RSS 1.0Portfolios (Master of Education)
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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, ... -
Power in the Image | Visual Literacy in the Age of COVID-19
(2022)The aim of this portfolio is to explore a journey of research examining the role of photography and visual literacy in contemporary society through the lens of COVID-19 media coverage, attending to the misrepresentation ... -
Say my name: name-based racial microaggressions in Ontario’s K-12 school system
(2022)Names have long been connected with an individual’s perception of themselves and their identities. Studies have shown that negative experiences with one’s name can impact a student’s sense of self and belonging, and their ... -
Critical assessment for transformative education: for people and the planet
(2022)The purpose of this portfolio is to review the relevant academic literature from environmental and social justice education, as well as assessment and evaluation, to make the case for critical assessment and evaluation ... -
Decolonizing (for settlers): a pedagogical framework for enacting responsibilities
(2021)The first section of this portfolio offers a grounding of core concepts central to the framework, specifically an explanation of settler colonialism, why use the terms Indigenous and settler, and what decolonization ... -
A guide to teaching in Nunavut
(2021)What you can expect from this portfolio is a personal introduction, a brief summary on the near absolute lack of Nunavut teaching guides, followed by a Nunavut teaching guide. More accurately, I’ll be providing a cultural ... -
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. ... -
Using existing educational tools to support and enhance environmental education: utilizing ecoliterary texts, gamifying education, and integrating technology
(2021)Raising the next generation of environmental stewards is essential to addressing growing environmental degradation, and therefore, effective and accessible environmental education is more important than ever. However, ... -
Is this Black enough? Provocations and contemplations
(2020)Through my Master of Education studies at Lakehead University, I have aimed to conceptualize intersectional experiences within education while theorizing the outcomes of race in education. As a racialized person who grew ... -
Unsettling environmental and place-based literature for young children
(2020)This portfolio seeks to trouble and unsettle the pervasiveness of settler colonialism, White supremacy, and anthropocentrism in young children’s environmental and place-based literature through the creation of a picture ... -
Arts4SocialJustice
(2020)In the following pages I will tell a story. This story is mine, but it is also others’. With this narrative I will recount the journey and people that took me to where I stand now. I will discuss how I found myself in ... -
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 ... -
Practical resources for therapeutic horseback riding programs that support students on the autism spectrum
(2020)Over the past decade, equine-assisted interventions have become increasingly popular as assistive programs for individuals with specialized needs (Gabriels et al., 2012) given the adaptability of these interventions and ... -
Sci-fi movies as gateways to empower women students in higher education
(2020)The purpose of this portfolio is to examine whether using sci-fi movies can affect women students’ self-perceptions about their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) ability and career-linked self-perceptions ... -
Climate change education inquiries in the secondary classroom: a practical guide
(2020)The purpose of this literature review is to report on current climate change education research focused on best practice for climate change pedagogy at the secondary level. Through the literature, I demonstrate the ... -
Science education through stories: collection of stories on a website
(2020)Stories are a traditional means of communication that play a role in transferring values belonging to culture from one generation to another and also acts as a powerful pedagogical tool helping people to process their daily ... -
A+Vengers : empowering students through superheroic re-storying
(2020)This portfolio is based on my understanding of the importance of promoting mental health and wellness in schools for students. This project focused on the integration of specific mental health promoting therapies (narrative ... -
Travelling in master class : a look at self-reflection for educators through the medium of a blog
(2020)Today, reflection has become a standard element of teacher education programs with the intent of helping teacher candidates demonstrate and build on their understanding of theoretical background and the practical approaches ...
