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Lutz, Megan E.; Culver, Steven – Tertiary Education and Management, 2010
The National Survey of Student Engagement has been administered to freshmen and seniors at colleges and universities across the USA and Canada, since the spring of 2000, to gather information about the nature and the quality of their education. After each administration, participating schools are provided with an institutional report, including…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Factor Structure, Educational Practices, Factor Analysis
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Underwood, Kathryn – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2012
Dwayne is a Grade 6 student who came to Canada from Jamaica at the age of seven. Upon arrival in a new school Dwayne had to adapt to a new culture. In addition, Dwayne was identified as having severe behavioural problems and learning difficulties, and it was recommended within the first month of school that the boy be medicated in order for him to…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Disabilities, Interviews, Foreign Countries
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Popadiuk, Natalee – Qualitative Report, 2010
There is a paucity of studies conducted with unaccompanied adolescent international students. In this qualitative inquiry, I present a thematic analysis of the critical incidents that Chinese, Japanese, and Korean participants reported as either facilitating or hindering to their transition to Canada. Using the Critical Incident Technique, I…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Interviews, Foreign Countries, Student Adjustment
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Rorrison, Doreen – Educational Studies, 2010
This paper reports on research that suggests a new view of assessment of the practicum in teacher education. By transcending the stereotypes of "failing" student teachers who do not achieve traditional benchmarks, this new lens highlights the complexity, diversity and inequality of experiences through listening to the voices of the…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Practicums, Mentors, Student Teacher Attitudes
Barbour, Michael K.; Siko, Jason P. – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2012
While much of the growth in the popularity of virtual schooling has involved at-risk students, little research exists on the experiences of these students in this largely independent setting. This paper describes a case study of an at-risk student in a rural school in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador who was enrolled in an online course…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Student Experience, At Risk Students, Online Courses
Waterhouse, John – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2010
Research on student profiles, student experiences and outcomes, admissions, credit transfer practices and on student mobility plays an important role in how the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) discharges its mandate. Given the importance of such research to its mandate, the Council commissioned this report with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Profiles, Student Mobility, Transfer Policy
Kirby, Dale; Greene, Melanie; Bourgeois, Monique; Sharpe, Dennis – Online Submission, 2011
Since the 1990s, the number of both out-of-province Canadian and international students enrolled at Memorial University of Newfoundland has increased substantially. During this period, the enrollment levels of students from the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island have undergone an increase of approximately ten-fold.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Out of State Students, Student Mobility, Student Characteristics
Humphries, Jennifer; Rauh, Karen; McDine, David – Canadian Bureau for International Education, 2013
This annual report explores the state of international education in Canada, taking an in-depth look at international students, study abroad by Canadian students, Canadian education overseas, as well as the overall internationalization agenda in Canada. The report features results of an international student survey and case studies from member…
Descriptors: International Education, Comparative Education, Academic Achievement, Annual Reports
Peled, Maya; Smith, Annie – Education Canada, 2010
Education plays a key role in young people's healthy development. Research conducted by the McCreary Centre Society (a British Columbia non-profit organization concerned with youth health) has shown that even the most vulnerable youth who feel connected to school are more likely to report better health and above average marks, and to engage in…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Foreign Countries, Student Needs, Student Experience
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Calderwood, Kimberly; Harper, Kim; Ball, Kellie; Liang, David – Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2009
This qualitative study reveals the discomfort seven immigrant bachelor of social work students reported experiencing when the behaviors expected of them as Canadian social workers conflicted with their fundamental family values. Behaviorally, participants had assimilated to Canadian and to social work cultures; however, the values they held from…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Social Work, Student Experience, Social Values
Sayani, Anish – Online Submission, 2010
This study is a response to a growing disquietude in many schools in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia that there is "something wrong" with South Asian boys. During the past twenty years, approximately 100 South Asian young men have been killed as a result of criminal violence (Ministry Report, 2006), with these murder numbers…
Descriptors: Asians, Student Attitudes, Academic Failure, Academic Achievement
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Stewart, Jan – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2012
This article describes a qualitative research study that examined the educational experiences of refugee students who have immigrated to Canada. Many children from war-affected countries have been denied basic human entitlements, and their immigration to Canada represents hope for their futures. Evidence suggests that these students are further…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Refugees, Immigrants
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2009
This report presents the results of an analysis of admissions and transfer data from the 2008 British Columbia (BC) Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes (DACSO) Survey (formerly the BC College and Institute Student Outcomes Survey). This province-wide survey contacted former students 9 to 20 months after they completed all,…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Public Colleges, Educational Mobility, College Admission
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Tieu, Thanh-Thanh; Pancer, S. Mark – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2009
A newly developed measure of the quality of students' involvement in cocurricular activities was used to assess the relationship between quality of involvement and adaptation during the transition to university. Results indicated that the higher the quality of students' involvement, the better their adjustment to university. The relationship…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Student Participation, Student Adjustment, Educational Quality
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Wintre, Maxine Gallander; Morgan, Ashley S. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2009
The present study is an empirical investigation of the experience of students transferring from one post-secondary institution to another. Positioned within several theories, most notably emerging adulthood theory, the findings imply that transferring schools represents a positive growth experience for the student who recognizes an inappropriate…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Transfer Students, Postsecondary Education, Student Experience
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