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Investigating the human-nature relationships of wilderness leaders
(2012-11-10)
This qualitative study explored how wilderness leaders view wilderness and understand their relationship with wilderness. The term wilderness leader denotes outdoor educators and guides who lead trips in backcountry ...
Can education be healing? : adult women's motivations for and experiences with university education / by Janis Cox.
(2009)
"Previous research reveals that some women might pursue university education as a means to heal from experiences of violence, poverty, and trauma or to take control over aspects of their identity that have been sublimated ...
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 ...
Role model/mentor influence on the career path of college professors
(2009)
The original intent of the proposal was to study the impact of role models on a small body of teachers in the Engineering Technology division at an urban college, preferably with experience teaching math and science. ...
A Qualitative study on the experiences of students attending Thunder Bay area rural, one-room schools in the early 20th century
(2009-06)
One-room country schools, which began appearing in the early 1900s in the District of Thunder Bay in Northern Ontario, Canada, provided educational opportunities to the children of the first and second generation immigrant ...
Intermediate students at-risk in mathematics : case studies of teachers and students
(2009)
Although there have been changes made to Ontario's mathematics curriculum within the last decade to ensure student success, a significant number of students in Ontario schools have been achieving at or below a level 1 and ...
An Analysis of Ontario's pre-service teacher candidates' attitudes and approach towards teaching the Holocaust
(2009-08)
Unexpectedly, 79% of the respondents expressed no discomfort in teaching lessons about the Holocaust, despite the complexity and sensitivity of the topic. Respondents indicated the necessity of Holocaust Education as a ...
Experience and influence : student and parent perspectives of an alternative school
(2010)
Traditionally, education and schooling have been developed by and implemented through the adult perspective. An increasing number of educators and researchers focus on alternatives to mainstream education and this study ...
Ecological Concept Development at the Elementary School Level
(2012)
This case study of one school was designed to examine the level of knowledge and understanding elementary students (ages 9 – 13) have for key ecological concepts that are found in the Ontario 2007 science curriculum ...