Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis investigates the tensions, gaps and opportunities presented by outdoor play-based learning. Written by a founder of the Forest School concept in Canada, this exploration revolves around two research questions: How can we (re)conceptualize outdoor play-based learning in formal education for children aged 0-8, and how can we integrate and reinvigorate both pedagogical theory… more Full Text: PLAYING WITH PLAY: CONSIDERATIONS FOR EMBEDDING OUTDOOR PLAY-BASED LEARNING INTO THE EARLY YEARS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the Faculty of …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Bodnar, Jessica, Thesis advisor (ths): Bruce, Catherine D, Degree committee member (dgc): Hawes, Zachary, Degree committee member (dgc): Mooney, Claire, Degree committee member (dgc): Handlarski, Denise, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Spatial reasoning and spatial structures are relatively new areas of research in mathematics education. In this study of children exploring spatial conceptions of grid structures, twenty-one children (ages 4-9) were given a series of tasks involving square grids during virtual interviews. As a result of an ideal-type analysis of the qualitative data, a typology of conceptions of grids… more Full Text: YOUNG CHILDREN’S SPATIAL CONCEPTIONS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRID STRUCTURES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The number of post-secondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities has been on the rise since the early 1990's (Plotner & Marshall, 2015). However, research focused on student experiences within these programs has been predominantly from faculty, mainstream students and parent's perspectives without accounting for what the students themselves are… more Full Text: RECONCEPTUALIZING A POST-SECONDARY PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Bergen, Rachelle, Thesis advisor (ths): Pendleton Jimenez, Karleen, Degree committee member (dgc): Arraiz Matute, Alexandra, Degree committee member (dgc): Bell, Nicole, Degree committee member (dgc): Goldstein, Tara, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This is a story within a story that spans over a hundred years and four generations. It takes the reader from war-torn Russia during a famine to the urban streets of Toronto and then to the Canadian North. The story is a memoirette, or a 'not quite long enough, but almost a memoir' of a mother's journey navigating life after her son discloses his addiction to Fentanyl. The… more Full Text: Story Is Medicine Opioid Addiction: Healing and Hope through a ‘Two-Eyed Seeing’ Framework A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis is written in three parts and supported throughout by feminist critical pedagogical analysis and a narrative methodological approach. In Part I I lay a theoretical groundwork that weaves the Freirean roots of critical pedagogy with its more contemporary theories in application to K-12 schooling, and with feminist thinking, most notably Sara Ahmed whose work has moved me both… more Full Text: Along the Path: Hope and Despair of a Veteran Activist Educator A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the Faculty of Arts and Science Trent University …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Hays, Joseph Ronald, Thesis advisor (ths): Niblett, Blair, Degree committee member (dgc): Pendleton-Jiménez, Karleen, Degree committee member (dgc): Nichols, Naomi, Degree committee member (dgc): Tremblay, Katie, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This study examines critical pedagogy as a novel approach to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) education at Peterborough Police Service (PPS). To begin, the present
study examines hypermasculinity and isolationism as cultural traits in policing that serve
as barriers to DEI education. Later, results of focus groups with PPS members that
investigated negative and positive… more Full Text: From Cultural Barriers to Educational Breakthroughs: Application of Critical Pedagogy to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Education at Peterborough Police Service A Thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>In Ontario, mainstream education often does not meet the individual learning needs of high school students who experience marginalization. Alternative school programs may offer these students greater support and flexibility in completing their high school diploma. While previous research on alternative education in Ontario is thorough, it is limited to the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). To… more Full Text: MARGINALIZATION AND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION IN ONTARIO: EXPLORING STUDENT EXPERIENCES IN THE CITY OF PETERBOROUGH A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the …
Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This study used qualitative research methods to develop an understanding of the landscape of undergraduate academic advising in Ontario universities as well as deeply explore the experiences and practices of five full-time academic advisors. Phase one of the study consisted of a document analysis of Ontario universities' public-facing websites. Phase two of the study consisted of… more Full Text: EXPERIENCES OF FIVE UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC ADVISORS IN ONTARIO UNIVERSITIES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master of Education in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …
Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Queer youth are an at-risk group, with an incredibly high rate of harm and death as they grow into themselves. They are often advised to wait until they finish school to express their sexuality more openly, when they can leave to somewhere that is "better", which in this context can mean safer, more accepting, or far away from friends and family who may reject them.… more Full Text: This Is It, I Guess : Creating a Forward-Thinking Queer Narrative by Examining Early and Current Examples A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the …
Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Lake, Whitney Anne, Thesis advisor (ths): Elliott, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Niblett, Blair, Degree committee member (dgc): Hill, Stephen, Degree committee member (dgc): Pendleton Jimenez, Karleen, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Enhancing interpretive trails with smartphone technology may enrich the visitor's educational experience by stimulating deeper engagement and enjoyment that will improve immediate knowledge and help promote the development of environmental literacy. This connection between technology and environmental education can only be considered successful if enhanced enrichment and educational… more Full Text: Enhancing interpretive trails with technology: The value of a smartphone-guided interpretive trail. A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the Faculty of …
Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Kolodzinski, Tyler Michael, Thesis advisor (ths): Bruce, Catherine D, Degree committee member (dgc): Bruce, Catherine, Degree committee member (dgc): Suurtamm, Christine, Degree committee member (dgc): Smale, William, Degree committee member (dgc): Mooney, Claire, Degree committee member (dgc): Niblett, Blair, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This study investigates the potential for a responsive model of professional development in mathematics education which acknowledges how teachers perceive the value of professional learning, and examines how those perceptions are connected to teacher efficacy. Three fields of educational research ground this study: (i) professional development strategies in mathematics education, (ii)… more Full Text: TEACHER EFFICACY AS AN INDICATOR OF HOW MATHEMATICS EDUCATORS PERCEIVE THE VALUE OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education …
Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Through narrative/life story research this study explores the educational experiences of six individuals identified as Deaf or hard-of-hearing. The research presented will be conveyed in the form of an autoethnography, an approach to research and writing that seeks to describe and analyze personal experience to understand cultural experience. I will combine the views of participants who… more Full Text: REFRAMING DEAFNESS: THE EXPERIENCES OF SEVEN DEAF & HARD-OF-HEARING ALUMNI OF ONTARIO’S EDUCATION SYSTEM A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the …
Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Drawing on pedagogies of care, queer pedagogy and Foucault's concept of biopower, this critical narrative study of six women teachers at an Ontario school uses interview data to explore how teaching affects women's bodies. Findings include the dominance of men in schools; the high rate of violence against teachers committed by students; participants' unwillingness to show… more Full Text: “Has Anybody Got My Back?”: Women’s Experiences of Teaching and Embodiment in an Ontario School A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the Faculty of Arts …
Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Little thought is given to how equitable mathematics would better the lives of those marginalized, or how the increased inclusion of marginalized voices improves the practice of mathematics. The purpose of this narrative research is to explore students' voices and analyze aspects of math identity: the reported beliefs and practices of a group of elementary urban students who… more Full Text: ACHIEVING EQUITY IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: ANALYZING RACIALIZED STUDENTS’ VOICES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the Faculty of Arts and Science …
Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis is about the negative impacts on queer identities caused by the lack of diversity related to sexual orientation within Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum documents, both at the elementary and secondary level. Curriculum documents as well as policy documents are analysed and compared in order to address the lack of diverse sexual orientation representation within Ontario… more Full Text: Reconceptualising the Heteronormative Curriculum Through Autobiographical Methodology A Study of Heteronormativity within Ontario Ministry of Education Curriculum Documents A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Fulfillment of the …
Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This qualitative case study explored the experience of members and associates of </p><p>one university history department in order to examine the phenomena of choosing and </p><p>working within the history major in the context of current declines in humanities </p><p>enrolment. Drawing on interviews with 7 professors, 8 student majors, and 10 </p… more Full Text: HISTORY MAJORS DURING THE HUMANITIES CRISIS: A CASE STUDY OF PROFESSORS, STUDENTS, AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATED WITH A HISTORY DEPARTMENT A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the …
Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Mullins, Peter, Thesis advisor (ths): Niblett, Blair, Degree committee member (dgc): Allen, Andrew, Degree committee member (dgc): Berrill, Deborah, Degree committee member (dgc): Handlarski, Denise, Degree committee member (dgc): Pendleton Jimenez, Karleen, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>In this thesis, I use "Trump's Wall" between Mexico and the US to resist Eurocentrism and the challenges Eurocentric pedagogy poses to the research-practitioner. In my method, I reimagine C. Alejandra Elenes' borderlands theory as a zone of empowerment within a multicultural Canadian classroom, and braid it in a hybrid assemblage with the rhizome. </p><p>… more Full Text: TOWARDS A CRITICAL PEDAGOGY OF GLOBALITY: A RHIZO-NARRATIVE JOURNEY INTO THE GLOBAL SELF OF THE TEACHER A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education or Science in …
Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis reports the outcomes of a mixed methods exploratory study on young children's spatial reasoning and mathematics involving unplugged (offline) coding with young children (JK-Grade 2). Intrigued by the increased push for coding in schools, teachers and researchers worked together in a collaborative research process to design a sequence of unplugged coding activities and… more Full Text: MAPPING A LEARNING TRAJECTORY AND STUDENT OUTCOMES IN UNPLUGGED CODING: A MIXED METHODS STUDY ON YOUNG CHILDREN'S MATHEMATICS AND SPATIAL REASONING A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the …
Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>In 2015, Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission called upon Canadians to reconcile relationships between Settlers and Indigenous peoples in Canada. Education for reconciliation is one important element of this process. However, critical questions arise when education is undertaken by and for Settlers such as myself: Are our undertakings actually fostering reconciliation?… more Full Text: RECONCILIATION AS RELATIONSHIP: REFRAMING SETTLER UNDERSTANDING OF RECONCILIATION IN CANADA A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This study used qualitative research methods to explore the first- and second-year experiences of Trent University students who were admitted below admission requirements in September 2015. Through review of an on-line questionnaire completed by 13 students and two-rounds of semi-structured interviews completed by 5 students, information was gathered on the students' experiences,… more Full Text: A REVIEW OF THE FIRST- AND SECOND-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF A GROUP OF TRENT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ADMITTED BELOW ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of …
