15 record(s) found with the tag "educational development" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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For The Future: Parents Priorities For Their Children's Education In A Northern Community
Principal Investigator: Ruttan, Lia
Licensed Year(s): 2001
Summary: The proposed study will examine differences in parents viewpoints related to their priorities for their childrens learning experience and educational goals. The reseacrcher will survey parents in Fort Smith, NT to determine what factors are important to them regarding their children's public education. Interviews will be conducted following identification of key issues emerging from the survey d...


Establishing key factors that enable selected Northern Metis students to succeed academically in Southern post-secondary institutions
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...


The Changing Roles of Principals in the Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Cameron, Anne-Mieke
Licensed Year(s): 1996
Summary: The research strategy for this project will be one that facilitates open and naturalistic inquiry. As a qualitative research study, it will draw on emerging themes as they are gained through individual interviews with principals in the N.W.T. This naturalistic study will include thick description of contextual data gathered through interviews and analysis of documents. A limited pilot project s...


A Pre-university Program for Inuit Students
Principal Investigator: Twerdin, Leena Evic
Licensed Year(s): 1989 1988
Summary: Ms. Twerdin will be contacting Inuit students who have been to university in the south and may or may not have completed their studies. She will be conducting interviews with the students and other people who may have suggestions for a pre-university course and its content....


Cultural Context of Teaching: the native educator role
Principal Investigator: Stairs, Arlene
Licensed Year(s): 1992 1991 1990 1988
Summary: Kathleen Okpik (Pangnirtung) and Peesee Pitseolak (Lake Harbour) will be interviewing other native educators. They will ask questions like: How did you become a teacher? Why do you like to teach? How did your training help you to become a teacher? What did training not teach you? What role should Inuktitut have in school programs? The answers to these and other questions should improve ...


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