Research - Dr. Avril Aitken
Recent research initiatives include:
Individual Investigation:
- An exploration of perceptions of pre-service teachers regarding Education for Sustainable Development [2012-2013]
- Pre-service Teachers’ Stories of Identity through Digital Self-portraits [2010-2012]
Co-Investigation with Dr. Linda Radford:
- Pre-service Teachers’ Stories of Identity through Digital Self-portraits - Part II [2012-2014]
Primary Investigator of a School of Education team project - $88985 - MELS
Chantier 7:
In collaboration with Drs. Bures, Beauchamp, Lau, Director of Practice Teaching, Elizabeth Kreuger, and University Supervisor, Josée Rourke and the Eastern Townships School Board
- The Associate Teachers Professional Development Project [2010-2013]
- Identifying Professional Development Needs of Associate Teachers who are Required to Develop and Evaluate Pre-service Teachers’ Professional Competencies [April - Dec. 2010]
- Development of a Model for Accompanying Associate Teachers [2010-2013]
- Associate Teachers’ Perspectives on Competency Development, Competency-based Assessment and Tools for 2nd Year Practicum
Community Collaboration
- The Going Home Project [2012-2013] - Funded by HRSDC. Remembrance as a Digitally Mediated Practice of Pedagogy, with the Naskapi Nation
- The Naskapi Curriculum Development Project - with Jimmy Sandy Memorial School and the Central Quebec School Board [Funded Federally and Provincially, 1997 - 2013]
