This research examines the current educational challenges facing First Nation students of northern Canada, through the exploration of two experiential and place-based educational programs. These programs of study are presently being applied in the public school system (primary and secondary)…

Interest in curriculum is often divided between the work of curriculum theorists on one end and the manifestation of curriculum in the classroom on the other. Researchers are drawn to the study of both of these groups, but a third…

My study focuses on b-boying, the archetype of hiphop dance, to better understand the informal teaching and learning processes embodied in the freestyle or raw b-boy cipher (improvisational dance circle). I draw from an ethnographic approach to investigate how hiphop…

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…

This study explored the relation between pedagogical knowledge and subject-matter knowledge, in the context of inquiry-driven science instruction, and their relation to instructors' performance in the instructional process. This multiple case study focused on three distinct categories of teachers--Novice in…