontario Ojibway community and school. Specifically, Renzulli's (1986) model of "giftedness" is examined. This study begins with ... -
Native student traditional tribal values and secondary school retention
(1997)This qualitative study examined the relationship between Native student traditional tribal values and beliefs and the secondary school retention of seven Amerindian secondary school graduates. It is a departure from ... -
Native teaching methods : an exploration of the use of traditional practical knowledge in the classroom / by Ruby V. Farrell.
(1993)This study explores possible consistent patterns in the teaching methods of Native teachers in northwestern Ontario by examining their use of traditional practical knowledge in the classroom. The research was conducted ... -
Niizhaaweynima-nimama (Mother Earth Song)
(2020)This study investigates factors that have contributed to other Indigenous Peoples’ successes at the post-secondary level in graduate studies by interviewing Indigenous People that have gone through the system and have ... -
Nim-bii-go-nini Ojibwe language revitalization strategy : families learning our language at home
(2010)The Nim-bii-go-nini Ojibwe Language Revitalization Strategy is a grassroots approach to language learning that has been in collaborative development and implementation with members of my family since December 2008. ... -
Non-Indigenous educator and Indigenous student relations: rooting ourselves in their values
(2017)Assimilative and integrative policies remain part of Canada‟s dominant narrative and continue to inform non-Indigenous educators‟ relations with their Indigenous students. Counter narratives of Indigenous student and ...