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A Case Study of MicroSociety Students: Engaging Learners in a “Real-World” Learning Community
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This case study examined the perspectives of six students who participated in the MicroSociety program as elementary-aged children. MicroSociety is an experiential program designed to provide authentic learning experiences that help prepare students for life beyond school. The purpose of this...
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A Story of Equity and School Choice Policies: The Need for Caution. A Two-Decade Case Study of a Suburban/Rural School Division in Alberta, Canada
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This 20-year case study is an engagement with the complexities of school choice policies and its effects on equity within one suburban rural public school division. The case study examined policy evolutions in the school division from January 1995 to December 2014 using both extensive...
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Effects of hippotherapy on the motivation and social interaction/social communication for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Engagement in purposeful activities is essential for development and is difficult for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who also have impairments of social interaction and communication. In hippotherapy, riding and other horse related activities can be used to promote children’s...
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Fall 2012
Many rural Alberta communities face critical issues of sustainability including rural-urban migration by youth and young adults. Drawing on research in Alberta, this thesis identifies the factors influencing rural-urban migration and discusses ways of empowering communities. A survey of youth...
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Everyone's just like, they're fine, and when in reality, are we? Stories about recess from children experiencing disability
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Recess can be a valuable and significant experience in children’s lives that provides opportunities for outdoor free play and engagement with peers; however children experiencing disability often withdraw or are excluded during recess. The recess context has received little attention from an...
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Spring 2020
Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social communication (SC), and the presence of restricted and repetitive interests/behaviours. ASD is diagnosed in 1 in 59 people in a 4:1 male:female ratio. Reasons for this uneven diagnostic...
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Investigating Principals’ Beliefs and Intentions Toward the Inclusion of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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The purpose of this study was to improve our understanding of what influences principals’ intentions toward including children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in general educational settings. With the incidence of ASD on the rise (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012),...
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Learning in Social Action in Contexts of Mining Dispossession: A Critical Case Study of Roșia Montană, Romania
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Witiw, Taylor Kermit Christopher
Transnational corporations promise win-win development, but extractive projects often deliver dispossession, displacement, impoverishment, environmental degradation, and disrupt social relations in rural localities. These conditions can in turn engender contestation and resistance to...
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Making Feminism Popular: Audience Interpellation in Late Post-Network Era Television (a Case Study of TNT’s THE CLOSER)
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This dissertation explores the serial design model of The Closer. It answers the following question: How does The Closer offer multiple entry points along a spectrum of views on gender and feminism, appeal to a range of viewers, and thus secure popularity? To generate metadata of how The...
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Fall 2015
School based gay straight alliances (GSAs) are primarily North American extra- curricular clubs that foster support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) and allied middle and secondary students. Founded and led by youth, they can also take on activist or educational roles,...