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Master of Education: Educational Policy Studies Final Capping Papers
The Educational Policy Studies Capping Exercise (EDPS 900) is a *3 CR/N course. The purposes of the capping exercise are to demonstrate skills of inquiry, reflection, and critique and to reflect on learning from the graduate experience. The capping exercise is a research inquiry that may fall into one of the following categories: 1) analysis of a work-based problem; 2) critical literature review; 3) scholarly paper; 4) development of professional or organizational resources; or 5) evaluation of a program and/or policy. The capping exercise is to be an original, individually-produced product distinct from the products of other courses completed in a student’s graduate program.
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2025-04-07
This paper presents a synthesis of the literature on inclusion in French immersion (FI) programs in Canada from the last 20 years. A lens of sociolinguistics for change (Davis, 2024; Roy, 2020) is used to examine policies around inclusion in FI, compare these policies to the realities of...
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2024-04-26
Body image can be tough to talk about. In physical education (PE) classrooms, teachers may feel reluctant to engage in discussions about body image and food due to the colonial mindsets they hold. There needs to be an increase in promoting efforts to help bridge the gap for educators to reject...
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Unlearning the Monster: Teaching English language arts with an anti-colonial, feminist approach
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This paper uses an autoethnographic approach to explore how educators can build solidarity with non-White students and unlearn White supremacist ontologies present in education. It critiques policies, particularly Teaching Quality Standard (TQS5) and anti-racism commitments, which position...