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Planning And Developing School-Based Community Supports For Refugee Children, Peggy (Margaret) Nickels
Planning And Developing School-Based Community Supports For Refugee Children, Peggy (Margaret) Nickels
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Despite the growing numbers of refugee families settling in Canada, there is little or no documentation on how to support the healing process of refugee children. The purpose of this study was to learn about planning and developing school-based community supports for these children by examining and documenting several school-based community initiatives in Kitchener-Waterloo. Data collected included three focus group interviews, seven key informant interviews, a document review, and a research process journal. Findings were organized around motivation, guiding values and principles, resources, processes, actions, partnerships, dynamics, and sustainability. Shared values and principles emerged as the passion and the glue …
Parenting Experience And Gender Role Socialization In Toy Play Situations, Sara Elizabeth Gugula
Parenting Experience And Gender Role Socialization In Toy Play Situations, Sara Elizabeth Gugula
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
This study investigated the role of parenting experience on the gender socialization of children. Each of the children (N=48) played with three adults; one of their parents, one parent of another child, and one non-parent. The amount of time children and adults played with gender-specific toys, adults’ categorization of toys into gender categories and adults’ desirability ratings of gender-specific toys were examined. Results indicated that boys spent most of their time playing with masculine toys, while girls spent an equal amount of time playing with feminine and neutral toys and the least amount of time playing with masculine toys. The …
Implementing School Supports For The Wellness Of Newcomer Children, Jeannette L. Amio
Implementing School Supports For The Wellness Of Newcomer Children, Jeannette L. Amio
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
The present thesis chronicles a participatory study of the implementation of school-based supports geared to the newcomer children of Highfield Junior School. A dual focus on research and action was integral to the objectives of the investigation, namely to: a) illuminate the present network of school supports, b) compose an ideal configuration of a school attentive to the needs of newcomers, and c) prescribe implementation steps that can transform the school closer to the ideal. To ground the study, I review the adaptation difficulties of newcomer children, the preventive measures that schools can take to reduce these vulnerabilities. and how …