NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Wade, Bill
Licensed Year(s): 1997
Summary: The research involves collecting baseline data from previous and current distance education initiatives that the College has been engaged in and examining strategies employed by other educational organizations. In addition an needs assessment will be conducted in order to identify opportunities for program delivery via distance education technology....

Principal Investigator: Crowell, James W.
Licensed Year(s): 1997 1996
Summary: Study continued from 1996. School Principals will be contacted during the 1996/97 school year to collect data on the number of students involved in home schooling in each community. In the towns of Fort Smith, Hay River, and Yellowknife, parents of home schooling children will be contacted through principals to participate in tape recorded interviews. Data collection will be limited to mail, ph...

Principal Investigator: Bright, Marilyn
Licensed Year(s): 1997
Summary: The study will explore experiences beginning Dene teachers have in their transition from student to teacher. Study attempts to understand ways which beginning Dene teachers integrate their traditional cultural heritage into that of Canadian mainstream curriculum. How is the curriculum document, Dene Kede, implemented in their work. Study will seek to articulate their needs for in-service suppor...

Principal Investigator: Shimpo, Mitsura
Licensed Year(s): 1996
Summary: Due to limited time resources, the researcher plans to limit his study to doing consultative interviews with staff members of the GNWT Department of Education, Culture and Employment and possibly with staff members of Aurora College in Yellowknife. No research will be done outside of Yellowknife. This survey is part of a larger international 3 year research project sponsored by Japan's Nation...

Principal Investigator: Wall, Denis
Licensed Year(s): 1995
Summary: The survey will collect data from students, administrators, teachers, Board members, and other school-based staff. Pilot surveys will be undertaken to test the surveys and to identify necessary changes. A randomly selected group of 30 principals will be asked to collect data on incidents of interpersonal conflict in which they have to intervene. No names will be attached to surveys or descripti...

Principal Investigator: Johns, Arlene E.
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993 1992 1991
Summary: The researcher will continue to examine the factors that contribute to the successful completion of high school by native students. Interviews of students, parents and teachers will be conducted. The information collected in this study may help to determine how the existing school system can encourage students to complete their high school education....

Principal Investigator: Osted, Peter F.
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: The researcher will ask Community Education Councils (CEC's) of communities served by the Sahtu, Deh Cho, South Slave and Dogrib Divisional Boards of Education to complete questionnaires. Data collected will include where Items of Concern come from, what the CEC does with these Items, how these issues graded in terms of importance, and how often these issues arise. Results of the study may assist...

Principal Investigator: McGrath, George
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The Researcher will interview planners and developers of the Principal's Certification Course to determine the purpose of the course. A questionnaire will be sent to selected principles to determine the effect of the course. A small number of schools will be visited to confirm the effect, if any, on the organization and operation of these schools and if it can be traced to the participation of the...

Principal Investigator: Haskel, Gerry
Licensed Year(s): 1989
Summary: Ms. Haskell intends to examine the nature of the cultural programms which are designed to increase the traditional Inuit culture in the curriculum at the Sanikiluaq School. She wishes to examine the nature of the curriculum guidelines and identify the typ...

Principal Investigator: Twerdin, Leena Evic
Licensed Year(s): 1989 1988
Summary: Ms. Leena Evic Twerdin will assess the training needs of Inuit Cultural Instructors based on her knowledge of the program and information she has gathered by interviewing the instructors at their July summer course in Iqaluit. She will assess the present situation, the courses they have taken, the work they have accomplished, and what further training they may require....