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Collaborative Action Research in Northern Canadian Rural and Indigenous Schools: Learning about Young Children's Oral Language in Play Contexts
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Peterson, Shelley Stagg; McIntyre, Laureen J.; Glaés-Coutts, Lena – Educational Action Research, 2018
This article reports on collaborative action research in twelve northern rural and Indigenous communities in four Canadian provinces. Pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, grade one, and Aboriginal Head Start teachers worked with university researchers in three universities to create action research projects with the aim of supporting children's oral…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Rural Areas, Rural Schools
Action Research Supporting Students' Oral Language in Northern Canadian Schools: A Professional Development Initiative
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Peterson, Shelley Stagg – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2012
Interview, document, and observational data were used to examine grade K-2 teachers' and literacy coaches' perceptions of the benefits and challenges of collaborative action research as a professional development initiative in rural schools. Eleven teachers and five literacy coaches in five northern Ontario school districts participated in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition