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
Is Responsible Leadership Possible? Exploring the Experiences of Business Leaders, Educators, and Scholars, Kanina Blanchard
Becoming a cosmopolitan teacher: Empirical and theoretical inquires, James S. Budrow
Leadership Effectiveness in International School Contexts: A Synthetic Mapping of Emergent Literature, Michael C. Butler
Exploring the Impacts of Learning Challenges for Children Not Yet Identified with a Learning Disability, Giuseppe D. Capozza
Barriers to Accessing Community Mental Health Services for Migrant Youth, Charlotte A. Carrie
Investigating an Approach to Integrating Computational Thinking into an Undergraduate Calculus Course, Erin Clements
Understanding Youth Mentors’ Experiences Mentoring their Younger Peers, Melissa Coyne-Foresi
A Study of Gender Representation in Silver Birch Award Nominees from 2009 and 2019: A Queer Theory Perspective, Sara DiMarco
What Do Students Say about Writing? How Student Experiences Can Inform Canadian Writing Studies Pedagogy, Christopher Eaton
Children’s Perspectives on the Social Exclusion of Peers with Behavioural Difficulties, Kayla Edwards
Challenges for police in safety planning and risk management for adults victims and children living with domestic violence: Barriers and promising practices, Carolyn Anne Fraser
The Flipped Spanish Classroom: Student Engagement, Satisfaction and Autonomy, Ana Garcia-Allen
Microdosing Mindfulness: Understanding the Effects of Brief Mindfulness Meditation in Children with ADHD, Marcus D. Gottlieb
Psychosocial Factors and Early Career College Faculty: Teacher Identity, Teaching Self-efficacy, and Sense of Belonging, Kathryn D. Hansen
Down Syndrome Caregivers’ Support Needs: A Caregiver Perspective, Katie Hart
The impact of multiliteracies and multimodality on ESL learners: Using Neuroimaging Technologies, Wenyu Huang
Construction and Preliminary Validation of the interRAI 0-3 Developmental Domains, Jo Ann M. Iantosca
Developing a Feasible Survey for Community Organizations to Evaluate a Healthy Relationships Program, Maria C. Ibanez
Entrepreneurial Teachers: The Novice and the Experienced, Najmeh Keyhani
Common Factors in Military Domestic Homicides: Implications for Prevention and Intervention, Mariah Krancevich
Coping and Stress Related to Support Needs: Assessing Needs in Parent and Caregivers of Children with Down syndrome, Yejin Esther Lee
A Comparative Study on Artificial Intelligence Curricula, Li Li
Leadership-as-Disciplinary Stewardship: A Social Movement for Kinesiology’s Future Success in the 21st Century University, Jenna R. Lorusso
Mental Health Literacy and Ontario Secondary School Curriculum, Christine J. Manser
Motives of Caregivers for Children with FASD to Become Peer Mentors, Lydia Murray
Formative Space: Literacy Practices in 21st Century Curriculum Making, Mary C. Ott
Peer to Peer Mentoring: A Multiple-Case Study Evaluating the LINKS Peer Support Program, Petra Owusu
Acceptability of Making Mindfulness Matter (M3): A Community Based Program For Families Experiencing Adversity, Emilia Pacholec
Trauma and Violence-Informed Care: Evaluating the Impact on Teacher Candidate Attitudes and Intended Responses Towards Problem Behaviour of Students Affected by Trauma, Michelle M. Philippe
India’s Right to Education Act: Parents’ perceptions on involvement in private schools and school responsiveness, Namarpreet K. Rodrigo
Improving international teacher retention in São Paulo international schools: what can leaders do?, Christiaan Rombaut
Seniors, French, and Conversation Groups: An Investigation Into Seniors Who Pursue French As A Leisure Activity, Alan D. Russette
An Examination of Child and Youth Mental Health Service Urgency in Ontario, Valbona Semovski
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