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 2022
Acting Out Gender: Embodied criticality and performance-based pedagogies, Danielle K. Carr
Exploring Factors That Affect English Language Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs in the English as a Second Language Context, Alexandra Charnina
Exploring the Effects of a Chinese Heritage Language School on the Identity Construction of its Adolescent Students, Angela Dong
Walking the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Talk: Promoting STEM Teacher Candidates’ Views, Understandings, and Implementation of Differentiated Instruction, Mohammed Estaiteyeh
Exploring the Underrepresentation of Women Coaches in Canadian University Sport, Hayley Finn
The Past, Present, and Future Direction of Computer Science Curriculum in K-12 Education, Steven Floyd
Opening a Crack to let the Light in: An Exploration of an Online Group Adolescent Compassion Focussed Therapy Intervention, Euan PB Fraser Tait
Reading Strategy Intervention and Reading Comprehension Success in Bilingual Readers, Bailey Frid
Identifying Intersectional Complex Practice Behaviours in IPV Services for Marginalized Women, Amrit Kaur Gill
Re-conceptualising How We Respond to Secondary Gifted Learners' Needs: A Critical Narrative and ANT Approach Investigating Programming and Placement Within Ontario's Current Public Education System, Melissa D. Gollan-Wills
Evaluating the Impact of a Compassion Focused Therapy Group on Parent and Caregiver Psychological Flexibility, Katarina M. Guillen
Creative Common Worlding with Research Creation in Early Childhood Education, Sarah M. Hennessy
Exploring the Use of Interactive Videos in an L2 Listening Test, Shanshan He
Screen time use and Children’s Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Amira Hmidan
Examining Canada’s Scientific Literacy Through COVID-19 Tweets, Samantha Jewett
Bribery in Higher Education in Former Soviet Countries: A Systematic Review, Roya Karimli
The Right to Education Act and Private Schools in Delhi, India: Experiences of Households from Scheduled Caste Groups, Anushka Khanna
Second/Foreign Language Learners and Narrative Film Comprehension: An Intercultural Reception Study, Natalie Killick
Spaced Practice and Second Language Vocabulary Learning, Sukyung Kim
Beginning Teachers’ Development of Inclusive Practices: A Longitudinal Multiple-Case Study Approach, Tsz-Wing Zita Lau
Steering at a Distance: A Qualitative Case Study of Institutional Autonomy at a Vietnamese Public University, Anh Thi Hoai Le
The Effects of a Video-Enhanced Intervention Package on the Science Practices of Students with Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Kailee Liesemer
An Exploration of the Lived Experiences of Students who attended Supervised Alternative Learning Programs in Southwestern Ontario, Rafaela Eneyda Lopez-Cobar
A Study on How Different Glosses Affect L2 Idiom Acquisition, Liting Luo
Critical Discourse Analyses of Early Education-Land Assemblages within Settler-Colonial British Columbia, Canada, Courtney A. Neidig
Examining the Lived Experience of University Students Receiving Academic Accommodations for Concussion, Mary C. Prior
Understanding Transitional Mental Health and Interpersonal Needs of Newcomer Youth During Resettlement: Seeking Guidance to Strengthen Mental Health Programming, Anjali Ruparelia
Guidance Counselors' Enactment of Educational Equity Policies: A Cross-Case Analysis of Ontario and Trinidad and Tobago, Kathleen Sandy-Thompson
Feasibility of STRONG in a University Teaching Clinic: Youth Impacts, Parental Perceptions, and Clinician Experiences, Nicole Anne Schilling
The Integration of Computational Thinking in Mathematics Education: The Current State of Practices in School, Outreach, and Public Educational Settings, Hatice Beyza Sezer
Learning Analytics for the Formative Assessment of New Media Skills, Negar Shabihi
An Examination on the Role of Culture and Socialization on South Asian Women’s Pursuit of STEM Education, Kinza Shaukat
Using Youth Voice to Inform Programs and Services Promoting Newcomers' Healthy Development, Alexandra C.G. Smith
The Enactment of Quality Assurance Policies in Ecuadorian Higher Education: A Case Study in the Public Universities in the Province of Manabí, Diego R. Sornoza Parrales
Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and their Families, Carly B. Sugar
School Principals' Work in Grenada, Donna Swapp
An Integrative Study of the Effect of Early Learning with Touchscreen Technologies Using SAMR Framework: A Meta-analysis and Systematic Review, Atefeh Taherian Kalati
Early Gaze Behaviours in Infants at High Familial Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder: association with brain development, Julia Teixeira Pinto Montenegro
Addressing Intimate Partner Violence: Effective Risk Management with Male Perpetrators, Simrat K. Tung
Student Engagement: The Role of Interpersonal Trauma and Polyvictimization, Jocelyn N. Van Dyke
Working Towards More Effective Sexual Violence Prevention Programming for Young Men in Canada, Aadhiya Vasudeva
Syrian Refugee Education in Lebanese Secondary Schooling: A Vertical Case Study, Georges Wakim
Investigating the Perspectives of Early Years Professionals’ Anti-Racist Practices, Amy Williams
Outreach Program, Cognitive Variables and STEM Identity: Mediation and Longitudinal Mediation Study of Middle and High-School Students’ Career Aspirations, Abdulehed Kasim Yarkin
Teacher Sensemaking on Computational Thinking, Siu Chung Yiu
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Soundfullness in early childhood education: An ecological sound art inquiry with educators and children, Malvika Agarwal
Psychotherapists’ Approaches to Transgender Affirmative Psychotherapy, Jordyn Banks
Assessing Self-Regulation in Grade 1 Writers: An Evaluation of the Reliability and Validity of the Interview on Self-Regulation in Early Writing, Ashley A. Bildfell
The Trickiness of Settler Colonialism: Indigenous Women Administrators’ Experiences of Policy in Canadian Universities, Candace Brunette-Debassige
Teacher Professionalism, Embodiment, and Surveillance: An Autoethnographic Study, Melanie Cloutier-Bordeleau
Exploring Teachers’ Perspectives on Child Anxiety: Opportunities to Promote Anxiety Management Skills in the Classroom, Sydney Coleman
Individual Differences in Executive Functioning and Psycho-emotional Well-being and the Impact of Acute Exercise on Children and Youth with ADHD, Madeline Crichton
Global Citizenship Education and Scout Movement Curriculum in Egypt: Perspectives from Scouts and Scout Leaders, Tarek M. Faid
Managing Interpersonal Conflict: Adolescents With and Without Intellectual Disabilities, Olivia Faulconbridge
(Re)Thinking anti-racist pedagogies in early childhood education: An exploratory case study of the perspectives of Muslim Mothers in Ontario, Hanaa Ghannoum
Evidence-based programming for vulnerable youth: Successes and challenges of implementing healthy relationships programs in diverse settings, Rachelle M. Graham
Muslim girls' experiences with Islamophobia, sexism, and anti-Black racism in Ontario secondary schools: A case study, Sarah Halabi
Exploring Effectiveness of Implementation of the MindUP Program Through Implementor Perspectives, Maria Jelic
A systematic review for identifying instructional design strategies and principles in extended massive open online courses (xMOOCs), Jingrui Jiang
Students adrift: An examination of school disengagement among clinically referred children and youth, Janell A. Klassen
Systematic Review of STEM Attitude Measures, Meagan Koufis
Early adversity and positive parenting: Predicting executive functioning in children with ASD, Elizabeth A. Kuenzel
Investigating the Experiences of Faculty Members and Administrators with Quality Assurance and Accountability in Higher Education in Ontario, Melanie Lawrence
Combating Racial Microaggression in Higher Education: a case study of East Asian students' experiences on campus space, Vivian Leung
Common Worlding Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education: Storying situated processes for living and learning in ecologically precarious times, Kelly-Ann MacAlpine
Ontario High School Science Word List (OHSWL), Mohamed Mahfouz
Mandated to Move: Teacher Identified Barriers, Facilitators, and Recommendations to Implementing Daily Physical Activity, Lauren Martyn
Understanding Service Gaps and Support Opportunities in the Treatment of Childhood Anxiety, Chelsey R. Masson
Curriculum, Theory and Practice: Exploring Nurses' and Nursing Students' Knowledge of, Attitudes Towards and Self- Efficacy in Caring for The Elderly in Canada, Amany Farag Mohamed
Exploring the Feasibility of a Concurrent Mindful Awareness Program, M3, for Children in a Community Setting, Alyssa E. Mueller
A Systematic Literature Review of Intergenerational Literacy Studies, Ling Niu
Investigating All-Gender Bathrooms in Ontario Schools: A Multi-Sited Case Study, Kenan Omercajic
Adversity, Neurodevelopment, and Cognition in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Alissa Papadopoulos
Individual Differences in Lifestyle Factors and the Effects of Acute Exercise on Executive Functioning in Children and Youth with ADHD, Jasmyn Skinner
Seeking Host Community Perspectives in a U.S.-based Service Learning Program: A Case Study, Vanessa R. Sperduti
Sustainable Coping Among Experienced 911 Operators, Lisa Vanderloop
Jamaican Secondary School Principals' Work and Occupational Well-being, Annette R. Walker
Using a Self-Paced Reading Task to Examine the Comprehension Monitoring Abilities of Children with and without ADHD, Olivia J. Ward
Learning New Words from TED Talks: Strategic use of L1 subtitles and L2 captions, Injung Wi
Neither Seen Nor Heard: Surviving Children of Domestic Homicide, Alexis Winfield
A Case Study of EFL Learners’ Identity and Investment in a Private Educational Company in China, Jing Yan
Caring for Teachers: Exploring Pre-Service Teacher Well-Being, Self-Efficacy, and Vicarious Trauma, Bernadette Yeo
Internationalization of Regional Higher Education in China: A Critical Policy Case Study of A Transnational Double-Degree Program, Hailiang Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Racialized Women's Experiences of Sexual Violence and Harassment in Canadian Higher Education: An Intersectional Analysis, Shirin Abdmolaei
The Use of Reading Strategies in Second Language Adult Learners, Taninder Atwal
Toward Common Worlds Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education: A Response to the Challenges of the Anthropocene, Adrianne Bacelar de Castro