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1	Critical Beginnings: Creating School Community for All Children and Families Talbot, Patricia A. 15 April 1998 (has links) Ernest Boyer's The Basic School: A Community for Learning (1995) aligns with other important research and programs that encourage parent involvement to maximize each child's educational potential. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand and to document the first steps undertaken by one school as it began to address Boyer's school as community priority by reaching out to an uninvolved parent population. Meaning was constructed from the perspective of the researcher who was an active participant in the process. Research questions included: 1) What happened when one school began to address the needs of its at-risk population by intentionally reaching out to involve the parents of these students in the life of the school? 2) How was this accomplished within the context of a school beginning to address the priorities of a "Basic School?" 3) What structures were created to facilitate the process and guide its progress? Teachers in the School as Community Family at Kizer Elementary School were the initial focus of this study. Additional groups with related purposes became part of the inquiry as the process unfolded. Transcripts, field notes, and related documents were collected from all relevant group meetings and outreach activities from June of 1997 through January of 1998. The process of data analysis yielded descriptive conceptual models and an interpretive narrative case study that follows a modified chronology of the communicative action steps undertaken by a group of educators readying themselves for outreach to an alienated parent population. This study produced practical implications for schools wishing to begin the steps toward increasing the level of family and community engagement with student learning. A case was made for self-reflective action to create opportunities for authentic conversation that can empower families to take greater initiative in the public education of their children. If schools can learn to build, support and sustain relationships with parents, particularly their at-risk populations, they might expect a greater level of success in educating their children. / Ed. D. parents as partners parent involvement children at-risk Basic School
2	A Holistic Approach to the Ontario Curriculum: Moving to a More Coherent Curriculum Neves, Ana Cristina Trindade 14 December 2009 (has links) This study is an interpretive form of qualitative research that is founded in educational connoisseurship and criticism, which uses the author’s personal experiences as a holistic educator in a public school to connect theory and practice. Key research questions include: How do I, as a teacher, work with the Ontario curriculum to make it more holistic? What strategies have I developed in order to teach a more holistic curriculum? What kinds of difficulties interfere with my practice as I attempt to implement my holistic philosophy of education? This dissertation seeks to articulate a methodology for developing holistic curriculum that is in conformity with Ontario Ministry guidelines and is also responsive to the multifaceted needs of the whole student. The research findings will serve to inform teachers who wish to engage in holistic education in public schools and adopt a curriculum that is transformative while still being adaptable within mainstream education. holistic education holistic learning holistic teacher holistic curriculum curriculum development Ontario curriculum transformative curriculum holistic philosophy of education developing mindfulness meditation in schools visualization as a learning tool yoga in schools journal writing Gulu walk An Inconvenient Truth Uganda Rising anti-bullying education human wholeness Whole Child School personal development professional development personal practical knowledge in teachers empowering students Math trail pedagogical approaches autobiography parents as partners in education EQAO testing student-led conferences self awareness balance in education limited vision of Ontario curriculum critical literacy ideology ommission on the Whole Child spirituality in education anecdotal reporting to parents social consciousness Roots of Empathy Who is Nobody spiritual growth ecological awareness wholeness of human experience creativity and intuition in education 0727 0524 0280 0998
3	A Holistic Approach to the Ontario Curriculum: Moving to a More Coherent Curriculum Neves, Ana Cristina Trindade 14 December 2009 (has links) This study is an interpretive form of qualitative research that is founded in educational connoisseurship and criticism, which uses the author’s personal experiences as a holistic educator in a public school to connect theory and practice. Key research questions include: How do I, as a teacher, work with the Ontario curriculum to make it more holistic? What strategies have I developed in order to teach a more holistic curriculum? What kinds of difficulties interfere with my practice as I attempt to implement my holistic philosophy of education? This dissertation seeks to articulate a methodology for developing holistic curriculum that is in conformity with Ontario Ministry guidelines and is also responsive to the multifaceted needs of the whole student. The research findings will serve to inform teachers who wish to engage in holistic education in public schools and adopt a curriculum that is transformative while still being adaptable within mainstream education. holistic education holistic learning holistic teacher holistic curriculum curriculum development Ontario curriculum transformative curriculum holistic philosophy of education developing mindfulness meditation in schools visualization as a learning tool yoga in schools journal writing Gulu walk An Inconvenient Truth Uganda Rising anti-bullying education human wholeness Whole Child School personal development professional development personal practical knowledge in teachers empowering students Math trail pedagogical approaches autobiography parents as partners in education EQAO testing student-led conferences self awareness balance in education limited vision of Ontario curriculum critical literacy ideology ommission on the Whole Child spirituality in education anecdotal reporting to parents social consciousness Roots of Empathy Who is Nobody spiritual growth ecological awareness wholeness of human experience creativity and intuition in education 0727 0524 0280 0998

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