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Clancy, Tracey L.; Ferreira, Carla; Rainsbury, Jacqueline; Rosenau, Patricia; Lock, Jennifer – College Quarterly, 2017
In contemporary nursing practice, leadership roles have changed from administrative manager to one of coach and supporter. Evidence supports the use of transformational leadership as an effective framework for advancing nursing leadership. Transformational leadership involves an appreciation for being dynamic and responsive to complexity and…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Transformational Leadership, Qualitative Research, Interviews
Kosnik, Clare; Menna, Lydia; Dharamshi, Pooja; Beck, Clive – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
This paper presents findings from the large-scale study "Literacy Teacher Educators: Their Backgrounds, Visions, and Practices" that includes 28 literacy/English teacher educators (LTEs) from four countries. The participants were interviewed three times and shared their course outlines. Six pre-service LTEs who use a constructivist…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Literacy Education, Constructivism (Learning), Teaching Methods
Brook, Julia; Hobbs, Neil; Neumann-Fuhr, Denise; O'Riordan, Anne; Paterson, Margo; Johnston, Jane – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2015
Understanding the supports and constraints available in rural communities is integral to the education of professionals who choose to practise in rural settings. Previous research has indicated that many professionals do not have an accurate understanding of rural contexts and how rural settings impact personal life and professional practice. To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Rural Areas, Professional Education
Leger, Andrew B.; Fostaty Young, Sue – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
This paper reports on the effects of a graduate course on teaching and learning on graduate teaching assistants' conceptions of teaching and on the teaching philosophy statements that arose from those conceptions. Effects are interpreted from three perspectives: 1) course facilitators' reports of their perceptions of course participants'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Educational Philosophy, Teaching Assistants
Que, Hua; Li, Xuemei – TESL-EJ, 2015
This study looks into the changing voice of Chinese Post-80s' students in English academic writing. Data were collected qualitatively through interviews with four Chinese Post-80s overseas graduate students and through an examination of their English essays with a focus on discursive features. Findings indicate that Chinese Post-80s' voice is…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Deane, Thomas; Nomme, Kathy; Jeffery, Erica; Pollock, Carol; Birol, Gulnur – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
Interest in student conception of experimentation inspired the development of a fully validated 14-question inventory on experimental design in biology (BEDCI) by following established best practices in concept inventory (CI) design. This CI can be used to diagnose specific examples of non-expert-like thinking in students and to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Biology, Science Instruction
Pierce, Joanna Lina; Hemingway, Dawn; Schmidt, Glen – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2014
Historically, society has associated a visit from a child protection worker with the removal of children. In Canada in the 1960s, Aboriginal children were removed from their communities in alarming numbers and were referred to as the "sixties scoop." This may in part explain the difficulty in recruiting Aboriginal social workers into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Child Welfare, Recruitment
O'Brien, Catherine – Canadian Journal of Education, 2013
Sustainable happiness is "happiness that contributes to individual, community and/or global well-being without exploiting other people, the environment or future generations" (O'Brien, 2010a, n.p.). It underscores the interrelationship between human flourishing and ecological resilience. At the national and international levels,…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Life Satisfaction, Psychological Patterns, Well Being
Doan, Lara – Ontario Action Researcher, 2009
Computer artifacts are anything but socially neutral learning tools. The presence of computer-based technologies not only influences the thought processes of both teachers and students, but also affects the rhythms and ordering of classroom life. This article describes one teacher educator's efforts to structure occasions for teacher candidates to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Influence of Technology, Educational Practices
Hoven, Debra; Palalas, Agnieszka – CALICO Journal, 2011
An exploratory study conducted at George Brown College in Toronto, Canada between 2007 and 2009 investigated language learning with mobile devices as an approach to augmenting ESP learning by taking learning outside the classroom into the real-world context. In common with findings at other community colleges, this study identified inadequate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Listening Skills, Immigrants