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A Case Study Exploring How Professional Education Programs at a Mid-sized Canadian University are Conceptualizing and Operationalizing Entry-to-practice Competence Frameworks
Entry-to-practice competence frameworks and competency-based approaches to professional education are becoming increasingly popular in Canada and on a global scale. Although competency-based medical education has the ... -
Evidence-informed policy development and enactment: A policy content evaluation of a provincial policy for improving the educational outcomes of youth in out-of-home care in Ontario
The dissertation explores the Joint Protocol for Student Achievement (JPSA) through a series of four interrelated papers. First, education data of 4,109 students were analyzed to understand the educational experiences of ... -
Second Place at the Polish Pow Wow
Abstract This paper begins with an Indigenous buffalo teaching. It is followed by aspects of my own story of Métis cultural rediscovery. My hope is this will provide insight into why I am undertaking this writing, as well ... -
An Examination of Personal Financial Literacy Teaching and Learning in Ontario High Schools
The purpose of the study was to examine the experiences of current high school students, teachers, and high school graduates in Ontario regarding their experiences with personal financial curriculum and teaching at the ... -
Disengaged and Disenchanted Adolescents: An Arts-Based Case Study
The pursuit of creating valuable learning experiences for adolescents is a complex challenge. The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of a group of disengaged and disenchanted adolescents. I identified a ... -
The Bachelor of Health Science Online Program: a Look at Program Development Through the Eye of the Curriculum Committee Members
Delivery of an online education model is a trend that is increasing in popularity in today’s day and age. Although not a recent phenomenon, the technological development within the world of distance education would make ... -
Assessing Learning Skills and Work Habits in Ontario Secondary Schools
Teachers in all Canadian provinces, and in many jurisdictions around the world, are required to assess elements of student performance other than academic achievement. In Ontario, these assessments are reported in a section ... -
Comparison of Faculty Versus Structured Peer Feedback: Implications of Technical Skills Training
The surgical training environment has been required to adapt to multiple changes in recent years. Two challenges have placed significant burdens on traditional training methodology: the emerging need for critically reflective ... -
Reading Development: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Individuals with High Functioning Autism
Reading expands learning opportunities for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by improving their communication and functional skills, and, in the long run, improving their quality of life. Research is needed ... -
Data Use in Ontario School Board Improvement Plans
Board improvement plans (BIP) are documents which include goals and actions to improve student achievement and well-being within a school board. School boards in Ontario are encouraged to use data to make informed educational ... -
Task-based language teaching for Chinese as a second language: Teaching practice and teacher cognition
Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT), an influential teaching approach used mostly for teaching English and other European languages as a second language, has been advocated for teaching Chinese as a second language (CSL) ... -
Enhancing surgical education using video playback: A case study on the influence of video playback on the nature and experience of feedback between supervising surgeons and surgical residents.
Introduction: Feedback about intraoperative performance remains a cornerstone of surgical training, and yet perceptions of feedback quality by supervising surgeons and surgical residents differ. Video playback offers one ... -
Teaching Elementary-aged Children on the Autism Spectrum: the Key Issues, Challenges and Successes Described by Specialist Teachers
The most recent prevalence rates from the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National ASD Surveillance System (NASS) (PHAC, 2018) indicate that 1 in 66 children and youth (i.e., 15.2 per 1000) 5-17 years of age were diagnosed ... -
Exploring How Video-informed Feedback Supports Embedded Educator Professional Learning Between Middle Leader Facilitators and Teachers
The purpose of this study was to explore how video-informed feedback supported embedded educator professional learning (EPL) between middle leader (ML) facilitators and teachers, addressing gaps in EPL literature pertaining ... -
Inclusion of Indigenous Education: Examining Pre-service Teachers' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards the Integration of Indigenous Education
Teacher apprehension towards integrating Indigenous perspectives into the general classroom curriculum is an issue that should become a priority in Ontario Faculties of Education. Teachers’ attitudes and perceptions towards ... -
The Impact of Vatican II on Catholic Religious Secondary Education in the Province of Ontario
This thesis examines the impact of Vatican II on secondary religious education in Ontario. In order to understand this impact, pre-Vatican II secondary religious education is analysed beginning with the role of the papacy ... -
Mandatory Career Change: Transition Experiences of Canadian Armed Forces Veterans
For all serving military personnel, transition to civilian life is inevitable; however, a release may come as a surprise for the approximately 2000 service members who retire annually as a result of a medical condition ... -
Unpacking Reading Comprehension by Text Type: An Examination of Reading Strategy Use and Cognitive Functioning in Poor and Typically-Achieving Comprehenders
In the present study, I examined how students build comprehension with different types of text. Poor comprehenders and typically-achieving comprehenders, as determined by a standardized measure for general reading ... -
Manipulation of Cognitive Load in Simulation-Based Medical Education
In order to maximize the educational benefits of simulation based medical education (SBME) on an individual level, medical educators can manipulate simulation scenarios in real time, using the fundamentals of cognitive ... -
History in the Making: Case Study of a Makerspace in a Historical Institution
Makerspaces exist in public and private institutions as informal spaces where participants create tools to solve problems. Generally, makerspaces focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education ...
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