Case-based learning has demonstrated its potential in educational and professional environments for its ability to promote reasoning skills and foster independent learning. However, the use of this instructional approach is limited by current assessment practices. Considering that assessment drives and…

In Ghana, rates of undernutrition peak between 9 and 21 months of age; one major cause is inadequate complementary feeding (CF). This study examined the relationship between hospital-based CF education and caregivers' reported practices through interviews with health workers (n=24),…

Demographic transition theorists posit that, beginning in the 1960s, biomedical contraceptive technologies and foreign countries, the United States in particular, have been primarily responsible for changes in medical fertility control ideas and practices in Peru. This dissertation argues that biomedical…

This thesis examines the evolution of Canadian broadcasting regulation since the adoption of the 1991 Broadcasting Act with a specific focus on the digital television transition. For Canada, this technological shift exemplifies many of the greater changes in public policy…

Verbal expressive behaviour of children giving true and fabricated reports over multiple interviews was examined. Seventy-eight elementary aged children between the ages of 4 and 11 years played a game with a research assistant (RA) over three consecutive days. Children…

This study investigates the use of volunteered geographic information to visualize environmental changes in Barbados. The aim of this research is to identify the extent to which participation in the Geoweb allows Bajans to communicate their concerns and observations regarding…

Our knowledge of limb development has increased dramatically in the last decades. However, our understanding of how gene expression is translated into morphology remains very limited. Using a variety of experimental approaches, I attempted to uncover the mechanistic factors underlying…

Recognition of the contribution of biological diversity to human health demands more scientifically sound evidence than currently exists, while the multifactorial nature of this relationship calls for innovative research frameworks. This thesis presents a multidisciplinary case study on the contribution…

Improvisation has long been regarded an integral element of artistic work, but has received less attention for ways it may inform education and learning. This dissertation explores understandings central to improvisation, interrogates how they are embodied in music (Western classical…

Anthropologists have analysed development from several angles: some have critiqued development on the grounds that it is a modernising project, while others have sought to understand relationships between actors in development work and proposed alternative methods of pursuing development. Rarely…