The goal of this research was to use innovative ways to addresses fossilized errors in French immersion classrooms or errors that occur in oral language because of the influence of the first language (in this case primarily English). IPads were used to both help with student engagement in oral learning and to provide a tool…
Learning coaches are privileged to have a place within the school system. Learning coaches operate under three “C’s”: consultation, collaboration and coaching. This research project involved two experienced teachers, one beginning teacher and the two learning coaches who explored the impact learning coaches could have on teaching and learning in a school division. Throughout the research the…
Inquiry learning is a teaching strategy that places student interest or a question that is posed by the student at the centre of the lesson. Learning occurs through questioning, exploration, knowledge building and then representing and sharing that knowledge with others. This project explored how inquiry-based learning could happen in a primary school. The…
This study explored the effectiveness of the professional learning community model for teacher induction. The three major themes found were that the PLC provided a sustained opportunity for learning at various stages of teacher development; the structure and goals of the PLC affected participants’ motivation and ability to learn and to mentor; and the model’s…
This inquiry explores the efforts of selected educators to transform schools into more invitational and culturally affirming learning environments as a means of improving Aboriginal student achievement and enhancing cross-cultural harmony in Saskatchewan. In addition to enhancing teaching and learning in K-12 contexts, the project also considers how insights from this research might inform teacher…
This collaborative inquiry will explore how adjusting space, time or place of learning can support students in acquiring high school credits. The project will use distance learning along with face-to-face teaching to adjust for time, space and place.
This project examines how to connect curriculum content and Ministry outcomes with Indigenous science and ways of knowing in secondary science courses. The study integrates local community knowledge, scientific data collection and Indigenous and Western ways of knowing in ways that engage students in meaningful, outdoor education.
The overall purpose of the research is to explore a collaborative ecological approach to the intervention implementation stage of consultation between a psychologist working in schools and a classroom teacher. By exploring a collaborative unit plan review as a strategy for implementing an ecological approach model of consultation within schools, collaboration can be encouraged.
The overall purpose of the research is to explore ways to engage families in using and sharing their family funds of knowledge to increase literacy skills in early childhood. A community kitchen approach is used in a community school experiencing limited parental involvement to draw families together to learn from and support each other and…
The purpose of this study is to build on a completed project which examined the efficacy of an induction-by-mentoring model to support beginning teachers in a rural school division. More specifically, this study will deepen understandings by expanding the investigation to include examination of the implementation of an induction-by-mentorship approach in a primarily rural, geographically…
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