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The wild west of policy making : a discourse analysis of primary and secondary schools' social media policies
(2015-02-02)
Social media has become a technology that is increasingly shaping how
young people connect, socialize, and learn (Ahn, 2011). Many educators and
administrators endeavour to understand how this communications tool has ...
Narrating activist education: teachers' stories of affecting social and political change
(2015-01-13)
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Anthropocene U: Academic responses and responsibilities at Lakehead University
(2015-06-15)
This thesis explores the stories of six faculty members and administrators at
Lakehead University who are responding to the Anthropocene through their academic
work. Their stories suggest that there are barriers facing ...
Becoming an ESL Teacher: An Autoethnography
(2015)
In this thesis I studied the teacher identity development journey I underwent while completing
my first term of teaching adult ESL learners at a post-secondary institute in Ontario. I addressed
three questions. Firstly, ...
Death education : simulating the end of life to beginning healthcare providers
(2015)
The national Quality End-of-Life Care Coalition of Canada report advocates that professional
healthcare education must become even more important for a systems-wide approach to
handling hospice palliative and end-of-life ...
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 ...
Enriching Communities with Community-based Arts Education
(2015)
This research aims to describe the value of community-based arts education.
Community-based arts organizations focus on community concerns and issues as well as support individual development (Hoffman Davis, 2010), yet ...
A Case Study of Elementary Schoolchildren’s Perspectives on Character: An Exploration using a Children’s Rights Participatory Framework
(2015)
There has been for educators of schoolchildren internationally a renewed interest in ‘character education’ (e.g., Brabeck & Rogers, 2000; Caspo 2001; Covell & Howe, 2001; Halstead & Pike, 2006; Hussar & Harris, 2010; Friday, ...
Dis-placing Myself: Decolonizing a Settler Outdoor Environmental Educator
(2015)
Indigenous communities across Canada are courageously fighting to protect their Lands for future generations. Many settler Canadians are trying to work in solidarity with Indigenous communities to disrupt socio-ecological ...
Indigenizing Environmental Education: How can Land-Based Practices become an Educational Journey of Reconciliation?
(2015)
Environmental education today centres on the protection and conservation of land for settler-Canadians. This research explores how including an Indigenous perspective of Land into environmental education can aid non-Indigenous ...