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This Tract Of Land: North Buxton, Ontario, 1873-1914, Claudine Y. Bonner
This Tract Of Land: North Buxton, Ontario, 1873-1914, Claudine Y. Bonner
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Acknowledging the continued concerns and calls for the education system to improve how it addresses the changing face of Canada in terms of race, gender, class, language and culture, this thesis focuses on the history and narratives of a single African-Canadian community as a starting point for educators who wish to learn about and make use of marginalized histories in their classroom practice. The information would also prove helpful to those educators who often have difficulty in finding material relating to African-Canadian history and as a result fail to add the stories of black Canadians to the national narrative shared …
Cambodian National Education Policy: Global Wants And/Or Local Needs?, Kelly T. Crowley Dr.
Cambodian National Education Policy: Global Wants And/Or Local Needs?, Kelly T. Crowley Dr.
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This thesis is broadly concerned with the impact of globalization on education policy making in Cambodia, a post-conflict, developing country. Cambodia’s education system was almost entirely wiped out by the 1990’s because of various military and social conflicts that had plagued the country. As such, Cambodia provides an excellent case of post-conflict educational reconstruction. The thesis will explore how multinational financial organizations such as the World Bank and Asian Development Bank are influencing the direction of national education policy in Cambodia, using a globalization theoretical perspective. The focus will be on a policy analysis of several key policy documents and …
The Professional Master's Occupational Therapist: Developing An Emerging Professional Identity, Bonny F. Jung
The Professional Master's Occupational Therapist: Developing An Emerging Professional Identity, Bonny F. Jung
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The purpose of this study is to explore the emerging professional identity of the professional master’s entry-level occupational therapist. The questions are: 1) What does it mean to be a professional as an occupational therapist? 2) How do professional identities emerge for the professional master’s entry-level occupational therapist? From a professional perspective as an occupational therapist and educator, helping clients and students find meaning in their occupations is an integral part of my ontology of practice. To conduct this study, I used a constructivist paradigm within qualitative research as my primary lens and constructivist grounded theory as my methodology to …