The focus of this case study was to explore how my questions as a teacher impacted my students‟ construction of part-whole relations and their use of a benchmark model in learning fractions. The research conducted ...

In order to teach mathematics well, teachers must have a specialised knowledge of the content (Silverman & Thompson, 2008) and believe in effective teaching methods (Philipp, 2007). Research has indicated that teaching ...

Bullying of girls based on their body size remains a problem in schools that often appears to be tolerated and neglected by adult staff. Thus far, there has been a limited amount of research on this topic, including a ...

The focus of this video case study was to analyze the role of social norms (discourse in a learning community), sociomathematical norms (math discourse in a learning community), and my teaching in facilitating these norms ...

This thesis was developed in response to the pressing need to find methods for non-Indigenous teachers to actively teach for Indigenous student resilience, and to center Indigenous students and their families in an ...

This study investigated engagement and disengagement factors for high school students in a northern Eeyou community using a mixed methods participatory approach. A quantitative survey, administered to a stratified sample ...

The concept of moral distress was first developed in the mid 1980’s by the American philosopher Dr. Andrew Jameton. Since then, moral distress has been studied in many health care practice settings and among various ...

The focus of this longitudinal case study was to investigate the progressive development of unitizing in a cohort of students receiving reform-oriented mathematics instruction. One-on-one videotaped mathematics interviews ...

This study explored senior administrators‘ perspectives on Whiteness and racism in postsecondary education. The study focused on Canadian senior administrators at postsecondary institutions located in 2 provinces and in 2 ...

The author of this thesis uses grounded theory methodology to illuminate pre-service teachers’ understandings of social justice concepts, theories, and perspectives at the beginning of their teacher education programs. ...