MASTER OF TEACHING ACADEMIA
Research Article
"The topic selected for the research article focuses on the implementation of the project approach (PA) or any other type of interdisciplinary teaching approach and its impact on students’ engagement and classroom inclusivity. The questions that arose from the topic were; Would students feel more passionate, motivated, and/or confident in learning in a project-based curriculum? Would the project approach’s versatility easily accommodate for students’ individual needs? Can interdisciplinary curriculums effectively enhance students’ academic achievement? And finally; can the PA be efficiently executed in junior grades? This topic is significant to the field of education because society’s negative stigma against the school dynamic can affect students’ attitudes towards learning in a classroom environment. Therefore, if the PA can indeed increase students’ engagement and can be meaningful to all types of learners then it will be an integral teaching strategy for all educators to practice." --from Annotated Bibliography
MT Research Topic: Interdisciplinary
Education
Women in Leadership Positions: Book Review
"We learn and connect best through anecdotes. It is through storytelling we become humanized and build an emotional connection that a conventional, academic environment does not normally prioritize. The inquest will be within the context of Toronto while analyzing the multi-award-winning novel, Scarborough (2017) written by Catherine Hernandez, a Scarborough resident who wrote the fictional novel based on her experience living in the inner-city community. This composition is intended to include the issues and themes discussed within the Social Justice in Education’s Women in Leadership Positions course. It is an exploration through the perceptions of people who have been socio-economically and racially marginalized from the hierarchical societal expectations and in the colonized education system...