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The perceived impact of eight systemic factors on scientific capital accumulation
(Springer, 2019-11-14)
In the global academic capitalist race, academics, institutions and countries’ symbolic power results from the accumulation of scientific capital. This paper relies on the perspectives of system actors located at the ...
Home education in Quebec : family first
(Routledge, 2003)
In Canada, until now, no studies have focused on the practice of home education in
the francophone province of Quebec. While the home-educating population in that
province is tangible, it has remained largely unknown. ...
Teaching, research and the Canadian professoriate : findings from the 2018 APIKS survey
(2020)
This paper presents the Canadian findings from the 2018 APIKS study focusing on the
teaching-research nexus. The online, bilingual survey was administered to full-time professors at 64
provincially-funded universities ...
The perceived contribution of early-career researchers to research production in nordic higher education systems
(Springer, 2018-11-21)
In the global race for academic prestige, early-career researchers (ECR) play a
pivotal role in countries’ research production. The objective of this paper is to
analyse the perceived contribution of ECR to research ...
Elementary School Principals in Low-Socioeconomic-Status Schools: A University-Based Research Program Designed to Support Mandated Reform
(2012)
This paper presents a reform initiative, the Supporting Montreal Schools Program
(SMSP), created by the government of Quebec to assist 184 low socio-economic-status
schools in Montreal implement seven reform strategies ...
How Principals Exercise Transformative Leadership in Urban Schools in Disadvantaged Areas in Montréal, Canada
(2013)
This study aims at understanding how elementary school principals in disadvantaged areas
implement transformative leadership for social justice. Our previous studies showed that social justice is rarely present in principals’ ...
Covariation between variables in a modelling process: The ACODESA (collaborative learning, scientific debate and self-reflection) method
(Springer, 2015-02)
Semiotic representations have been an important topic of study in mathematics education. Previous research implicitly placed more importance on the development of institutional representations of mathematical concepts in ...
Didactic Situations and Didactical Engineering in university mathematics: cases from the study of Calculus and proof
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-06)
This paper discusses the use of the Theory of Didactic Situations (TDS) at university level, paying special attention to the constraints and specificities of its use at this level. We begin by presenting the origins and ...
The introduction of real numbers in secondary education. An institutional analysis of textbooks
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-07)
In this paper we analyse the introduction of irrational and real numbers in secondary textbooks, and specifically the propositions on how these should be taught, in a sample of Brazilian textbooks used in state schools and ...
Formative assessment : revisiting the territory from teacher’s point of view
(McGill University, Faculty of Education, 2011)
This research documented the know-how of five elementary-school
teachers regarding formative assessment, working from their point of view on
the question. Group interviews gave them the opportunity to negotiate their
“ways ...