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Cila, Jorida; Lalonde, Richard N. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
The present study examined the practice of language brokering (LB) among South Asian Canadian college-age adults and how such practice relates to acculturation to mainstream and heritage cultures, as well as personal empowerment. One hundred and twenty-four young adults reported on three different indices of LB (brokering frequency, diversity of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asians, Young Adults, Acculturation
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Thompson, Grace E.; Cameron, Rose E.; Fuller-Thomson, Esme – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2013
The purpose of this grounded theory study was to provide a framework for understanding the contemporary experience of First Nations grandparents. Fifteen respondents (N = 15) were selected from two demographically different Canadian cities. Seven of the grandparents lived with their child and a grandchild or grandchildren at the time of the…
Descriptors: Well Being, Foreign Countries, Grounded Theory, Grandparents
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Anderson, Vince; Datta, Ranjan; Dyck, Shannon; Kayira, Jean; McVittie, Janet – Journal of Environmental Education, 2016
As scholars working both individually and collectively, we are interested in exploring what may be achieved through taking up the complex notion of culture in sustainability education research. In this article, we present a bricolage of research, drawing on empirical and theoretical sources that collectively establish the kind of capacity we see…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Educational Research
Cameron, Kathryn – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Most students, be they domestic or international, experience social and psychological concerns when undertaking their post-secondary education. The literature regarding student mental health in Canada has thus far focused primarily on students as a single homogenous group, although there has been recent consideration of discrete populations such…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Psychological Patterns, Social Influences, Cultural Influences
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Cober, Rebecca; Tan, Esther; Slotta, Jim; So, Hyo-Jeong; Könings, Karen D. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2015
Teachers are not typically involved as participatory designers in the design of technology-enhanced learning environments. As they have unique and valuable perspectives on the role of technology in education, it is of utmost importance to engage them in a participatory design process. Adopting a case study methodology, we aim to reveal in what…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Case Studies
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Wiltse, Lynne – Literacy, 2015
In this paper, I report on a school-university collaborative research project that investigated which practices and knowledges of Canadian Aboriginal students not acknowledged in school may provide these students with access to school literacy practices. The study, which took place in a small city in Western Canada, examined ways to merge the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College School Cooperation, Research Projects, Indigenous Populations
Corbett, Michael – Canadian Journal of Education, 2014
The field of rural education has not been significantly developed in Canada and the marginal status of the rural itself has contributed to this peripheral status. The emergence of geography and spatial thinking generally in social theory and in educational thought represents an opportunity to re-evaluate the importance of space and place in…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Geography, Spatial Ability, Educational Theories
Holm, Jennifer, Ed.; Megroureche, Charlotte, Ed. – Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group, 2022
With COVID-19 continuing to make meeting face-to-face impossible, the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group/Groupe Canadien d'Étude en Didactique des Mathématiques (CMESG/GCEDM) executive decided that, for the first time, the CMESG/GCEDM meeting would be held virtually. By necessity, the program had to be much compressed with no topic…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Prochner, Larry; Cleghorn, Ailie; Kirova, Anna; Dachyshyn, Darcey; Massing, Christine – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
This comparative and qualitative study-in-progress focuses on two early childhood teacher education (ECTE) programs in contexts where the participants are undergoing rapid social and personal change: a program in Namibia and a program for immigrant childcare educators in Canada. The objective is to provide in-depth understanding of the ways in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Immigrants
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Griswold, Wendy, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2021
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. These "Proceedings" are from the Commission of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Cameron, Catherine Ann; Theron, Linda; Tapanya, Sombat; Li, Chun; Lau, Cindy; Liebenberg, Linda; Ungar, Michael – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2013
This paper offers socio-ecological, situated perspectives on adolescent resilience derived from an application of interpretive visual methodologies to deepen understanding of adaptive youth development in diverse majority-world cultural contexts (South Africa, Thailand, China, Mexican migration to Canada). The research is not…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Resilience (Psychology), Cultural Influences, Video Technology
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Fredua-Kwarteng, Eric – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2016
This paper is based on a research that explored how Inuit community members in Nunavut Territory, Canada, conceptualized quality education in the socio-cultural context of the territory. Data were collected through telephone interviews of 13 Inuit community members in Nunavut and document reviews both of which were conducted in 2010. The data…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Social Influences
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Dhokai, Niyati – International Journal of Music Education, 2012
Based on the experience of teaching the history of American hip hop music to a classroom of Canadian university students, the author considers the disjuncture between the cultural orientations of herself and her students. The author considers teaching methods to solve the place-based disjuncture that often occurs when teaching genres such as hip…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, History, Foreign Countries
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McKechnie, Jay – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2015
Education is stated as the number one priority of the Government of Nunavut's "Sivumiut Abluqta" mandate. The Nunavut education system is seen by many as failing to provide Inuit with the promise of supporting Inuit economic and social well-being. Today in Nunavut, there is a growing awareness of the effects of past colonialist polices…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Canada Natives, Geographic Regions, Educational Change
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Heer, Kal – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2015
Authoritative knowledge produced by white acacemics has forged much of the cannon in educational research. Recently, scholars of color, have been asserting their unique positionalities to conduct research and teach among their own communities. As a result they have provided a challenge to normative privilege whiteness in education. Claims of…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Minority Group Teachers, Racial Bias
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