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Social Media and Learning Environments: Shifting Perspectives on the Locus of Control
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2009-12)In the past, centralised technology departments had major influence over the choices of learning applications in higher education. With the emergence of freely available Web 2.0 and open access tools, instructors and ... -
Open for Learning: The CMS and the Open Learning Network
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2009-12)The course management system (CMS) reinforces the status quo and hinders substantial teaching and learning innovation in higher education. It does so by imposing artificial time limits on learner access to course content ... -
Investigating the Impact of Weekly Weblog Assignments on the Learning Environment of a Secondary Biology Course
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2009-12)A weblog, or blog, presents an intriguing way to create a collaborative space within a traditional classroom structure. Well-constructed blog assignments may provide a safe environment and encourage a collaborative learning ... -
Instructional Mash-Up: Promoting Reflective Skill Development in a Virtual Environment
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2009-12)Classroom management (CM) research suggests prospective teachers customarily view CM skill acquisition as a fundamental component of pedagogical knowledge development (Emmer & Stough, 2001; Merrett & Wheldall, 1993). ... -
in education 15(2) Editorial
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2009-12)An introduction to our December, 2009 issue of in education, a peer-reviewed, open access journal. This is also Part I of a two-part series focusing on Social Media & Technology. -
Book Review - Digital Habitats
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2009-12)A Review of Digital Habitats: Stewarding Technology for Communities, a book by Etienne Wenger, Nancy White, and John D. Smith. -
"you were born ugly and youl die ugly too": Cyber-bullying as relational aggression
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2009-12)Cyber-bullying increasingly is becoming a problem for students, educators and policy makers. In this paper, we consider cyber-bullying as a form of relational aggression; that is, behaviour designed to damage, harm or ... -
A Continuum of Learning: Enhancing Connections Between Teacher-Candidates and Education Graduate Students Through a Narrative Framework
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2010)This paper was written to complement the book review; "What’s Your Story? A Book Review of Leah Fowler’s A Curriculum of Difficulty: Narrative Research in Education and the Practice of Teaching" (2006), which can also be ... -
Not Making the Grade: A Narrative Inquiry into Timmy’s Experiences with the Mandated Curriculum
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2010)This research draws on the experiences of a Grade 1 delayed reader, his parents, and his teachers, to show his lived curriculum across his home and school contexts. This narrative inquiry is situated in the literature of ... -
Challenging Our Stories as Teacher Educators for Social Justice: Narrative as Professional Development
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2010)In this paper we report on a collaborative self-study in which we reflect upon our practice as teacher educators through a critical multicultural and white studies framework. We developed a pedagogical tool for our own ... -
Researching a Social Justice Course in a Charter School: A Duoethnographic Conversation
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2010)This paper uses a dialogic approach following duoethnography to report on a research study conducted in a charter school offering a locally designed social justice course. This narrative approach involves a critical ... -
Mathematics Teacher Educator Identity: A Conversation Between a Specialist and Generalist
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2010)In this paper we consider the ways the constructs of being a generalist and specialist in teaching have contributed to our stories to live by in mathematics teacher education. We employ narratives of experience to serve ... -
Book Review: "Betweener Talk: Decolonizing Knowledge Production, Pedagogy & Praxis"
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2010)A review of Marcelo Diversi and Claudio Moreira's (2009) book, Betweener Talk: Decolonizing Knowledge Production, Pedagogy & Praxis. -
in education 16(2) Editorial: The Narrative Turn
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2010)An introduction to our Autumn 2010 theme issue, [narrative] in education. -
Through a Stereoscopic Viewer: Transient Moments in Remembered Thyme
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2010)From the emulsion of images taken yesterday, we develop our engagement in time today—the then that is always changing into now. Weathered shutters close together. Driftwood shifts on rocky sand. Sedges grow among the ... -
Carrying Stories From the Outside In: A Collaborative Narrative into a Teacher Education Community
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2010)As three professors working collaboratively in teacher education, we reflect on our participation as former graduate students in narrative research circles facilitated by Dr. Jean Clandinin (University of Alberta) and Dr. ... -
Making Education Law Meaningful to Beginning Teachers: A Narrative Inquiry
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2010)Teacher education classes are contested spaces. Professors interested in reforming content, pedagogy and assessment must wrestle with their own internal tensions and the culture of their institutions in order to make a ... -
The Relationship of Narrative, Virtue Education, and an Ethic of Care in Teaching Practice
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2010)This paper is a philosophical examination of the role of narrative in moral education. We argue that narrative, conceived of as a moral educational practice and not as a method, is an indispensable element of both caring ... -
"Be strong, know what you need": A Narrative on Inclusive Leadership
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2010)Based on an in-depth interview with a retired school principal, this paper explores questions around what it means to practice inclusive leadership in an Ontario school board from the mid 1970s into the 21st century. Using ... -
What’s Your Story? A Book Review of Leah Fowler’s "A Curriculum of Difficulty: Narrative Research in Education and the Practice of Teaching" (2006)
(University of Regina, Faculty of Education, 2010)This is a book review of Leah Fowler’s (2006) book entitled, A Curriculum of Difficulty: Narrative Research and the Practice of Teaching. This review was written as a complementary piece for Lisa A. Mitchell’s (2010) paper ...
