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Parental Engagement in Leadership at School: A Function of Community
This qualitative study sought to explore the impact on parental engagement with schools when parents have the leadership positions in a school. A review of the literature revealed that parental engagement is considered ... -
Parents of the Gifted in Ontario: An Investigation of Parental Satisfaction with the Education of their Gifted Children
(2014-04-11)The opinions of parents in relation to the education of their gifted child were examined, with particular attention paid to their satisfaction and the type and amount of programming their child is receiving. This study ... -
Part-Time Pedagogy?: Examining the Role of Occasional Teachers in Ontario's Classrooms
This study examines the peripherality and precarity of occasional teaching, and explores how the instructional practice of daily substitute teachers in Ontario can be made more meaningful for both themselves and their ... -
A Phenomenologically Sensitized Analysis of Images Depicting Stressed Embodiment in an Adolescent Male with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
(2014-12-18)Each person with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) comes with unique characteristics (idiosyncratic) that give clues to the world they know (Connolly, 2008). It is through their body that they (a) know the world they are ... -
Popular Pedagogy in Canadian Television: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Trailer Park Boys
This major research paper studied the representations of masculinity in the Canadian television program Trailer Park Boys from the perspective of public pedagogy and education. Motivated by a desire to expose how patriarchal ... -
Post Post-Trip Follow-Up With Postsecondary Students After Short-Term Study Abroad: Transformational Learning and International Experiential Education
Postsecondary students are increasingly participating in short-term study-abroad experiences organized by educational institutions in Canada. There are relatively fewer long-term studies of participants from a variety of ... -
Poverty and Education: Preparing Teacher Candidates for Economically Diverse Classroom Environments
(2013-04-25)The poverty rate in Ontario affects approximately 1 in 6 children. Consequently, many classrooms in the province include students who come from poverty, and teachers are faced with the challenge of providing an equitable ... -
Producing Strong and Effective Writers Using the Peer Feedback Process
The peer feedback process is an effective and engaging literacy activity used to support student writers learning from each other. This study used qualitative research methods to investigate the potential impact of the ... -
Project-Based Learning in Mathematics: A Middle School Curriculum Unit
The purpose of this study was to develop a mathematics-focused project-based learning curriculum unit for educators to utilize with their own classes. Based on literature review and resources, an integrated unit was created ... -
Promoting Early Reading: A Parent Handbook for Developing Children's Phonological Awareness Using Authentic Activities
(2013-09-16)The purpose of this project was to create a handbook for parents to develop their children's phonological awareness using authentic activities that parents and children can complete together. The handbook aims to provide ... -
Quality Training Programs in Early Childhood Education
The effect that higher education has on the quality of a childcare setting is currently unknown. Early et al. (2007) suggest that higher education may not be affecting the quality of care in a childcare setting because the ... -
Retired School Administrators’ Perspectives on the Effectiveness of Ontario’s Teacher Performance Appraisal System
This study aims to gain a better understanding of the effectiveness of the Teacher Performance Appraisal (TPA) system in Ontario by examining the perspectives of four retired administrators: three retired Principals, and ... -
The Role of Community Partnerships in the Support of Postsecondary Students From Refugee Contexts
This qualitative study sought to identify how postsecondary institutions and non-profit organizations can work together to best support the needs of students from refugee contexts, particularly at a time when global ... -
School-Based Mental Health Promotion in Secondary Schools
Abstract This research project explored the potential of school-based peer-led mental health promotion programs as a resource for combating the current state of youth mental health concerns in Canada. The project created ... -
Self-Study on the Journey to Success of a Teacher With a Learning Disability
This self-study narrative sought to highlight the researcher’s educative and professional experiences as a teacher with learning disabilities (LDs) and the strategies she used to help her get to where she is today. This ... -
Service Learning in Higher Education: A Road Map
(2013-08-26)As institutions of higher education struggle to stay relevant, competitive, accessible, and flexible, they are scrambling to attend to a shift in focus for new students. This shift involves experiential learning. The purpose ... -
Sojourning for Best Practice: Enriching and Transforming Teaching Pedagogy Through International Service Learning
This case study investigates the potential professional outcomes of International Service Learning (ISL) on high school teacher participants. Specifically, the aim of this study is to examine the degree to which teacher ... -
A Specialized Yoga Handbook to Build Self-Regulation and Aid Transitions in the Go Girls Program
Go Girls: Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds, A Specialized Yoga Handbook For Mentors is designed for mentors to implement a specialized yoga practice into each mentoring session as a way to enhance adolescent females' ... -
Strategies and Techniques for Teaching Children with Learning Disabilities: A Case Study of the Spring Reading Program
This case study explored strategies and techniques in order to assist individuals with learning disabilities in their academic achievement. Of particular focus was how a literacy-based program, titled The Spring Reading ... -
Students’ Use and Perceptions of Social Networking Technologies: Connections to Reading, Reading Ability, and Self-Perception
(2013-04-23)Abstract This study was undertaken to examine traditional forms of literacy and the newest form of literacy: technology. Students who have trouble reading traditional forms of literacy tend to have lower self-esteem. This ...