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Stories of practice : preservice teachers' perceptions of information and communications technology
(2009-05-28)
This thesis investigates the perceptions of information and communications
technology (ICT) held by four preservice teachers as they engage in their first field-based
practicum. Perceptions result from interactions between ...
E/raced : aboriginal youth identities and schooling
(2009)
This qualitative study investigates Aboriginal high school students' negotiation of identity and identifying with school and community in relation to other representations. Within the literature, cultural and racial ...
Inuit visions for schooling in one Nunavut community
(2009-06-25)
This descriptive case study explores Inuit visions for schooling in a remote community in
the Qikiqtani (formerly Baffin) Region of Nunavut. I use information from interviews, casual
conversations, observations, and a ...
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 ...
Hasta manana...teacher : perspectives of cultural identity infusion on a group of youth in Arequipa, Peru / Maija Lamminmaki.
(2009)
This intrinsic ethnographic case study examines the group identity of youth attending the Villa Chachani Community School, in Arequipa, Peru. Considering the colonial, historical and current contextual factors, this study ...
Assessment and evaluation practices in outdoor, experiential, environmentally-focused integrated and interdisciplinary programs
(2009)
Two integrated/interdisciplinary programs were used as qualitative case studies of assessment and evaluation practices in outdoor, experiential, environmentally-focused integrated and interdisciplinary programs. Data were ...
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. ...
Poetizing disability : arts-informed reflections
(2009)
Through arts-informed educational research, I engaged in poetic exploration of the lived experience of disability. Theorizing and creating through poetry helped me to reflect and deepen my understanding of my own disability, ...
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 ...
A Survey of expatriate teachers in Kuwait
(2009-08)
The purpose of this study was to understand why qualified American and Canadian educators left their home country to teach overseas and more specifically, why they decided to live and work in Kuwait. Fifty-one participants ...