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Cairney, Kristen; Breen, Andrea V. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
Experiential community-based learning is used for academic purposes, as well as to promote students' civic education, moral development, and the development of identity. Recent advancements in narrative identity theory may have important implications for enriching our understanding of how learning occurs in the context of community-based learning.…
Descriptors: Listening, Undergraduate Students, Practicums, Reflection
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Masdonati, Jonas; Fournier, Geneviève; Lahrizi, Imane Z. – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2017
We report the results of qualitative research on adults who enrolled in a vocational and education training (VET) program with the intention of changing their careers. The participants were 30 adults aged between 25 and 45 years. A modified version of the consensual qualitative research method was applied to transcriptions of semi-structured…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Training, Career Change, Qualitative Research
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Guo, Yan; Guo, Shibao – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
The internationalization of higher education in Canada is happening at a rapid pace. One manifestation of internationalization is the increasing enrolment of international students in Canadian institutions. There is little research on international undergraduate students' experiences from their own perspectives as they adapt to a new educational…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
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Banwell, Jenessa; Kerr, Gretchen – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate coaches' perspectives on the personal development student-athletes experience through interuniversity sport. Additionally, it explored the ways in which coaches understand, enable, and facilitate the personal development of student-athletes. Eight in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletic Coaches, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role
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Camiré, Martin; Trudel, Pierre; Forneris, Tanya – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2014
Background: Research indicates that some youth sport coaches have specific strategies in their coaching plan to facilitate positive youth development (PYD) while others struggle in articulating how they promote the development of their athletes in actual practice. These variations can be largely attributed to the fact that coaching is a complex…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Foreign Countries, Models, High School Students
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Dods, Jennifer – Exceptionality Education International, 2015
Experiencing a traumatic event can impact students' well-being and jeopardize their academic achievement and social-emotional health. A quarter of all students will experience a traumatic life event before they graduate from high school (Costello, Erkanli, Fairbank, & Angold, 2002), necessitating an understanding of how trauma affects students…
Descriptors: Trauma, Educational Experience, Well Being, Academic Achievement