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An inquiry into grade one teachers' experiences around play-based learning and pedagogy within their classroom practice
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This research study explores the definitions, value, and implementation of play-based learning practices beyond kindergarten, specifically, in grade one classrooms. By inquiring into two grade one teacher participants’ experiences, the teacher researcher (a grade one teacher), also shares her...
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An inquiry into teachers' experiences around building resilience and the impact on teaching practice
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Resilience is an emerging concept within education. While teachers have a prescribed or mandated curriculum to teach, the life experiences of teachers inevitably shape the “other” curricula that are being lived out alongside students. By attending to two teacher-participants’ curriculum-making in...
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Bolman and Deal’s Four Frames and the Quality Standards Academic Committee: An Analysis of Select Past and Future Leadership Decisions
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This paper considers Bolman and Deal’s four frames, as developed in Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership (2017), in the context of an academic advisory committee, the Quality Standards Assurance Committee (QSAC), at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The...
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2023-08-14
This qualitative study addresses the underrepresentation of women as school principals, despite teaching being perceived as a feminine profession. The primary objective was to investigate why women with leadership skills choose to remain in the classroom rather than pursue leadership positions....
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Exploring How can Enterprise Holding Inc. in Alberta Benefit from the use of the online Training of Employees for Professional Development
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Many researchers have studied and documented the benefits and challenges of using online training of employees for professional development (PD). In recent years, many companies and organizations have started to invest in online training for professional development to complement the traditional...
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Exploring the experience of discernment of Alberta teachers in leadership roles when they face difficult situations in the education system
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This study explored the experience of discernment of Alberta teachers in leadership roles when they face difficult situations in the education system. The author of this research interviewed two participants in in-depth interviews. The purpose of this research was to gain an understanding of...
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Gaps and Tensions Within Reconciliation in Secondary Education: A Review of Current Literature
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I first set out to write this paper as a policy analysis on the revised Alberta Education Teaching Quality Standards (TQS), which has become one of the central policies in secondary schools to address the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action. I wanted to analyze the policy to...
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2022
Teacher self-efficacy involves the belief in one’s ability to support and promote student learning, growth, and achievement. Effective leadership is essential in promoting teacher self-efficacy by empowering teachers to have confidence in their ability to support student learning and achievement....
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When ideals meet deadlines: Counting the way towards gender balance in student journalism at Humber College
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Purpose - This study aims to determine whether the regular measurement and sharing of source-diversity rates in a college newsroom will result in student journalists changing how they seek interviews in order to achieve the goal of a 50:50 balance of male and female sources. Design - The study...