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Lowan-Trudeau, Greg – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2012
This article discusses the development of a methodological metissage that combined Indigenous and interpretive traditions. This metissage was developed during a doctoral study conducted with Canadian environmental educators who incorporate Western and Indigenous knowledge and philosophy into their ecological identities and pedagogical praxis. It…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Praxis, Culturally Relevant Education
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Scheffel, Tara-Lynn – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2016
What does it mean to be engaged, especially when it comes to literacy learning? It is this question that drove my doctoral research in 2007 when I became a participant observer in a grade two classroom with the goal of making the everyday visible while sharing a greater understanding of classroom life in relation to engagement. Six years later, I…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Personal Narratives, Guidelines, Doctoral Programs
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McAlpine, Lynn; Amundsen, Cheryl – Studies in Continuing Education, 2015
Navigating academic work as well as career possibilities during and post-Ph.D. is challenging. To better understand these challenges, since 2010, we have investigated the experiences of early career scientists longitudinally using a range of qualitative data collection formats. For this study, we examined the experiences of four students and four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientists, Entry Workers, Scientific Research
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Simmons, Nicola; Abrahamson, Earle; Deshler, Jessica M.; Kensington-Miller, Barbara; Manarin, Karen; Morón-García, Sue; Oliver, Carolyn; Renc-Roe, Joanna – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2013
Although academic identity has received attention in the literature, there have been few attempts to understand the influence on identity from engagement with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). In this paper, we (a group of eight scholars from five different countries) describe how our interactions with SoTL have impacted the shaping…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Instruction, Learning, Identification (Psychology)
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Estefan, Andrew; Roughley, Robert A. – Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2013
This study draws upon recent narrative inquiry research that explored the resilience experiences of 6 young same-sex-attracted men and women (4 men, 2 women; age range = 21-27). This article elucidates the story of one participant, Joseph, a 25-year-old Canadian man. As we conducted the research, Joseph's story stood out for us as having something…
Descriptors: Females, Homosexuality, Foreign Countries, Males
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Melville, Wayne; Bartley, Anthony – Science Education, 2013
In this article, we use a narrative methodology to understand the work of three teachers who have constituted identities that have allowed them to challenge the contemporary discourse of science education. We describe how teachers' evolving identities have been constituted through their responses to the discourses and situations of their work and…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Research Methodology, Teacher Attitudes, Self Concept
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Ng-­A-­Fook, Nicholas; Milne, Robin – Canadian Social Studies, 2014
In 2007, Indian Residential School System (IRS) survivors won a class action settlement worth an?estimated 2 billion dollars from the Canadian Government. The settlement also included the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Despite the public acknowledgement, we posit that there is still a lack of opportunity and the necessary…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teaching Methods, History, American Indians
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Nuttgens, Simon – Qualitative Report, 2013
Despite the significant number of transracial Aboriginal adoptions that have taken place in Canada, little research is available that addresses the psychological and psychosocial ramifications for the children involved. The scant literature that does exist raises concerns about the psychological impact of this type of adoption. The present…
Descriptors: Adoption, Foreign Countries, Racial Differences, Children
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Harwood, Debra; Copfer, Sarah – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
What is childhood like today? Is it a world fraught with endless joy, fun, and games, or are children experiencing a much different reality? A child's social interactions can be a source of great enjoyment and are essential to early development. Conversely, young children routinely experience tension, ambiguity, and conflict as they navigate the…
Descriptors: Bullying, Peer Relationship, Qualitative Research, Young Children
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Strong-Wilson, Teresa; Yoder, Amarou; Phipps, Heather – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2014
This article explores the attraction of Canadian elementary teachers to children's stories that narrate trauma, particularly the trauma associated with First Nations peoples' experiences in Canadian residential schools as told by Indigenous authors. The teachers' responses to these texts are conceived of as occurring within a "contact…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Social Justice, Foreign Countries, Teacher Participation
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Miller, Marilyn; Plessis, Judith – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2014
For this study, we interviewed eight Canadian and American continuing education deans and directors to explore how their personal accounts or "stories" about leadership high-light the dynamic nature of their leadership roles. This article focuses on the potential impact of these stories to better integrate and serve the adult learner…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Leadership, Interviews, Deans
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Norris, Joe; Sawyer, Richard – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2014
"Some are born great; some achieve greatness; and some have greatness thrust upon them." "Twelfth Night," Act 3 Scene 4. This article examines the differences and similarities between two faculty members as they discuss their entry into the academy after successfully teaching in secondary schools. Both brought with them the…
Descriptors: Researchers, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
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Dénommé-Welch, Spy; Montero, M. Kristiina – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2014
Where does the work of de/colonizing preservice teacher education begin? Aboriginal children's literature? Storytelling and theatrical performance? Or, with a paradigm shift? This article takes up some of these questions and challenges, old and new, and begins to problematize these deeper layers. In this article, the authors explore the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Indigenous Knowledge, Story Telling, Theater Arts
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Van Praagh, Shauna – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2013
The choices teachers make about both form and content in designing their courses shape students' perceptions of the connection between "real life" and the "classroom." The choice to begin a first-year law course with stories told by residential school survivors provides an example of how to bring "real life" into the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Legal Education (Professions), Law Schools, Graduate Study
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Spring, Janet – Rural Educator, 2013
There is a scarcity of research in contemporary rural studies in Canada, particularly pertaining to education. Discrepancies exist in definitions of rural and rurality. What is the meaning of rural, and how do educators define their teaching praxes? This study explores how one music teacher negotiates her role identity in a rural setting through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Music Education, Music Teachers
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