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Growth Mindset And Agency In The Preschool Classroom, Isaac Rowan Coppock

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

Mindsets, or how we as individuals characterize intelligence and our ability to attain it, are deeply connected to motivation. Those who employ a fixed mindset view intelligence as set and effort as fruitless. Conversely, those who utilize a growth mindset have healthy attitudes about challenges and view effort as a necessary part of learning. For educators working with children, finding ways to encourage growth over fixed mindsets is incredibly indicative of the future academic success individual children might experience. This study explores the foundations of mindset attainment through a teacher’s ability to affect individual preschool-aged (three to five years) children’s …

Conducive Environment For Teaching And Learning Of Early Literacy In A Private Malaysian Kindergarten, Sundaram Jayamary

Student Works (2020-2029)

Literacy is the different ways that children connect meanings to the various literacy items that they come into contact through the use of reading, writing and oral language. Early literacy or emergent literacy skills begin as soon as a child is born until the time he/she is exposed to formal reading and writing instructions. It includes the literacy knowledge, skills and attitudes that the child acquires throughout this period. Research reveals that early literacy instructions is of utmost importance as these early learning experiences could lead to better educational accomplishment and a more productive adult life. This exploratory qualitative study …

Early Childhood Educators And Students Lived Experience With Conscious Discipline: Taming The Wild Things, Sierra Rosa Dinges

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to discover the essence of student and teacher perceptions of relationships through the implementation and exposure to the program and curriculum Conscious Discipline. The methods used were student interviews, teacher interviews, and a focus group. Participants were video and audio recorded and interviewed, and the focus groups were transcribed. The researcher looked to find themes between the interviews. The study found that teachers’ perspectives of relationships included understanding that behavior is a form of communication of an unmet need. Student perspectives showcased that their perspective of their teacher was positive. Three themes were …

Unpacking "Giftedness": Research And Strategies For Promoting Racial And Socioeconomic Equity, David B. Naff, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Amy Jefferson, Michael Schad, Morgan Saxby, Kathryn Haines, Zoey Lu

MERC Publications

Giftedness as a construct continues to be contested in academia, in the classroom and around kitchen tables. It means different things to different communities and, as a result, acquiring the "gifted" label looks different around the country. Once labeled, student giftedness produces different responses depending on state and district guidelines. A constant among the patchwork of defining, identifying and responding to student giftedness, though, is a serious racial and economic disparity in who is considered gifted and who is not. This report provides key takeaways from research literature on gifted and talented (GT) programs. It is organized according to five …

Aces & Trauma-Informed Practices For Children & Educators In Early Childhood Education, Ariel L. Llorente

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), consist of the negative and traumatic events that have happened in the early years of a person’s life. The focus here is on childhood trauma. There are many types of trauma, including, physical, sexual and emotional abuse, physical and emotional neglect, exposure to domestic and general violence, as well as household substance abuse, mental illness, racism, parental separation/divorce, and others. Trauma produces both physical and psychological challenges and can disrupt the brain’s development from birth through 18 years of age, causing permanent damage and issues, which we will discuss throughout this thesis. This thesis will explore …

Teacher Perspectives Of Fidelity With Universal Design For Learning In The Classroom, Sharon Rehenea Hamilton

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative case study is designed to explore teachers’ perspectives on the implementation and sustainability of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in the classroom at a local rural Title I elementary school. The rural elementary Title I school classroom presents a unique dynamic in comparison to its surrounding rural elementary school counterparts. The most significant difference is the students residing in poverty and the circumstances associated with poverty. Despite this school’s rural Title I circumstance UDL is used to encourage and stimulate students.

Teachers are the primary source of UDL implementation. It is vital for teachers to …

A Fish Out Of Water: Developing Intercultural Understanding Of Students In Higher Education, Nicole Leggett

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Experiential learning is a critical, dynamic and powerful element of learning in Higher Education. Often named international and domestic study trips or study tours, this educational strategy has the potential to transform the lives of students through engagement with another community or culture. This qualitative study explored the effects of experiential learning during a two-week study tour to Italy, involving two groups of students from an Australian University during 2017 and 2018. Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood/Primary) degree, who were in their third year of studies, could enrol in the elective course entitled ‘Intercultural Understandings’ which …

The Effect Of Structured Journals On Reflection Levels: With Or Without Question Prompts?, Canan Cengiz

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of question prompts on the process of journal writing by comparing unstructured and structured journals from pre-service teachers in the context of a Teaching Practicum course. Four early childhood pre-service teachers in their final year of undergraduate study constituted the case of this study. The unstructured and structured journals they kept in this process were compared in terms of content and reflection levels, and a questionnaire was utilized to determine their views. The study showed that when compared to unstructured writing, the use of question prompts assisted the pre-service teachers …

The Effects Of Parent Teacher Interactions And The Influences That These Interactions Have On Family Engagement And Home Learning Activities, Kammie King

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

As component of the P-20 initiative, education at all levels is critical when moving forward with innovative ideas to increase the lifelong learning of an individual. The foundation for one’s entire educational career begins during a child’s earliest years of life. This time period, prior to kindergarten can have lasting impacts on educational achievement, by influencing the ways that families interact with their child’s school, as well as carries out home learning activities. The purpose of this research study was to investigate the role of family engagement in home learning activities and the role in which parent teacher involvement and …

บทบาทของผู้ดูแลเด็กในการสร้างรอยเชื่อมต่อทางการศึกษาจากสถานรับเลี้ยงเด็กสู่โรงเรียนอนุบาลในกรุงเทพมหานคร, เมธิกานต์ กลิ่นทุม

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาบทบาทของผู้ดูแลเด็กในการสร้างรอยเชื่อมต่อทางการศึกษาจากสถานรับเลี้ยงเด็กสู่โรงเรียนอนุบาลในกรุงเทพมหานคร ใน 2 ด้าน ได้แก่ 1) การส่งเสริมความพร้อมทางการเรียน และ 2) การสร้างรอยเชื่อมต่อทางการศึกษา ตัวอย่างที่ใช้ในการศึกษาครั้งนี้ ได้แก่ ผู้ดูแลเด็กที่ดูแลเด็กอายุ 2-3 ปี จำนวน 291 คน จากสถานรับเลี้ยงเด็กในกรุงเทพมหานคร 3 สังกัด ได้แก่ สำนักงานคณะกรรมการส่งเสริมการศึกษาเอกชน สำนักพัฒนาสังคมกรุงเทพมหานคร และ กรมกิจการเด็กและเยาวชน เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการวิจัย ได้แก่ แบบสอบถามและแบบสัมภาษณ์ วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลโดยการแจกแจงความถี่ หาค่าร้อยละ ค่าเฉลี่ย ส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐาน และวิเคราะห์เนื้อหา ผลการวิจัยพบว่า บทบาทผู้ดูแลเด็กในการสร้างรอยเชื่อมต่อทางการศึกษาจากสถานรับเลี้ยงเด็กโรงเรียนอนุบาล โดยภาพรวมมีการปฏิบัติอยู่ในระดับมาก เท่ากับ 4.25 ด้านที่มีการปฏิบัติอยู่ในระดับมากที่สุด คือ ด้านการส่งเสริมความพร้อมทางการเรียน เท่ากับ 4.62)ส่วนด้านการสร้างรอยเชื่อมต่อทางการศึกษาอยู่ในระดับมาก เท่ากับ 3.89 เมื่อพิจารณาเป็นรายด้าน พบว่า 1) การส่งเสริมความพร้อมทางการเรียน ผู้ดูแลเด็กมีค่าเฉลี่ยคะแนนการปฏิบัติด้านอารมณ์และสังคมสูงที่สุด เท่ากับ 4.78 รองลงมาคือ ด้านสุขภาพและร่างกาย เท่ากับ 4.68 ด้านภาษาและการสื่อสาร เท่ากับ 4.58 และ ด้านสติปัญญา เท่ากับ 4.43 ตามลำดับ และ 2) การสร้างรอยเชื่อมต่อทางการศึกษา พบว่า ผู้ดูแลเด็กมีค่าเฉลี่ยคะแนนการปฏิบัติสูงที่สุด คือ การสื่อสารและสร้างความร่วมมือกับผู้ปกครอง เท่ากับ 3.98 รองลงมาคือ การพัฒนาวิชาชีพอย่างต่อเนื่อง เท่ากับ 3.85 และ การสร้างความต่อเนื่องทางการศึกษาให้แก่เด็ก เท่ากับ 3.80 ตามลำดับ ปัญหาที่ผู้ดูแลเด็กพบมากที่สุด คือ การสร้างรอยเชื่อมต่อทางการศึกษาจากสถานรับเลี้ยงเด็กสู่โรงเรียนอนุบาล เนื่องจากการขาดความร่วมมือจากผู้ปกครองในการเตรียมความพร้อมเด็กเพื่อปรับตัวเข้าสู่โรงเรียนอนุบาล โดยมีข้อเสนอแนะว่า ผู้ดูแลเด็กควรให้ความรู้แก่ผู้ปกครองเพื่อให้ตระหนักถึงความสำคัญในการเตรียมความพร้อมทางการเรียนให้แก่เด็กเพื่อใช้ในการปรับตัวเข้าสู่โรงเรียนอนุบาล ส่วนด้านการส่งเสริมความพร้อมทางการเรียน พบว่า ผู้ดูแลเด็กให้ความสำคัญกับการส่งเสริมพัฒนาการด้านอารมณ์และสังคม ด้านสุขภาพและร่างกาย และด้านภาษาและการสื่อสาร มากกว่า การส่งเสริมด้านสติปัญญา ซึ่งสอดคล้องกับข้อเสนอแนะว่า ผู้ดูแลเด็กควรส่งเสริมพัฒนาการอย่างเหมาะสมกับวัยให้ครบทั้ง 4 ด้านอย่างเป็นองค์รวม

การพัฒนากระบวนการให้การศึกษาสำหรับผู้ปกครองในการส่งเสริมสุขภาวะทางอารมณ์แก่เด็กวัยอนุบาลโดยใช้แนวคิดจิตตปัญญาศึกษาและการชี้แนะด้วยจิตวิทยาเชิงบวก, ณฐิณี เจียรกุล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) พัฒนากระบวนการให้การศึกษาสำหรับผู้ปกครองในการส่งเสริมสุขภาวะทางอารมณ์แก่เด็กวัยอนุบาลโดยใช้แนวคิดจิตตปัญญาศึกษาและการชี้แนะด้วยจิตวิทยาเชิงบวก 2) ศึกษาผลการใช้กระบวนการฯ ที่พัฒนาขึ้นที่มีต่อความสามารถของผู้ปกครองในการส่งเสริมสุขภาวะทางอารมณ์แก่เด็กวัยอนุบาล และ 3) ศึกษาผลการใช้กระบวนการฯ ที่มีต่อสุขภาวะทางอารมณ์ของเด็กวัยอนุบาล ตัวอย่างในการศึกษาผลการใช้กระบวนการฯ ได้แก่ ผู้ปกครอง จำนวน 9 คน และเด็กวัยอนุบาล จำนวน 9​ คน การวิจัยครั้งนี้เป็นการวิจัยเชิงปฏิบัติการแบบมีส่วนร่วมใช้เวลาทั้งสิ้น 7 เดือน แบ่งเป็น การวิเคราะห์ชุมชนอย่างมีส่วนร่วม 2 เดือน และการพัฒนากระบวนการฯ 5 เดือน เครื่องมือที่ใช้การวิจัย ได้แก่ แบบประเมินตนเองของผู้ปกครอง แนวคำถามในการสัมภาษณ์ แบบบันทึกการสังเกต แบบบันทึกย่อ และแบบบันทึกภาคสนามประจำวัน วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลเชิงปริมาณโดยใช้สถิติเชิงบรรยาย ได้แก่ ผลรวม และค่าเฉลี่ย ร่วมกับการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลเชิงคุณภาพโดยใช้การวิเคราะห์เนื้อหา ผลการวิจัย พบว่า 1) กระบวนการให้การศึกษาสำหรับผู้ปกครองในการส่งเสริมสุขภาวะทางอารมณ์แก่เด็กวัยอนุบาลโดยใช้แนวคิดจิตตปัญญาศึกษาและการชี้แนะด้วยจิตวิทยาเชิงบวก ประกอบด้วย 5 ขั้นตอน ได้แก่ (1) การสร้างชุมชนแห่งความไว้วางใจ (2) การใคร่ครวญภายใน (3) การออกแบบเส้นทาง (4) การเติมเต็มความเข้าใจ และ (5) การถอดประสบการณ์แบบมีส่วนร่วม และ 7 กลยุทธ์การขับเคลื่อน ได้แก่ กลยุทธ์ความสัมพันธ์แบบเพื่อนร่วมทาง กลยุทธ์การรับฟังด้วยใจ กลยุทธ์การเสริมพลังจากเครือข่ายสนับสนุน กลยุทธ์การตัดสินใจร่วมกัน กลยุทธ์การสื่อสารที่มีประสิทธิภาพ กลยุทธ์คำถามอันทรงพลัง และกลยุทธ์การปฏิบัติอย่างต่อเนื่องในชีวิตจริง กระบวนการฯ ถูกออกแบบมาอย่างเป็นระบบแต่ยืดหยุ่น สร้างให้เกิดพลังการร่วมคิดร่วมทำเพื่อเปลี่ยนแปลงการปฏิบัติ กิจกรรมการเรียนรู้เป็นแบบออนไลน์ แบ่งเป็น 2 ลักษณะ คือ การเรียนรู้ร่วมกันในกลุ่มใหญ่และการให้คำแนะนำรายบุคคล 2) หลังการใช้กระบวนการฯ ผู้ปกครองที่ยังคงอยู่ในกระบวนการฯ จำนวน 9 คน มีความสามารถในการส่งเสริมสุขภาวะทางอารมณ์แก่เด็กสูงขึ้น และ 3) หลังการใช้กระบวนการฯ เด็กมีระดับสุขภาวะทางอารมณ์เพิ่มสูงขึ้น

Sensory Substitution, Key To Inclusive Learning, Fathima Z. Zahir

Theses and Dissertations

Visually impaired students, in primary education, encounter unique challenges while learning creative skills, exploring artistic expression and developing problem-solving skills, because so much instructional content is delivered visually. Sensory substitution—an approach that replaces visual information with feedback from other intact senses like touch, sound, taste or smell—provides an opportunity to address those challenges.

Through the use of sensory substitution, this thesis proposes concrete ways to capitalize on the enhanced abilities of visually impaired primary school students. The research outcome of this thesis is a system of templates that puts these enhanced abilities to work for visually impaired students, to support …

Language-Supportive Strategies And Their Associations With Child Language Outcomes During Instructional Time, Erin S. Wallace

Theses and Dissertations

In this dissertation, I conducted a correlational study that examined the frequency of educator-delivered language-supportive strategies during instructional time in public Kindergarten classrooms. Additionally, I explored the association between educators’ use of language-supportive strategies and child language outcomes. To index child language, I assessed a sample of 96 children from 10 different classrooms on standardized measures of expressive and receptive language. I recruited 10 educators to participate in the present study and assessed their use of language-supportive strategies during instructional time in the classroom through transcription and coding of audio recordings. The educators completed demographic forms for themselves as well …

Alannah, Bree And Cassie: The Abc Of Girls On The Autism Spectrum In Early Years Classrooms, Jillian Stansfield

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The prevalence of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in classrooms is an increasingly common phenomenon in schools in Australia and in many other countries. While there is increasingly growing literature on how autistic boys manage and are managed in schools, little is known about the learning needs of girls on the autism spectrum. One reason offered for this imbalance of literature is that fewer girls are diagnosed than boys, as their presentations may differ. As girls on the autism spectrum are an underdiagnosed phenotype, it is little wonder that teachers do not have adequate knowledge or strategies to support …

Lessons From The Prekindergarten Movement, Clare Huntington

Faculty Scholarship

I am deeply grateful for the ambition of Nancy Dowd’s book, Reimagining Equality. Professor Dowd offers a powerful and essential vision for addressing the entrenched inequalities that pervade our society. And she is unapologetic about the breadth and depth of change needed to achieve this vision. I do not want to distract from her inspiring call for a New Deal for Children by introducing questions about political feasibility, but thinking about what is possible in the here and now is a useful place to begin the conversation about systemic change.

So, what is possible in this era of Trump? …

Book Sharing With Young Children: A Study Of Book Sharing In Four Australian Long Day Care Centres, Helen Adam, Caroline Barratt-Pugh

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Research has consistently established the positive impact of sharing books with young children. Evidence suggests several important factors when evaluating book sharing with young children, including the quality of educator practice = and the nature of groupings, as well as the frequency and duration of book sharing sessions and access to books.

Other evidence suggests book sharing may be particularly important for children from low ses backgrounds attending early learning settings.

This paper reports on a larger study which investigated the factors and relationships influencing the use of children’s literature to support principles of diversity in kindergarten rooms of long …

Enchanted Animism: A Matter Of Care, Jane Merewether

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

© The Author(s) 2020. Jean Piaget, whose work continues to be very influential in early childhood education, associated young children’s animism with their ‘primitive thought’ claiming children remain animists until they reach a more advanced and rational stage of development. This article proposes a rethinking of the Piagetian view of animism, suggesting instead that children’s animism be conceived as a ‘matter of care’ which may then offer possibilities for living more responsively and attentively with non human others. Drawing on two recent research projects involving two-to-eight-year-old children, the article contends that children’s playful and speculative ‘enchanted animism’ can create a …

Examining The Longer-Term Impact Of A Home-Visiting Intervention Program On The School Readiness Skills Of English Language Learners In Kindergarten, Michelle Mccann

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Young English Language Learners (ELL) present with varied profiles in their language and literacy development with parental involvement promoting development. The Home Instruction for Parents and Preschool Youngsters Program (HIPPY) is a free home-visiting intervention designed to empower parents to be their child’s first teacher. The current study examined the effectiveness of the HIPPY program on language, reading, and social/emotional skills of kindergarten aged ELLs. The HIPPY group was compared to an English as a first language group (EL1) and a control group of ELL students who did not participate in HIPPY (ESL). Participants were assessed at two time points, …

Steam Education Afterschool And Summer Learning, Tracey Hunter-Doniger

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

This article discusses the potential of STEAM education in afterschool and summer learning programs. The author suggests artistic methods and pedagogies that can be implemented in the programs, such as TAB (teaching artistic abilities), art infusion, and Studio Thinking. Challenges are brought forward and essential factors are suggested for STEAM programs. This article outlines STEAM afterschool and summer programs as spaces that invite, encourage and provide a safe learning environment where the students have more freedom to explore and get a deeper understanding of the arts and other disciplines.

The Association Between Household Wealth And Nutritional Status Of Preschool Children In Tanzania: Evidence From The 2012/13 National Panel Survey, Samwel Lwiza

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

This study aims to investigate the association between household wealth and nutritional status among preschool children in Tanzania. The analysis is based on a nationally representative sample of 2,120 children from the Tanzania National Panel Survey (NPS), 2012/13. Household wealth was measured by wealth index constructed using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA); whereas child stunting and underweight were used to determine the nutritional status of a child. Results indicate that the prevalence of children stunting and underweight were 40% and 21%, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression model shows that the proportion of stunting and underweight in the poorest 20% households were …

P.R.I.D.E.: Positive Racial Identity Development In Early Education, Aisha White, Shannon B. Wanless

Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education

Racism negatively affects children of color in the United States, particularly Black children. Theirs is a history of marginalization since the slavery era, and the impacts are cognitive, social, and psychological. Additionally, Black children face unique challenges upon entering formal education, resulting in disturbing academic outcomes. Yet, adults can facilitate Black children’s development of positive racial identity to help them handle the negative implications of experiencing racism across their lifespan. A description of the research related to positive racial identity is provided along with presentation of the P.R.I.D.E. program, a Pittsburgh-based effort that is designed to help adults build the …

Supporting Conversations About Race And Racism With Young Children While Watching For Manifestations Of Whiteness, Shubhi Sachdeva, Jennifer Adair

Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education

This article examines two first grade classrooms in Central Texas that routinely have conversations about racial justice. In both classrooms we studied, children participated in racial conversations in large group structured discussions with the teacher and in less formal peer conversations away from the teachers. We follow both classrooms and detail the ways in which the teachers supported conversations about race, racism and racial violence with and among the young children in their classes. We highlight specific strategies and mechanisms that both teachers used to open up their classrooms for social and racial justice conversations. Then, we show how even …

Troubling ‘Race’ And Discourses Of Difference And Identity In Early Childhood Education In South Africa, Jaclyn Murray

Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education

This article emerges from a broader ethnographic study exploring how young children aged five and six years, and their educators, construct ‘race’ identities in a culturally diverse early childhood education setting in post-apartheid South Africa. Historically, systems of educational inequality and injustice have had a profound impact on how subjects have come to be ‘raced’ in the South African context. Drawing on a poststructural framework that problematizes the notion of identity, ‘race’, and young children’s discursive understandings of ‘race’, this article traces the complex ways in which young children and educators (re)construct, negotiate, resist and subvert subject formation processes in …

“They Need To Say Sorry:” Anti-Racism In First Graders’ Racial Learning, Anna Falkner

Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education

Young children of color in the United States are experiencing the material effects of racism on a daily basis. There have been arguments for anti-bias and anti-racist education across the field of education, yet most recommendations are based on older students or studies in laboratory settings. In this critical ethnography, the author examined the wide variety of strategies one class of first graders used to learn about race and of the socio-political and racial climate in which they live. In this paper, the author argues that children carefully consider racial conditions in society and imagine anti-racist praxis as part of …

Promoting A Positive Racial Identity In Young African Caribbean Children: An Anti-Colonial Approach, Kerry-Ann Escayg, Zoyah Kinkead-Clark

Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education

Most empirical contributions on children and race, and the theories derived from this body of work, have focused on American or Canadian children. Some scholars have begun to explore children’s attitudes about race in international contexts, but few have investigated racial identity and attitudes among African Caribbean children in the English-speaking Caribbean context. In this article, we first review international scholarship on children and race, as well as research involving Caribbean children and race. Next, we use an anti-colonial perspective to explore specific pedagogical strategies that can support positive racial identities among young African Caribbean children in the region.

But, I Don’T Believe It’S About Race’: Challenging Fallacies Of Race And Racism Amongst Early Childhood Educators In Ontario, Beverly-Jean J. Daniel, Kerry-Ann Escayg

Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education

There is the continued belief that children do not see race and that they are racially innocent. This belief is evidenced in early childhood environments and influences the practices of the instructors in these settings. However, research continues to show that children do see and react to varying markers of race. This research project focused on early childhood educators’ interpretations of children’s racially coded behaviours and interactions. The results revealed four central themes: racial evasiveness; racial dis-ease; parental role in promoting racism; and limited educational preparation. This study contributes to the growing body of research on children, race, and early …

Politicizing Early Childhood Education And Care In Ontario: Race, Identity And Belonging, Zuhra E. Abawi, Rachel Berman Dr.

Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education

The Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) landscape, much like the K-12 education system in Ontario, is largely encompassed by bias-free, neutral and colourblind narratives of identity and social location (Author 1, 2018). These discursive practices portray young children and early learning settings as raceless and equal spaces that engage children in interactions and discussions of race and identity are inappropriate. Education in Ontario and Canada as an entity is marked by myth of the Canadian nation-state (Thobani, 2007) through celebratory, themed, recognition-based initiatives that mark differences, while leaving the status quo of whiteness unchallenged and intact (DiAngelo, 2018). The …

Introduction: Children, Race, And Racism: Global Perspectives, Kerry-Ann Escayg, Beverly-Jean J. Daniel

Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education

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Childhood Disability: Challenges And Theory-Informed Child Life Interventions In The Healthcare Setting, Fatema-Zahra Jaffer

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Children with intellectual, sensory, physical, and/or speech disabilities encounter a proliferation of challenges in the healthcare environment. Such challenges are exacerbated by insufficient knowledge in doctors, nurses, child life specialists, and other healthcare providers in bias-free and specialized healthcare delivery. To remedy this, pertinent methods informed by theoretical perspectives of atypical development that ameliorate stress and augment coping in children with disabilities are warranted. Therefore, the purpose of this independent study is to provide a synthesis of the literature that chronicles this topic. Multifarious child life interventions that are premised on contemporary developmental frameworks of childhood disability will be presented. …

Raising An Indoor Generation: Outdoor Environmental Education Impact On Adolescent Development, Daisy Elizabeth Bewley

Student Theses 2015-Present

In an increasingly digital world, children are growing up with less involvement and interaction with the environment. Hands-on and experiential learning is less popular in schools and a more test-oriented and numerical evaluation is increasingly popular. This thesis explores the decrease in outdoor environmental education and the impact that has on adolescent development and developmental milestones in children. This impact extends past just mental development and impacts the physical health development of children. Obesity, attention deficit disorders, and other behavioral issues are just a few of the signs of the problems that have arisen due to a decrease in environmental …