A review of the literature on alternate pathways of certification and anti-racist curriculum revealed that the alternate pathways of certification requirements vary from the traditional pathways of certification that often require a course on multicultural education or diversity…
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Although many extended techniques have been included in compositions for clarinet since the early 1900s, very few resources address the inclusion of these techniques in the clarinet curriculum. Specifically, there are very few resources that address the pedagogy of these techniq…
The purpose of this study was to explore levels of concerns that teachers have about implementing and executing rapid curriculum changes. Research on teacher concerns has traditionally targeted technology implementation rather than curriculum reform measures. This research was d…
The absence of diverse perspectives, coupled with a Eurocentric lens of analyzing history and literature, substantially limits opportunities for dialogue about race, culture, and experience (Bondi, 2012; Chapman, 2013; Schieble, 2012). As a result, White students often fail to s…
21st Century health literacy and health promotion in Ontario public schools reflect international shifts towards considerations of mental health, student wellbeing, whole-child education and comprehensive school health practices. This thesis situates these contemporary trends in…
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals of conservative and traditional communities are especially vulnerable to discrimination, isolation, fear, and other mental health disparities. Korean and Korean American LGBT communities are largely invisible given the c…
This study examines the implementation of a series of collaborative learning computer programming projects in a class where individual assignments were customarily assigned. Its intention was to disprove the history of teacher and student resistance to group projects by showing …
Undocumented educations are those educational practices falling outside of legitimated educational institutions or appearing only in marginalized, liminal ways. Through resisting, conflicting with, or simply not fitting into the grammar of school they do not “count” as education…
Currently, Eurocentric theories and practices of urban teachers and students are often studied under a White gaze of expected deficits. Much of this research is quantitative (e.g., documenting the number of teachers of color); the qualitative research that documents the experien…
The purpose of this document is to create a template for a master’s degree in Collaborative Piano using data collected from an online survey and from publicly available information on institutional websites. The history and development of the graduate collaborative piano degree …
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine the extent and ways that secondary teachers assess higher-order thinking skills on classroom summative assessments. Through a survey and interview, this study also sought to understand teachers’ and district curriculum leade…
With the overarching goal of cultivating global citizens, many Higher Education Institutions have developed and implemented co-curricular leadership programs for their constituents. Quantitative research on the impact of leadership programs on undergraduate students has shown an…
We live in an era characterised by the explosion of information. As societies are becaning more and more dependent on information, not only for the generation of knowledge but also for the generation of revenues, it is imperative that each society develops its own information in…
The persisting colonial legacy beclouding the Nigerian education system ensures that, post-independence, education in Nigeria still suffers from the twin crisis of identity and relevance. As a result, the prevailing colonizing epistemology that frames pedagogical and curricula e…
The purpose of this dissertation is to develop a curriculum on Christian statesmanship for a post-9/11 world that will enable students to develop both an understanding of current history along with the skills and capabilities to become the "history makers" of the future. The cur…
The emergence of women's NGO (Non Governmental Organization) movements within the framework of Uzbekistan's civil society sector - following independence in 1991 - has stimulated the interest of both domestic and international powers. It has become imperative to understand the c…
This study investigated the use of storytelling in order to support children's emergent literacy in Malawi's resource deprived Community Based Childcare Centers (CBCCs). It focused on the professional development of four caregivers from four CBCCs following a Formative and Desig…
This qualitative case study examined the perceptions of the efficacy of the Gülen educational initiative and provides an analysis of the educational viability of "Gülen-inspired" schools in Nigeria using interviews of members of four groups of stakeholders in the Nigerian Turkis…
In this dissertation I attempt to find elements of education and curricular perspective in the Qur'an. I argue that there is little research in the field of curriculum instruction that discusses the Qur'an's educational aspects and, as a result, much ignorance of the Qur'an's ma…