Education Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Education, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Psychosocial Functioning of Children with Chronic Health Conditions: A Meta-Analysis, Serena Thompson
Development of Teacher Efficacy for Inclusive Practices in Canadian Teachers, McKenzie Vanderloon
Philanthropic And Impact Investment In Education: Examining The Implementation And Financing Of ICT Initiatives In Education In East Asia And The Pacific And South Asia, Daphne Lilia Varghese
University Partnership of the Confucius Institute: A Case Study in Canada, Yinan Wang
Understanding Indigenous and non-Indigenous Perspectives of Reconciliation: A Case Study, Kaitlyn Watson
Integrating Gwich'in and Inuvialuit Perspectives in a Community School in the Northwest Territories: A Case Study, Janna M. Wolki
How can we Predict Incidental L2 Vocabulary Learning? A Meta-Analytic Examination of the Involvement Load Hypothesis, Akifumi Yanagisawa
The Sequelae of Psychological Symptoms Exhibited by Children Exposed to Trauma: A Developmental Perspective, Ying (Annie) Yang
Unique Challenges in Risk Assessment with Rural Domestic Violence Victims: Implications for Practice, Nicole L. Youngson
Knock on the door: A feminist standpoint theory case study of internationally educated Chinese females finding academic positions in China, Chenzi Feng Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Community Based Support Group for Siblings of Children with Down Syndrome: A Pilot Study, Ashley R. Amicarelli
STEAM Education in Ontario, Canada: A Case Study on the Curriculum and Instructional Models of Four K-8 STEAM Programs, Marja G. Bertrand
Perceptions of Settlement Workers on the Needs and Challenges of Female Syrian Refugees, Sheffy Bhayee
Exploring Young Children's Encounters with the More-Than-Human: A Multispecies Ethnography, Sarah Kathleen Black
The Use of Social and Cultural Capital as Refugee Mothers Transition Their Children to Ontario Education, Courtney A. Brewer
Strengthening the School-Family Partnership: Parents' Experiences with the Parents in Partnership with Educators Program (PIPE), Courtney Cadieux
An Examination of Predictors of Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents receiving Mental Health Services, Angela Maria Louisa Celebre
Collaborative mind mapping to support online discussion in teacher education, Rosa Cendros Araujo
A Situational Analysis of Municipal Early Childhood Education Policy Documents, Maureen Cullen
Teachers’ Professional Practice, Policy Enactment, And Indigenous Education In Ontario: A Case Study, Natalie Currie-Patterson
Immigrant Perpetrators of Domestic Homicide: Unique Risks and Service Needs, Randal David
Barriers to Policewomen's Promotion: An Ontario Case Study, Susan Dick
Teaching for Equity: A Case Study of Teachers’, Vice Principals’, and Principals’ Perspectives in Three High-Poverty Elementary Schools in Ontario, Canada, Abhilasha Duggal
How to support caregivers and the bereaved: Psychoeducation and personal coping techniques, Vanessa Eva Marie Eyre
The Predictive Validity of IELTS Scores: A Meta-Analysis, Tomlin Gagen
An Analysis of Social Media Use Within and Outside of College English Classes in China, Yuze Gao
An Exploration of Collaboration In Indigenous Language Revitalization In A First Nation Community, Sara General
Inclusion of Muslim Students in Ontario Public Education: A Qualitative Inquiry of Elementary School Principals, Farah Ghonaim
Prior Help-Seeking and Intuition of Danger in Domestic Homicide Victims., Kristina Giacobbe
Experiences of Social Inclusion and Exclusion of Deaf Children, Nicole R. Hiebert
A Critical Analysis of OECD's 'Global Competence' Framework, Britney Hunter
To What Extent Do L1 Speakers and L2 Learners Have Productive Derivational Knowledge, Emi Iwaizumi
Seeking the Global Generation:A Comparative Case Study of Youth from Canada, Georgia, and Saudi, Eva Jaberi
School Success After Trauma: Examining the Parallels Among Trauma, Bullying, and School Disengagement, Mikayla Jeffery
Help Wanted: Investigating Help-Seeking Behaviour Among Post-Secondary Students in Relation to Their Mental Health and Well-Being, Stephanie Karam
English Language Teacher Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Michael James Karas
Pilot and Adaptation of a Social-Emotional Learning Program in Youth Justice Settings, Amanda J. Kerry
Can I Lend a Hand? Investigating the Promotion of Student Resiliency in a University Setting, Kevin Spencer Kilarski
Investigating The Design Of An Aesthetic Mathematical Experience, Maryam Koozehkanani
Death of the Clinic: Trans-Informing the Clinical Gaze to Counter Epistemic Violence, Diana E. Kuhl
Growing Citizens: Students’ Social Emotional Learning via School Gardens, Kathryn Markham-Petro
The Association Between Child and Youth Mental Health Service Urgency and Exposure to Childhood Interpersonal Trauma, Catherine Marshall
Inclusion and Policy Enactment in Teacher Education: A Focus on Pre-service Teacher Preparation for the Inclusive Classroom, Ayman Massouti
Promoting Mentally Healthy Classrooms: Evaluation of Online Mental Health Literacy Instruction in Pre-Service Teacher Education, E. Robyn Masters
The Educational Experiences of Female Latin American Students in Ontario: An Intersectional Analysis, Phillipa Myers
The Role of Child Protection Services in Preventing Child and Adult Domestic Homicides: Missed Opportunities and Barriers to Change, Laura Olszowy
Exploring the Perceived Effects of Student Online Sharing of Environmental Artwork, Jocelyn Perras
Intercultural Experience and Learning Among EAP International Students, Joan M. Plonski
The Impact of Maltreatment on Children and Youth: Exploring the Potential Mediating Effects of Resilience to Traumatic Life Events, Rebecca Pschibul
Dating Violence and Homicide with Younger Adults: Are We Taking the Dangers Seriously Enough?, Corinne Qureshi
Exploring the Relationships among Executive Functioning, Behaviour, and Adaptive Skills in Young Children, Melissa Read
Missed opportunities for saving children from domestic homicide: Implications for prevention, intervention, & community collaboration, Katherine Reif
Social-Emotional Competencies In Pre-service Teachers, Lilia Arely Rodriguez Alcocer
Female and Male Perpetrators of Domestic Homicide: A Gendered Phenomenon?, Jackie Salas
Police Prevention of Domestic Homicide: Missed Opportunities and Barriers to Change, Michael D. Saxton
Reading Comprehension and Strategy Use in English Language Learners and Monolingual Children, Katherine Schmidt
Adolescents’ Perceptions and Responses to Peer Mental Health Challenges and Problematic Behaviours Following a Social-Emotional Learning Program, Jessica Sommers
A Developmental and Symptom-level Approach to Comorbid Mental Health Disorders in Children, Elizabeth Thornley
Multimodal Dissertations: Opportunities for Multimodality in Higher Education, Annie Tran
Investigating the Effects of Parent Dispositional Mindfulness, Parent-Child Conflict and Stress on Children's Self-Regulation, Cassandra Trevisani
Reflections of Mentoring for Indigenous Youth In the Fourth R, Elisa Trovarello
Does Lexical Frequency affect rater judgement of essays? An experimental design using quantitative and qualitative data, Mohammad Muneer Ul-Huda
Interrupting the "Model Minority" Narrative: The Voices of Vietnamese Canadian Youth, Vi Vo
From Expectation To Experience: My Changing Identity As A Chinese International Student, Yin Wang
Nonsuicidal and Suicidal Intent Among Children and Youth with Histories of Trauma: The Role of Protective Factors, Rebecca West
Adolescents with FASD: Education-Based Strategies for Social Skills Development, Samantha Louise Wiendels
Routes to a Western Undergraduate Degree: Chinese Families’ Mobilization of Capital and Flexible Citizenship, Qinghua Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Ontario Teachers' Understanding and Practices of Reform Instruction: A Case Study of Constructivism, Nehal Aldamigh
A Mixed Methods Study: The Impact of Self-Regulated Learning on L2 Writing and Strategy Use, Mohammed Almazloum
Discourses of Creativity in Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum, Beatrix Bocazar
Post-Traumatic Growth and Pregnancy: Exploring the Experiences of Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Alexandra Canzonieri
A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Current Anti-bullying Policies in Ontario, Zhu Cheng
The ‘Meanings’ and ‘Enactments’ of Science and Technology: ANT-Mobilities’ Analysis of Two Cases, Farrukh Chishtie
Students' Perspectives on Educational Acceleration, Lynn Dare
Sahuhlúkhane’ Ukwehuwenéha They Learned to Speak it Again: An Investigation into the Regeneration of the Oneida Language, Rebecca Doxtator
A Case Study of Students' Experiences and Nursing Educators' Leadership Practices to Facilitate RPN to BScN Professional Socialization, Susan L. Eldred
Reading Comprehension and Strategy Use in Fourth- and Fifth-Grade French Immersion Students, Bailey Frid
Syrian Refugee Women’s Perspectives About Their University Experiences: A Case Study at a University in Ontario, Huda Ghadban
A study of respiratory therapy and medical radiation technology faculty who transitioned from clinical practice into academia: their transition experiences, and perceptions of students with disabilities., Christine M. Griffith
Measuring Mental Health Literacy in Education, Amy K. Hatcher
Barriers and Facilitators to Positive Mental Health on a University Campus, Sheldon Hill
Incidental Vocabulary Learning through Listening to Teacher Talk, Zhouhan Jin
Learning lessons from The Impacts of Relocating Indigenous Scholars For Academic Appointments, Andrew Judge
Risk Factors for Domestic Homicide: Immigrant & Canadian-born Populations, Sakthi Kalaichandran