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Kakanjegawin, to know. Anishinawbe epistemology and education : a philosophic and holistic exploration of Anishinawbe approaches to knowledge and implications in education / by Amy Lynn Farrell.
(2008)Ttiis literature-based study explores the holistic and tradition-based Anishinawbe knowledge systems and what it means to know in the Anishinawbe sense. Several aspects of discussion include the source from which knowledge ... -
Knowledge and experience of in-service, secondary and post-secondary teachers on mild traumatic brain injuries: return to learning in the classroom
(2018-02-28)Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) are becoming more prevalent in adolescents. As these injuries can occur during the school year, returning to school and learning can prove to be difficult for some individuals. As ... -
Labor market outcomes of PhD graduated in Canada and the policy implications : an analysis of the national graduate survey in 1997
(2001)The emergence of knowledge-based economy has sparked the demand for people who have advanced education and training. The looming faculty shortages in Canadian and other developed countries make a study of the PhD graduates ... -
Labyrinth learning : a 360-degree community service digital ecology
(2022)Labyrinth Learning – A 360 Degree Community Service Digital Ecology is a Master’s Portfolio organized around the Lakehead Labyrinth Project at Lakehead University’s campus between 2017-2022. With text, images, video, ... -
Land-based pedagogies: a path to decolonizing environmental education in British Columbia
(2017)The purpose of this portfolio is to provide evidence of my graduate learning and to employ this new knowledge in a manner that contributes to the rich and varied decolonization efforts that are being made by Indigenous ... -
The landscape of digital citizenship education in Canada from grades K-12: online privacy education
(2018)In recent years, the availability of digital devices, tablets and other media has significantly increased which has led to a series of transitions in all of social and professional life, including how we teach and learn. ... -
Language learning environment of the senior kindergarten child
(1990)The study describes the language learning environment of children in senior kindergarten. It focuses firstly, on the child and the contexts in which s/he uses language in the classroom, secondly, on the teaching-learning ... -
Laughter yoga as embodied healing and educational well-being with Nishnawbe youth
(2018)This portfolio is based upon a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)-funded Partnership Development Grant project entitled Tikkun Indigenous Youth Project: Pedagogies of Repair and Reconciliation. The ... -
Leadership in a flattened organization: conditions for creating sustained collective efficacy
(2018)This portfolio aims to determine the characteristics or traits that are required to lead system-wide educational change, specifically, a flattening of the traditional hierarchal structure in a school board. Through a review ... -
Learning through relationship: in-context development for teachers of Indigenous students
(2019)In this study, I explore the experiences and qualities of productive learning relationships shared by Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators in K-12 public education contexts. I know from my own teaching experience and ... -
Leaving the federation : secondary administrators' responses to a change in context
(2001)The effects of contextual change (removal from the teachers' federation) on the culture of a small group of secondary school administrators was studied qualitatively, by a participant observer, using interviews, observations, ... -
Lesbian and gay male identity development and online communities
(2012)The aim of this study is to broaden the understanding of how online resources including blogs, chats, websites, and social networking can help support identity formation in lesbian and gay people. More specifically, my ... -
Literacy at the secondary level : pre-service teachers' perceptions of characteristics and effective practices of exceptional educators / by Natalie Watkins.
(2007)This study, Literacy at the Secondary Level: Characteristics and Effective Practices of Exceptional Educators, uses a mixed methods (concurrent nested strategy) approach to data collection through the use of a survey ... -
The Literacy gap: an investigation of the role of hegemonic ideology in literacy education
(2012-11-10)In this research the notion of hegemonic ideology is explored within the stories told by three returning adult students. These students were unsuccessful in attaining literacy skill in their elementary and secondary education ... -
Literacy through graphic novels : an autobiographical journey of developing teaching identity
(2014-01-22)This study explored the writer’s growth as a literate person and her emerging identity as a teacher and describes personal and educational experiences that influenced her beliefs about teaching. There is particular ... -
Lived experience of a Christian school teacher in comparison with the philosophies and policies of Christian Schools International
(2000)This study examines and compares the lived experience of a Christian school teacher with the philosophies and policies of Christian Schools International. A qualitative approach was used as the methodology and characteristics ... -
Lived experience of a traditional female Ojibway elder
(2001)This qualitative study examined the lived experience of a traditional female Ojibway Elder and her perspectives of leadership. An emergent framework of traditional female Ojibway leadership resulted from the data, and ... -
Lived experience of new graduate physiotherapists in the first year of practice : mentorship and program management
(2001)The object of this qualitative study was to explore the experience of the first year of practice of newly graduated physiotherapists working in a program management healthcare institution, in order to identify the systems ... -
Lived experiences of senior students returning to university
(2000)This phenomenological study of six purposively selected senior students, over the age of sixty, explored their learning experiences at a small regional university. Participant profiles created from the students' own ... -
Lived experiences of seven senior high school students in a french immersion program
(2001)This qualitative study investigated the lived experiences of seven senior high school students in a French Immersion program. The participants, four females and three males in grades eleven and twelve in a dual-track ...