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Children with an identified learning disability and their understanding of the social world
(2012-11-10)
Social skills are learned behaviours. Individuals with identified learning disabilities frequently have difficulty demonstrating, acquiring, and understanding the importance of behaviours that are deemed social skills and ...
The significance of the land in the education and health of Anishinaabe youth from Pic River First Nation
(2012-11-10)
This study shares the experiences of twenty-one Anishinabek youth from Pic River First Nation, Ontario, Canada in relation to how the Land is significant for their education and good health. This thesis is meant as a small ...
Trickster chases the tale of education
(2012-11-10)
The research story is a narrative woven of [the author's] own self reflections, the voice of the co-researchers, and traditional Mi'kmaw story characters. The story follows a group of community members from Wildcat First ...
Explorations in the Practice of Eco-art: A Phenomenological Arts-informed Research Project
(2015-08-25)
This study investigated the genre of eco-art through a phenomenological arts-informed research project to augment current practices and inspire new art and art/science initiatives in schools and communities. Incorporating ...
Assistive technology and the self-esteem of students with learning disabilities
(2012-11-10)
This thesis explored the relationship between using assistive technology (AT), and the self-esteem of students with learning disabilities (LD). A case study was created for each of two participants and were compared in a ...
Best practices of five Canadian ecological education (ECE), environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) pre-service teacher educators
(2010)
This study examines the teaching practices of five Canadian pre-service teacher educators in ecological education (ECE) courses, environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) courses. This ...
The consumed university: probing neoliberalism in higher educaton
(2018)
This study probes the influence of neoliberal ideas and ideology in Canadian higher
education. In order to examine such an influence, this study subjected the texts and
artifacts from 14 Canadian university recruitment ...
Stories of the cystorhood: exploring women’s experiences with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: implications for education, self-perception, and medicalization
(2016-01-05)
The overarching purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of women with PCOS
in more detail to provide further knowledge of the syndrome, to educate others, and
reduce stigma – for all women, with or without ...
Case study of reflections on the implementation of group projects from the perspective of professors at Lakehead University
(2014)
Cooperative learning practices in higher education carry the potential to increase student achievement and to develop social and team work skills valued highly by employers. However, despite an abundance of literature ...
Informal STEM Education for Underrepresented Racial Minorities: Students’ Perceptions of the Imhotep’s Legacy Academy After-school Programme
(2016-01-05)
This study explores students' perceptions of the Imhotep's Legacy Academy After-School
Project (ILASP), an after-school STEM programme offered to Nova Scotian students of African descent. A sequential explanatory mixed-methods ...