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Bringing Social Emotional Learning to Life in “Play is the Way”: Connecting Curricular Competencies, Theory, and Practice Natasha Omori |
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2021 | Research investigated how the Australian method, Play is the Way® (McCaskill, 2011) can be adapted into routine educational practices of a rural British Columbian school. |
Building Belonging for Vulnerable Students: If You Build It, Will They Stay Johannah Wirzba |
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2020 | A conversation, in the form of a podcast, with a variety of different educators on their personal and professional journeys with belonging. |
Chiropractic and medical curriculum at a crossroads: A movement towards healthcare integration Carole Smith |
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2022 | The project describes the evolution of chiropractic education, as it parallels, then diverged from medical education. The case is made as to how the interprofessional collaboration of education can help better patient care. |
Creating an Equity-Based Classroom – A Beginners Guide Tahnee Pierson-Roberts |
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2022 | There are many more things that need to be done in order to create classrooms that are equitable, but this guide will provide you with some tips and tricks to begin to transform your class |
Destreaming the Ontario Grade Nine English Curriculum Kelly Bond |
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2023 | This paper proposes the Seven Grandfather Teachings as a framework to rebuild a destreamed grade nine English curriculum in Ontario. This framework will assist in the creation of a curriculum that is reflective of students and their experiences. |
Equity Times: Decolonizing the 21st century classroom with grace and hope Eva Koch |
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2021 | Created an educator resource that explored the "how to" of enacting reconciliation in K-12 classrooms in the traditional, unceded territory of the Okanagan Syilx. |
Escape the Classroom: The Pedagogical Benefits and Caveats of Escape Room Design and Implementation in the Secondary English Classroom Kirsten Oleksewich |
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2021 | This evaluation provides educators who may consider designing or implementing an escape room activity in their secondary classroom the understanding of the implied structures through the lens of curriculum theory. |
Hope in the Darkest of Days: An exploration of the academic and wellbeing outcomes for educators, students and parents resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic James Geen |
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2022 | This website-based project shares a proposal to identify and evaluate middle school students', educators' and parents' experiences resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, with a specific focus on the positive outcomes. |
How Service Learning Can Serve Social and Emotional Learning: A Framework for Evaluation Daryl Klassen |
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2022 | This paper aims to create a theoretical framework to explore how service-learning and social and emotional learning can allow a school to fulfill its mission by fostering academic excellence, instilling SEC, and creating alumni who continue to serve. |
Innovative Learning Environments and Progressive Teaching (Paper & Podcast) Kate Knox |
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2022 | In seeing the positive changes within our pedagogical approaches and learners, we wanted to explore how engaging math and language arts activities could foster a community of learners in the 21st century. |
Innovative Learning Environments and Progressive Teaching (Paper + Podcast) Hildegard Dietzel |
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2022 | In seeing the positive changes within our pedagogy and learners, we wanted to explore how engaging math and language arts activities could foster a community of learners in the 21st century. |
Innovative Learning Environments: The Power of Creating a Learning Community Among Students and Staff Heather Letkeman |
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2021 | This project addresses the need to innovate education to best suit the needs of 21st century learners. It highlights the innovative learning community the author has created and the benefits for all stakeholders. |
Meaning-making of student experiences during outdoor exploration time Tess Perry |
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2019 | The purpose of this study was to gather the thoughts and opinions of students and their teachers around the benefits of outdoor exploration time. |
Opening the Door: Mindful Teachers and the Mindful Classroom Morgen MacDonald |
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2020 | Examination of mindfulness practices for teachers and how teachers can be the catalyst for the tone and mood of a classroom. Includes mindfulness practices for teachers and students as well as unit plan for introducing mindfulness in the classroom. |
Pathway to Employment for Internationally-Trained Professional Women Alma Betancourth |
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2022 | Program designed with a Blended Learning component and an employment placement for Internationally-trained professional women immigrating to Canada. |
Physical Education and Mental Health in Adolescent Students. Jamie Pond |
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2021 | Researching the effects physical education and movement have on the human brain and mental health, specifically adolescent aged students. Used this information to put forth my own project to see differences throughout a period of time for grade 8 students |
Podcasting in the classroom Shane LaLonde |
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2022 | A website for teachers that gives directions on how to incorporate podcasting in the classroom. |
Podcasting in the Classroom Megan Koch |
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2023 | My capstone project is a website for students and educators that provides resources to create or use podcasts in the classroom. For students, there are guides and supports to help them plan and produce a podcast. For teachers, there is a guide for how to use podcasts in the classroom, and how to have students produce podcasts. |
Promoting Inclusion, Well-being, and Academic Success in the Early Grades through Social and Emotional Learning Timaree Wallace |
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2022 | This project explored the impact that embedding social and emotional learning (SEL)can have on children in the early elementary grades. How can teachers use SEL to create inclusive environments to promote well-being and academic success in all children? |
Review of Unequal childhoods in Indian context: Relationship between parent engagement/socio economic background and student achievement Nithasha Premkumar |
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2021 | The capstone project examines the role parents have in shaping children’s lives in the Indian educational context. The examination will be based on case studies presented in ‘Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family Life’. |
Rutland Parks and the Walking Curriculum Andrew Butterworth |
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2022 | I researched the benefits of walking and how it can be incorporated into the curriculum. I also highlighted several parks in the Rutland Area in terms of their layout, geographical features, and what lessons could be run there. |
Self-Advocacy for all learners Amy Winford |
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2021 | A critical examination of how the skill of self-advocacy could be a skill that would benefit all learners. |
Social Emotional Learning Strategic Plan for Elementary Educators Charlene Siddon |
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2021 | This capstone project is a strategic plan for teaching social emotional learning (SEL) in the elementary classroom. It includes a rationale, a curricular map, lessons plans with connections to First Peoples Principles of Learning and an evaluation rubric. |
Supporting the Integration of Indigenous First Nations Curricula in Northern Classrooms and Learning Environments Shirley Zouboules |
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2019 | The purpose of this personal narrative was to provide a broader view of teaching and learning in Canada's north through the eyes of a non-Indigenous educator. |
Translanguaging: A Transformative and Culturally Sustainable Approach to Co-learning Yukie Ueda |
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2022 | This project explores how the theory and practice of translanguaging enables transformative and culturally sustainable approaches to co-learning among students from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds. |
TV Production for Schools Kevin Nickel |
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2022 | This website is a resource for teachers interested in producing audio/visual media in their school. The concepts and ideas explored include everything from recommended hardware and software, to how school-produced media might impact school culture. |