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 2023
Being and becoming multilingual within Canadian FSL education, Katherine MacCormac
“Is that my agenda or is that serving the client?”: Perspectives of Social Justice-Oriented Counsellors on Working with Clients Who Express Oppressive Views, Lily G. MacKenzie
Higher education students and digital literacies: A systematic literature review, Filipe Malafaia Cerqueira
Exploring the Impact of the Khan Academy Digital Platform on Elementary Students' Anxiety and Problem-Solving Skills During the post Covid-19 Pandemic., Roksana Mirzaei Ranjbar
Reimagining Climate Relations with Feminist Earth-Based Spirituality through Common Worlds Ethnography with Young Children, Meagan Montpetit
Counsellors' Beliefs on Social Justice and the Medicalization of Counselling, Christopher Mullin
Interventions based on Mindfulness for Socio-emotional Skill Building in Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Systematic Review, Nethnie Thilakna Nandadasa
Beyond Sport: Black Student Athletes Experiences with Race and Anti Racist Practices, Brianna Nicolas
My Embodied Transformative Educational Journey as an East Asian International Student Learner: A Self-Study Approach, Yixuan Pang
Learning to Teach for Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice: A Mixed Methods Case Study of Initial Teacher Education in Ontario, Canada, Kate Paterson
Teaching Experiences of Elementary School Teachers: An Analysis in the Post-COVID Era, Ankita Rawat
A Search for Role Clarity: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the RN and RPN Entry-to-Practice Competencies That Shape Nursing Curriculum in Ontario, Canada, Elizabeth M. Seabrook
The Effects of Audiovisual Input on Second Language Learning: A Meta-Analysis, Dru M. Sutton
Exploring Parenting, Children’s Mental Health, and Service Complexity Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Abigail Withers
Exploring Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions about the Use of School Gardens in Education for Sustainability, Dona Ishara Madushani Yahampath
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Implementation of TES: A case Study, Ahlam Ayoub
Making Mindfulness Matter with Arabic Speaking Families: A Process Evaluation Study, Amal M. Baobaid
An Exploration of Educators' Experiences Implementing the MindUP Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Emily A. Barry
Weaving Child-plastic Relations in the Ecuadorian Andes, Alexandra M. Berry
Motives for Caregivers of Children with FASD Who Connect with a Caregiver to Caregiver Mentor, Jocelyn J. Blake
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