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The role of self-reflective practices in an 'Aboriginal Education' course in teacher education
(2018)
This study explores teacher candidates’ and course instructors’ experiences and perspectives of a mandatory Aboriginal Education course at Lakehead University’s teacher education program. The study utilizes a mixed methods ...
Mandated citizenship: facilitating and reflecting on the development of citizenship through the Ontario mandated high school community service requirement
(2018)
Civic education and community service are widely viewed as worthwhile educational pursuits. Recent Canadian studies have shown that youth are now engaged in voluntary service more than any other age group in Canada. A key ...
Beyond recursive patterning: visual representations to promote algebraic thinking with primary students
(2016)
This case study examined the impact of using designed visual representations of simple
linear functions on Grade 2/3 students’ development of algebraic thinking. I also looked
for the connections between the use of visual ...
The impact of daily number talks on the development of mental math abilities of second graders within a reform-based classroom
(2018)
In this mixed methods case study I examined the impact of daily number talks (or strings) on the development of mental math abilities of second graders within a reform-based classroom. I also looked at whether or not the ...
The effect of removing examinees with low motivation on item response data calibration
(2014-01-22)
Many item-response models (IRM) used to estimate student abilities and test item parameters in
large-scale assessments (LSA) do not account for the effect of student low motivation. This
effect may pose a threat to the ...
Contextualized garden-based mathematics
(2018)
Research has investigated the use of locally valued activities to contextualize mathematics for
First Nations students; for example, Beatty and Blair (2015), Lipka, Sharp, Adams, and Sharp
(2007) , Nicol, Archibald, and ...
Climate change education : a portfolio
(2018)
The focus of this portfolio is climate change education, with a particular emphasis on the challenges facing educators in Alberta where economic matters are often prioritized over environmental ones and the lessons we can ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...