• A web of relationships: caregivers' perspectives on the complexity of working with infants and toddlers 

  Elliot, Enid Frances (2018-11-07)

  Previous research has investigated the effects of daycare on infants, though little attention has been given to the emotional impact of this work on their caregivers. Attachment theory has influenced the approach to ...
• Music as art or music for living? Disrupting the dominant discourse that marginalizes music in education 

  Sim, Sheila May (2018-11-02)

  This study explores society's influence on our beliefs about music in general and music education in particular. My interest in this topic stems from my work as a music educator and my desire to understand more fully the ...
• An examination of worldview in Northeastern Mexico 

  Rodriguez Saldana, Maria Del Carmen (2018-11-02)

  Cultural diversity renders those in the midst of cross-cultural encounters with rich opportunities for understanding the components of other people's conception of the world, their outlook on life, and their value orientations. ...
• Science in the community; an ethnographic account of social material transformation 

  Lee, Stuart Henry (2018-10-30)

  This dissertation is about the learning and use of science at the level of local community. It is an ethnographic account, and its theoretical approach draws on actor-network theory as well as neo-Marxist practice theory ...
• Dealing with diversity: multicultural education in British Columbia, 1872-1981 

  Raptis, Helen (2018-09-14)

  British Columbia (B.C.), like the rest of Canada, has had a culturally diverse population since its earliest years. By the early 1970s, commonality of educational purpose had begun to fray in the province. Specialized ...
• A curriculum of place and respect: towards an understanding of contemporary Mayan education 

  Hood, Robin June (2018-09-13)

  Testimonial texts of contemporary Mayan educators are at the heart of this study about K ’iche ’ Mayan education in the highland area of Totonicapan in Guatemala. I use Schrag’s (1986) framework of communicative praxis ...
• Why did you withdraw? Experiences of Chinese international doctoral students in Canada 

  Gao, Yan (2018-09-11)

  Mobility and migration are features of this global era. Thus, most higher education institutions are increasingly recruiting international students. Host institutions and countries benefit in many different ways from this ...
• Catholic educational leadership: exploring overlapping consensus of Catholic identity through narrative inquiry 

  Pagnotta-Kowalczyk, Eugenia (2018-09-07)

  Catholic educational leaders serve as the primary faith leaders in their school community and remain influential in the public discourse of Catholic education. As insiders understanding the contextual educational landscape, ...
• What happens when "we" forget about authority?: Legitimating student-held authority 

  Jacklin, Nathan (2018-08-30)

  It is undeniable that schools and classrooms must function according to some conception of authority, but contemporary educational theory often overlooks this concept. This ‘forgetting’ of authority can lead to misconceptions ...
• Pedagogical implications and students' perceptions of genre method in an IELTS writing course 

  Chen, Qinghua (2018-08-29)

  This case study examined both the implications of using genre pedagogy on students’ writing performance in IELTS-like tests as well as students’ perceptions of the genre method in the context of IELTS preparation course. ...
• Mobile interpretive apps as educational mediating tools in science education: participant-based digital design in natural history and science museums 

  Hammond-Todd, Michael Andrew (2018-08-28)

  The use of mobile and social learning media for K-12 students continues to rapidly increase in both formal and informal learning environments. While many educational apps have been developed for adult visitors to museums ...
• Invisible, alone, and alienated: Experiences and perceptions of socially neglected high school students 

  FitzGibbon, Paula Ruth (2018-08-16)

  This dissertation explores the lifeworlds of socially neglected high school students. Adolescents who are members of this peer social category are described in the literature as those who exhibit passive behavior; make few ...
• Knowledge and experience: an exploration masculine subjectivities and social justice education 

  Sandor, Nick (2018-07-27)

  This philosophical inquiry challenges the conventional perspective that ‘boys will be boys’ moving towards opportunities for social change through the lived experience of masculinities. The conservative political perspective ...
• Congruency of values : a study of the perceived writing values ... 

  Peach, Ronald Derek (2018-07-25)

  This study examines how well the qualities of good essay writing expressed in the British Columbia Ministry of Education's handbook, Using rating scales to evaluate student writing, are transmitted to teachers and students. ...
• A descriptive study of Thai EFL students' comprehension monitoring strategies when reading in English 

  Katib, Adisra (2018-07-23)

  This research describes and investigates comprehension monitoring strategies of 16 EFL Thai second and fourth year undergraduate students at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, reading an English expository ...
• Improvisation: ? motions for living texts 

  Frey, Connie Jean (2018-07-20)

  Enjoining improvisation as chrysalis for dissertation creation, I draw upon immediate responses, surprise, familiarity, and diverse knowers. Being engaged with improvisation as topic and methodology reveals my assumptions ...
• (Re) constituting the teaching self: narrative explorations of difficulty in teaching 

  Fowler, Leah Cheryl (2018-07-20)

  This dissertation identifies questions of difficulty in teaching and represents one story of an enduring poststructural reconstitution of the relational fields of self, theory, and practice. The first three sections are ...
• Consulting 3- to 6-year-old children about their reading and writing concepts and practices 

  Shook, Sandra Ellen (2018-07-18)

  As members of a literate society young children construct their own literacy (Sulzby & Teale, 1991) and participate in literacy events from birth (Baghban, 1984; Taylor, 1983; Wells, 1986). They do so through social ...
• The impact of parental death during adolescence on separation-individuation process 

  Elder, Sandra (2018-07-09)

  Whether or not major changes in family structure during adolescence have positive or negative consequences for adolescents has not been empirically investigated to any extent. The separation-individuation process is ...
• The relationship of writing instruction to grade 4 to 6 students' reflective accounts and their written products 

  Bright, Robin M. (2018-07-06)

  The research documented in this dissertation examined the language-related instructional contexts for writing in two intermediate classrooms spanning grades four to six. In addition, students' understanding of those contexts ...

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