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Deckers, Chrissy Michelle; Zinga, Dawn – Canadian Journal of Education, 2012
This study explored how diversity among newcomer youth may explain differences in engagement and school success. Youth identifying fear-based reasons for relocation reported being less involved within their schools than those who identified social mobility. In fear-based relocation, youth often viewed Canada as a temporary place to live and gain…
Descriptors: Relocation, Fear, Foreign Countries, School Community Relationship
Ndemanu, Michael Takafor – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2012
An online epistolary project was conducted with Cameroonian French-speaking students in order to boost English language learning. The project involved email exchanges (in English) between a small group of students from Cameroon and Canada, and it was coordinated by their teachers in both countries. At the end of the study, student emails were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Ratsoy, Ginny R. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
In the 21st Century, Canadian universities are increasingly emphasizing the importance of student engagement. This research paper, by analyzing the reflections of undergraduate students on their experiences in a co-curricular service learning assignment--integrated into a course that included more traditional assignments--in the context of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Undergraduate Students, Canada Natives
Welsh, Ashley J. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2012
This paper examines students' mixed perceptions of the use of active learning techniques in undergraduate science lectures. Written comments from over 250 students offered an in-depth view of why students perceive these techniques as helping or hindering their learning and experience. Fourth- and fifth-year students were more likely to view…
Descriptors: Expectation, Active Learning, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
Bellefeuille, Gerard; McGrath, Jenny – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2013
This qualitative study examines both the process and effects of a relational-centred international education partnership between MacEwan University in Alberta, Canada, and Ireland's Athlone Institute of Technology. It also seeks to capture the meaning of and the transformative effects of the international education partnership on students and…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Qualitative Research, Partnerships in Education, Institutional Cooperation
Latham, Gloria; Carr, Nicky – Journal of Learning Design, 2012
This paper shares the findings from a three year Participatory Action Research Study around the selection, implementation and effectiveness of educational technologies for enhancing learning in a Teacher Education subject for second year pre-service primary teachers. The innovative Project-Based subject is described using a critical lens. The…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Action Research, Participatory Research, Foreign Countries
Archambault, Isabelle; Janosz, Michel; Chouinard, Roch – Journal of Educational Research, 2012
The authors explored the moderating effect of teachers' expectancies and general sense of efficacy on the relationship between students' achievement and their cognitive engagement and achievement 1 year later. They used hierarchical linear modeling with a longitudinal sample of 79 mathematics teachers and their 1,364 secondary school students…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers
Wenger, Lisa; Hawkins, Linda; Seifer, Sarena D. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2012
Community-engaged scholarship and community-academic partnerships are gaining momentum in higher education institutions. Federal research funding agencies in Canada have moved aggressively toward increasing support for community-engaged research and knowledge mobilization efforts. Yet there is a well-articulated disjuncture between calls for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Educational Policy
Lam, Shui-fong; Jimerson, Shane; Kikas, Eve; Cefai, Carmel; Veiga, Feliciano H.; Nelson, Brett; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Polychroni, Fotini; Basnett, Julie; Duck, Robert; Farrell, Peter; Liu, Yi; Negovan, Valeria; Shin, Hyeonsook; Stanculescu, Elena; Wong, Bernard P. H.; Yang, Hongfei; Zollneritsch, Josef – Journal of School Psychology, 2012
This study examined gender differences in student engagement and academic performance in school. Participants included 3420 students (7th, 8th, and 9th graders) from Austria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The results indicated that, compared to boys, girls…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2015
This Annual Service Plan Report provides data and discusses the results related to measures in the Ministry of Education 2014/15-2016/17 Service Plan. The Ministry of Education operates in accordance with the Taxpayer Accountability Principles. Work within the Ministry is driven by the Minister's Mandate letter, aligning both with government's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading
Hynie, Michaela; Jensen, Krista; Johnny, Michael; Wedlock, Jane; Phipps, David – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether unstructured graduate student research internships conducted in collaboration with community agencies build capacity and knowledge for students and community. Design/methodology/approach: The paper reports the results of four semi-structured interviews and 20 pre- and post-internship…
Descriptors: World Problems, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Internship Programs
Brien, Ken – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2010
One of the "tidal dilemmas" addressed by the 2009 Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education conference concerned physical vs. virtual learning environments. Videoconference teaching is an alternative to traditional classroom instruction and a subset of the broader field of distance education. Based on my recent experiences…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Interactive Video, Teaching Methods, Distance Education
McLachlin, Derek T. – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2009
Music can be used in lectures to increase student engagement and help students retain information. In this paper, I describe my use of biochemistry-related lyrics written to the tune of the theme to the television show, The Flintstones, in a large class setting (400-800 students). To determine student perceptions, the class was surveyed several…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biochemistry, Science Instruction, College Students
McMahon, Brenda J.; Zyngier, David – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2009
The challenge of student engagement has been recognised as a serious issue in both Australian and Canadian education. This empirical and qualitative study seeks to understand the experiences of two groups of students; the first beginning their high school years and the second reflecting back on successful university and less than successful high…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Foreign Countries, High School Students, College Students
Education Canada, 2009
At Glendale School in the Calgary Board of Education, Grade 1 students worried that they were too distracted with their studies and other activities to remember to water their plant. So they made other arrangements. The students invented and built Ralph, a robot that waters the plant, as part of their study of robotics, a subject that all Glendale…
Descriptors: Robotics, Grade 1, Learning Strategies, Inquiry