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Mindful leader development of undergraduate students
(2019)
This case study examined a six-week mindfulness intervention in a higher education leadership
course. Higher education has a critical role to play in preparing students to navigate this worldwide
terrain with success by ...
Re(righting) mathematics education: changing students' attitudes towards mathematics through Indigenous knowledge and worldview
(2019)
This study explored the impacts of incorporating decolonizing, Indigenous focused lessons and pedagogies in a grade 9 (Ontario) locally developed (LD) classroom on students’ attitudes towards mathematics. A reform-based ...
An exploration of university students' experiences with depression
(2016)
This thesis explores how university students have experienced depression during their life in an attempt to develop a greater understanding of current mental health issues. Links between depression and schooling were also ...
"Welcome to the modern world, painted stick" : postmodern magic in educational virtual reality
(2011)
This dissertation endeavours to create a conceptual frameworkwith which to examine “video games as postmodern magic.” I begin by defining the operative understanding of postmodernism for the purpose of this analysis, ...
Digital Visions: Developing 21st century skills and competencies with the Digital Media Academy
(2018-05-18)
This thesis proposes the need for a comprehensive digital literacy program in Ontario
schools. A K-12 digital literacy program is essential so that students can grow up with a set of
21st century skills and competencies ...
Student and teacher perspectives on choice theory as transformative education: an alternative secondary school context
(2020)
Alternative education suffers from a bad reputation. Many people see these programs and
schools as places where students who are considered to be “disruptive” or otherwise “deficient”
in the eyes of mainstream education ...
Support for, and success of, Indigenous students in access programs at four Canadian universities: educators’ perspectives and practices
(2020)
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada’s recent report on Indigenous Post-
Secondary Education reported that 10% of Indigenous peoples in Canada hold a
university degree, compared to 26% of non-Indigenous people. Yet, ...
Teacher perspectives on community engagement in an international school context
(2020)
This qualitative case study explores teacher perspectives on community engagement
efforts at the International School of Dakar (ISD) in Dakar, Senegal. It examines how teachers
define meaningful and reciprocal community ...
Is the customer always right? An examination of neoliberal ideology and its influence on parent-teacher interactions
(2019)
This study explores how treating education as a private commodity may affect parent-teacher
relationships, including the ways that parents perceive they are treated. The effects of
neoliberal ideology on education transform ...
Focusing on the future: Congolese students’ perceptions of and experiences with secondary education in Nyarugusu Camp
(2020)
In Nyarugusu Camp, one of the world’s largest refugee camps, only 7% of youth are
enrolled in secondary school. While literature on refugee education has focused almost
exclusively on organizational aspects of planning ...