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Spring 2021

Watson, Ellen Rose

According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education, curriculum documents indicate what is to be learned by students by the end of a school year. As Canadian provincial governments mandate new curriculum documents, it is assumed that teachers will teach these courses as indicated. Despite...

Fall 2018

Kohlman, Michael J.

This dissertation explores the Interwar-era eugenics movements in America and Britain, focusing on efforts to educate insiders and professionals, but especially to evangelize novices. Two primary historical sources are examined in detail: the largely British To-day and To-morrow book series...

Fall 2009

Chu, Man-Wai

Using Roberts’ seven science curriculum emphases as a framework, an investigation into Alberta’s physics program-of-study revealed pre-service, novice, and experienced teachers tended to focus on the emphasis Structure of Science. Other aspects of the program-of-study that was a high priority for...

Spring 2020

King, Christa

In Alberta, there has been renewed focus on the integration of Indigenous perspectives in the classroom within curricular and teacher quality documents. While research has been done to explore how and why Indigenous perspectives should be included in the classroom, there is a lack of research...

Spring 2015

Zhao, Zhanqiang

There is little empirical study in the literature to study Mainland Chinese students’ metacognition including their conceptions of learning. This research seeks to fill this gap by seeking to understand and describe Mainland Chinese students’ metacognition including their conceptions of learning...

Spring 2021

Lukie, Michael Paul

There is limited literature about what it means to understand physics. Previous research has focused on university physics students’ understanding of physics concepts, but no research to date has examined variations across populations of what it means to understand physics. This study begins to...