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Preservice teachers' perceptions of teaching in communities of Northwestern Ontario
(2008)This mixed-method study examined the perceptions of preservice teachers about teaching in Northwestern Ontario, and how these perceptions influence their decisions to apply for teaching positions within the area through ... -
Qualitative study of five FSL teachers using constructivism to support second language learning
(2003)This qualitative study concerns how five participants who teach French use constructivism as a theory of learning in their classrooms and how this effects their students’ learning. In a constructivist classroom, learning ... -
A Qualitative study on the experiences of students attending Thunder Bay area rural, one-room schools in the early 20th century
(2009-06)One-room country schools, which began appearing in the early 1900s in the District of Thunder Bay in Northern Ontario, Canada, provided educational opportunities to the children of the first and second generation immigrant ... -
Racialized Bachelor of Education students' perspectives of performative allyship in the Black Lives Matter movement
(2023)Performative allyship, also referred to as performative activism, is a non-genuine form of allyship or activism rooted in growing one’s social capital rather than raising awareness for the stated human rights issue. ... -
Re(righting) mathematics education: changing students' attitudes towards mathematics through Indigenous knowledge and worldview
(2019)This study explored the impacts of incorporating decolonizing, Indigenous focused lessons and pedagogies in a grade 9 (Ontario) locally developed (LD) classroom on students’ attitudes towards mathematics. A reform-based ... -
The REACH program: an alternative for students-at-risk in order to remain in their home school environment
(2019)This thesis describes an evaluative case study, which researched the benefits of using the REACH program in two Thunder Bay elementary schools, eliminating the need to have studentsat- risk removed from their home school ... -
Reader response as a focal practice in foreign language acquisition
(2006)This study describes the implementation of the reader response as a focal practice approach (Sumara, 1995) in a third year, Spanish as a foreign language class in a university setting, the nature of engagement and response ... -
Recent Chinese immigrants' perceptions of English language and culture learning in Canada
(2007)Study participants : 6 Chinese immigrations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. -
Reconciliation through metissage in higher education
(2021)As a result of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015) and its Calls to Action for education, many universities are working to design culturally appropriate curricula and to “Indigenize” their ... -
Reflective learning cycle of new teachers who are teaching ESL via desktop videoconferencing
(2005)The purpose of the thesis research was to understand and describe new teachers’ experiences teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) via desktop videoconferencing (DVC) by applying a conceptual model of the reflective ... -
Reform mathematics teaching and how it helps students understand the concept of area / by Sarah K. Garrett.
(2010)The focus of this research was to determine the effectiveness of the reform method of teaching in helping Grade 7 students acquire a conceptual understanding of area. A pre-test, intervention, post-test model was used. ... -
Relating and learning with other beings, materials, and weather: multispecies assemblages at a Canadian forest school
(2022)In Canada, there has been a surge in outdoor and nature-based programming for young children, such as forest schools, with interest heightening over the COVID-19 pandemic. While there are many physical, cognitive, and ... -
Relationship between attaining ecological literacy and the development of a sense of community
(2004)The intent of the study was to examine how attainment of ecological literacy through experiential learning can be enhanced with the development of a sense of community. Research was carried out with three classes of ... -
Relationship between cognitive style and informed decision making
(1992)In this study, the relationship between children's cognitive styles and their ability to use informed decision making was investigated. Thirty-nine Grade Three students in Thunder Bay participated in a seven week, ... -
Relationships between perception of workplace, death anxiety, knowledge and attitudes toward care of the dying among palliative care nurses
(1998)This study describes the relationships between perception o f workplace, death anxiety, knowledge and attitudes toward care of the dying among palliative care nurses. The study was conducted on a sample of 48 nurses ... -
Remembering to Remember Shę́h Niyohgwaihó’dę (Our Original Instructions): A Self-Study on Indigenous Languages Programming in Six Nations
(2020)This research portfolio investigates one aspect of the Indigenous language revitalization/reclamation movement, which is Indigenous communities’ and peoples’ reclamation over their formal education systems with hopes of ... -
Representation of Indigenous education in primary classrooms
(2020)Throughout this portfolio, it is discussed how best to support teachers in addressing Indigenous culture throughout the curriculum, and more specifically, teaching Indigenous education to Early Learning Kindergarten age ... -
Resisting positivism: unfolding the epistemological basis of two arts-integrating research methodologies, arts based research and a/r/tography
(2015)How may an arts practice be considered a research methodology? This thesis examines two arts integrating methodologies, arts based research and a/r/tography, to uncover their epistemological constructs and philosophical ... -
Restorative practices in education: building teacher capacity and empowering student voice
(2018)How might I support educators to adopt a proactive mindset and develop the skills to respond to conflict restoratively? How might I empower students to take ownership for, and work toward, resolving conflicts that occur ... -
Restoring falsifiability to high school physics education
(2021)The idea that scientific theories and conclusions are provisionally true is essential for students to understand. There are limitations as to what passes for science and epistemological limitations to scientific knowledge. ...