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Chinese Educators' Intercultural Dialogue with the Dao De Jing and Macbeth: A Hermeneutic Inquiry
DownloadFall 2024
The limited scholarship available on the incorporation of Shakespeare’s plays into an intercultural curriculum has led me to contemplate the prospects of fostering dialogue between Shakespeare and the wisdom traditions of Chinese Daoism in higher education within a globalized context. This...
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Conceptualizations of physical literacy: A hermeneutic inquiry with secondary physical education teachers
DownloadSpring 2022
Physical literacy (PL) is a formidable lens through which many physical educators have begun to examine movement in relation to physical activity. Although theoretical and conceptual frameworks support teachers in their implementation pursuits, there has been a privation of clarity on how to...
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From Frustration to Understanding: An Inquiry into Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Experiences with Government Mandated Examinations
DownloadSpring 2014
The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of secondary mathematics teachers’ experiences in a context of government-mandated examinations (GMEs). Having had my own experiences teaching mathematics courses where students wrote a GME, I had my own understandings of GMEs. From...
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Sedimentation and Standards: An interpretation of the 2018 Alberta Leadership Quality Standard from a Gadamerian perspective
DownloadFall 2021
This dissertation is an interpretive document on the Leadership Quality Standard policy that was released in Alberta, Canada in 2018. In it, I examine the tensions, contradictions, and possibilities that emerge in this policy document. Using the hermeneutic philosophy of Hans Georg Gadamer I hope...