NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Abu Rass, Ruwaida
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: The goal of this research is to examine the usefulness of the NWT Teacher Induction and Mentorship Program for the adjustment process of novice teachers in the NWT. The results of this research will be compared with the results of the two year study that has been conducted by the researcher about the adjustment proves of the new teachers in Bedouin schools in the Negev region in southern Israel...

Principal Investigator: Balanoff, Helen
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: Success in adult education is measured by academic achievement, but other benefits for learners exist. This study will examine non-academic outcomes among Aboriginal learners in an effort to reframe notions of success. The project will involve learners and instructors from three adult education programs: campus, community learning centres, and community-based non-government programs. Participa...

Principal Investigator: Paci, Chris J
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: The importance of this research is to articulate northern science research capacity, the role of colleges in building northern capacity, and the knowledge-based investments Canada is making in the North. Members of the research team will visit the Aurora College campuses in Yellowknife, Fort Smith and Inuvik to undertake literature searches. Other than accessing college libraries, the research tea...

Principal Investigator: Vavra, Karen
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: The study will look at ways in which teachers in Grades 4 to 8 address the issues involved in teaching writing in urban and rural schools across Canada. The goal of the research is to determine ways in which educators teach and assess writing, including their use of new technology as they work in the diversity of classroom settings that exist in Canada. The benefits of the research to teachers wil...

Principal Investigator: Rankin, Janet
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: The activities to determine student mastery of tasks to meet established standards of professional competence have not been well described and are poorly understood. This research is intended to illuminate the activities that contribute to decisions about a student’s progress, to understand how professional beliefs and practices are embedded into evaluation efforts, and to explicate some of the te...

Principal Investigator: Huxtable, Lynn
Licensed Year(s): 2021 2013 2005
Summary: This project is a follow-up to a similar project that was done across Canada in 2001, and to the focus groups that were done in November 2003. The researchers want to find out what is changing in the ways that young people use the Internet. Issues they...

Principal Investigator: Fitzpatrick, Patricia
Licensed Year(s): 2004
Summary: This research explores the relationship among learning, public involvement in environmental assessment (EA) and sustainable development. The central research question is: Can organizational learning take place through participation in EA? A case study of...

Principal Investigator: Tymchak, Michael
Licensed Year(s): 2002
Summary: This review was initiated by Aurora College as part of explorations along with the Department of Education, Culture and Employment related to providing opportunities for northerners to complete the Bachelor of Education degree in the NWT. The project pur...

Principal Investigator: Auchterlonie, Sandy
Licensed Year(s): 2002
Summary: This project will help to provide an understanding of 1) the transitions youth in the NWT face; 2) the difficulties that sometimes go along with transitions; 3) what helps transitions go smoothly; and 4) the programs, services and other resources youth n...

Principal Investigator: Kurszewski, Denise
Licensed Year(s): 1999
Summary: The proposed study will hopefully disclose the positive elements of academic success among northern Metis students. Students presently attending post-secondary institutions will be selected. In-depth interviews will be conducted using the 'self-narrative' approach. The Metis Nation will use the outcome as a guide to implementing the practices in overall planning, thus empowering and strengthening...