Browsing Faculty of Education Graduate Projects by Title
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Meeting the Needs of Adult Learners in a Faculty of Education Careers Curriculum
(2016-04-29)Adult learners are a discrete population with specific needs and characteristics. The context of this project is a Career Services office in a Faculty of Education at a Local University [pseudonym]. The office serves a ... -
Meeting the Needs of Adult Learners in a Faculty of Education Careers Curriculum
(2016-04-27)Adult learners are a discrete population with specific needs and characteristics. The context of this project is a Career Services office in a Faculty of Education at a Local University [pseudonym]. The office serves a ... -
My Deaf Autistic Son and Me
(2009-05-12)This Self Study, submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Master of Education, is in the form of a series of vignettes and describes the challenges I experienced as the mother of a deaf autistic ... -
Not Just Reading and Writing: Exploring Literacy in Ontario's Secondary Schools
(2010-05-25)In 2002, Ontario became the first province in Canada to require the successful completion of a high-stakes large-scale literacy test as a requirement for graduation: the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT). ... -
ofChorus: Positioning a Co-Curricular Choir within a Faculty of Education
(2016-04-27)ofChorus was a co-curricular choir established in September 2014, at the Queen's University Faculty of Education in which anyone at the Faculty could participate. In order to ensure the opportunity to participate was made ... -
Once Upon a Fairy Tale: An Overview of Traditional & Alternative Fairy Tales
(2011-04-29)“Fairy tales and fantasy do help to shape great minds. Einstein was an avid reader of fairy tales” (Polette, 2005, p.1). Children’s literature contains many genres, one of the most popular being fairy tale stories. After ... -
Ontario's Annual Education Plan: A Curriculum Guide for Grade 7 and 8 using Career Cruising
(2010-10-19)This program guide has been developed to provide Grade 7 and 8 students with necessary career and education exploration activities. The activities in the guide have been developed using Career Cruising, a web-based guidance ... -
Parent Engagement: A Resource to Foster and Support Growth Mindset in Students
(2017-03-27)The purpose of this project was to create a resource to help parents understand the nature of growth mindset and its importance; to support them at home in their efforts to promote growth mindsets within their children; ... -
Parents’ Experiences With Gifted Identification and Programming
(2012-03-07)The focus of this investigation was parents’ experiences with gifted identification and gifted programming obtained through individual interviews with three mothers (Peggy, Carrie and Sharon) of gifted children. The results ... -
“A Place of Being”: Helping “students with exceptionalities” find their place using Indigenous ways of knowing.
(2014-06-19)Throughout my teaching career, I have worked closely with students with exceptionalities and have observed, time and time again, the need for change within our special education system. My students often struggle academically ... -
The Playbook: Indigenous Games in the Classroom - A Play-Based Approach to Cultural Inclusion
(2020)A comprehensive handbook for Educators on the importance of integrating Indigenous games in Canadian classrooms. -
Powerplay in the Classroom: A Module Designed to Combat Authority Abuse
(2011-01-31)Bullying has received much attention among researchers; however, the research produced has predominantly involved peer bullying. This project addressed the issue of authority abuse in schools by teachers, an area of research ... -
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CLINICAL SETTING: NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
(2010-04-29)Mentorship program in nursing is designed to nurture and develop new faculty and foster faculty retention (Blauvelt, 2008). Nurses supporting nurses programs are developed to support collectively the mentor and me ... -
A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP FOR MAINSTREAM CLASSROOM TEACHERS TO SUPPORT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (ELLS)
(2018)As Canadian classrooms become more diversified, there is a rising need to train mainstream classroom teachers to provide adequate support to English language learners (ELLs). Despite the extensive previous research and ... -
Promoting transformative learning within adolescent students through the use of environment-based education.
(2013-05-23)The purpose of this project is to examine how environmental education (EE) can be improved through the application of transformative learning theory and environment-based education (EBE) techniques within conventional ... -
Reading and Writing Informational Texts While Exploring Soil
(2012-12-05)Many students struggle with comprehending informational texts (Duke, 2004; Hall, Sabey, & McClellan, 2005; Stafford et al., 2005; Marinak & Gambrell, 2008; Read et al., 2008; Duke, 2010). Informational texts are particularly ... -
Reconsidering Dropout Prevention by Understanding Dropouts
(2014-10-27)ABSTRACT Knowing that the decision to leave school before graduating has a dramatic effect on the lives of the people who make this choice, why would anyone leave school before graduating from high school in Canada? ... -
Representations of Women in Films Aimed at Young Girls: An Extended Literature Review
(2010-04-27)Films aimed at young girls tend to portray women in a similar way. Women are typically shown as passive, beautiful, and desiring love or marriage. Women with power, on the other hand, while motivated and strong, are seen ... -
A Resource Guide for Beginning College Instructors
(2017-04-28)The number of part-time instructors hired into the college sector is rapidly increasing (Landrum, 2009). In 2003, 43% of those teaching in the college sector were part-time employees (Landrum, 2009). In 2011, the number ... -
“Reviving the Old Traffic Circle” A Proposal for a Context Sensitive Roundabout Design for the Princess, Bath, and Concession Streets Intersection
(2011-03-14)Within the city of Kingston, ON, the Princess, Concession, and Bath (PBC) intersection is a high traffic intersection and an important node for both local residents and daily commuters. Prior to the 1970’s, the intersection ...