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Meeting the challenge of deaf and hard of hearing students transitioning to secondary school : parent and student perspectives / by Lisa Tropea.
(2010)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the perspectives of parents of deaf and hard of hearing students who were ready to make the transition from elementary school to secondary school or who had recently ...
In/visible families : exploring the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans-identified, and two-spirited parents in Northern Ontario school communities / by Natalie Rowlandson.
(2010)
The purpose of this study was to learn about the nature of interactions between Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Trans-identified, and Two-Spirited (LGBQTT) parents and their children’s teachers and school principals. A case ...
Becoming a literacy teacher : from teacher preparation through the first two years of literacy teaching / by Laurie Elizabeth Leslie.
(2010)
"Preparing teachers to teach literacy effectively is a lengthy and complex process. It begins long before students are accepted into preservice education programs and continues throughout their careers. This three-year ...
Pre-service teacher perceptions of White privilege in a two-year teacher education program
(2017)
The purpose of this study was to examine pre-service teachers’ perceptions of
White privilege in a two-year teacher education program. This study employed a
qualitative approach and interviews were utilized as the primary ...
More than pink shirts and posters: beyond the limits of anti-homophobia education
(2017)
Most schools in Canada are unsafe spaces for queer youth or those perceived by their peers as queer.
Gay/Straight Alliances (GSAs) and other LGBTQ+ inclusive groups exist in schools with the goal of
mitigating and working ...
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 ...
Ethical considerations for mindfulness in education: prescriptive quick fix or transformational paradigm shift?
(2017)
While mindfulness practices have demonstrated utility in bolstering human well-being and functioning, they are certainly not beyond reproach. Purser and Loy (2013) have coined the term “McMindfulness” to refer to instrumental ...
"It was your ancestors that put them there and they put them there for you" : exploring Indigenous connection to mazinaabikiniganan as land-based education
(2017)
This study explored Indigenous connections to mazinaabikiniganan (more commonly known as
rock art or pictographs) and investigated how these sites contribute to land-based education.
Focused on the community of Batchewana ...
Living well in a world with wolves: educators' perspectives
(2016)
The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological investigation was to explore
wolf-focused education from the perspective of educators who work at various wolf
education centres and programs around North America. The ...
Decolonizing actions that speak louder than words : science education through multiple lenses in Nunavut / by Marc Higgins.
(2010)
"Education in Nunavut, still largely based on Euro-Canadian knowledge and Western teachings, is a negative experience for many Nunavut youth - the result of cultural inappropriateness and worldview mismatch. The mismatch ...