THESES     

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AUTHOR TITLE
YEAR
 INSTITUTION
 
D.B.P. Rabinowitch
 *The effects of success and failure on learning.
1936
 University of Toronto
Lorne Michael Rachlis
 The effects of adult daytime students on the administration of some Ontario schools.
1982
 University of Toronto
Lucy Joan Rachynski
 Goal setting experiences and program satisfaction of academic upgrading students.
1993
 University of Alberta
Mary Louise Radcliffe
 Instrumental and expressive education: indentifying [sic] the educational interest of the institutionalized elderly.
1990
 Concordia University
Bill Radford
 Facilitating participatory action research with community trainers in Ghana.
1999
 St. Francis Xavier University
Vera Radio
 *Community development, social movements and feminism.
1974
 University of Alberta
Carolynn M. Rafman
 McGill Institute for Learning in Retirement: a case study of change in a volunteer-led organization.
1997
 McGill University
Taher Rahim
 Effective strategies for developing academic student writing.
2000
 University of Toronto
Sholeh Sharon Rajabi
 Rethinking literacy: the experiences of five adult ESL instructors incorporating computer-assisted language learning into their teaching practices.
2001
 York University
Mary Rakoczy
  Developing effective instructional designs for adult patients and implications for university nurse education programs.
1984
 University of Toronto
Patricia F. Ralph
  A description of teachers' awareness and translation of adult education/learning and whole language theory to teaching practice.
1994
 Memorial University
Earl Randall
 *The preparation of units of study in driver education.
1980
 St. Francis Xavier University
William Lowell Randall
 The stories we are: an essay on the poetics of self-creation.
1992
 University of Toronto
Michael Rankin
 *Learning program design with special emphasis on drug and alcohol design.
1979
 St. Francis Xavier University
Morenaogaufi J. Rankopo
 From therisano to participation: the theory and practice of community participation in Botswana.
1993
 Dalhousie University
Irene Rapaport
 Women's informal learning experiences at work:
perspectives of support staff in an educational
institution.
1997
 McGill University
Vilavun Ratanasethakul
 *A strategy for changing the educational opportunity structure for women in Thailand.
1972
 University of Saskatchewan
C.L. Raymond An exploration of nurse educators' critical thinking. 2003 University of Alberta
Farida S. Razack Rautaharju
 Age-related motivational factors and problems encountered by mothers enrolled in a full-time credit program in higher education.
1984
 Dalhousie University
David G. Rea
 Student characteristics, institutional characteristics and undergraduate achievement: a study of Virginia Tech., 1985 to 1989.
1992
 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Catherine Read
 Some aspects of the need for official language/literacy training among adult immigrants in Canada.
1985
 Concordia University
Patricia Read-Hunter
 The emotional labour of academics: the rational and the relational.
1997
 Concordia University
Gerry Recksiedler
 A history of the federal government's involvement in adult occupational training in Manitoba: 1970-1990.
1999
 University of Manitoba
Diane E. Reed
 Continuing education in nursing: a lifelong learning perspective.
1984
 University of British Columbia
W. K. Regan
 *Use of information sources by Perth County dairy farmers.
1968
 University of Guelph
Ethel Julia Reid
 The elementary school principal as facilitator of adult learning.
1991
 University of Toronto
Una Viviene Reid
 A survey of resources for continuing education in nursing in northeastern Ontario.
1975
 University of British Columbia
Susan Alice Reid-MacNevin
 Ideology, critical thinking and current criminological issues: using debates as a pedagogical tool in undergraduate education.
1994
 University of Toronto
Candace C. Reinsch
 Turning the tables on grading: the quality of student life as a performance indicator for institutions of higher education.
1996
 University of Manitoba
Betty A. Reiter
 Student perceptions of effective instruction: senior citizens & undergraduates
1988
 University of Alberta
Karen Ann Rempel
 Doing things the hard way: a case study on the experiences of a rural woman in pursuit of a university education.
1997
 University of Regina
Robert P. Rempel
 Adult education: the congruence between structure and assumptions in two churches.
1992
 Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Petra Remy
 A feminist flip of the coin: a manifestation of cultural ideologies in men's family/career conflict.
1997
 University of Guelph
Robert D. Renaud
 Factorial validity of student ratings of instruction.
1996
 University of Western Ontario
Robert D. Renaud
 The effect of higher-order questions on critical thinking skills,
2002
 University of Western Ontario
Gordon Alexander Rennie
 An investigation of the learning styles of undergraduate physical therapy students and practicing physical therapists.
2002
 University of Alberta
William Neal Repetowski
 Expectation of unemployment and student alienation.
1989
 University of Alberta
Jean Reston
 Participation decisions of adult literacy learners
1990
 University of Alberta
Ruth Reynard
 Internet-based distance training for adult ESL learners: a framework for dynamic language learning.
2001
 University of Toronto
Elizabeth Marie Richard
 An ethnographic exploration of novice nursing students' clinical learning experiences: backstage realities.
1997
 Dalhousie University
Leonard Richards
 *Community development: a method in public administration.
1968
 University of Toronto
Heather Margaret Richardson
 A descriptive study of the perceptions of young adults with asthma: their health problems, associated learning needs, and relationships between selected demographic and personal variables, and perceived learning needs.
1987
 University of British Columbia
M. C. Richardson
 *Education and housing aspects of community development in the Canadian Eastern Arctic.
1976
 University of Alberta
Robert Craig Richardson
 The affects of fire service training methods on leadership development and organizational culture.
2003
 Royal Roads University
Beryl Louise Rick
 Professional development and burnout for social workers in private practice.
1994
 York University
Joan Elisabeth Riday
 Political theatre: an application of its principles
1992
 Acadia University
Beverly Gail Riddell
 Psycho-social concomitants of motivational orientation in a group of older adult education participants.
1976
 University of British Columbia
Paul John Ridding
 Coping with contradictions: doctoral student experiences at a Canadian research university.
1996
 University of British Columbia
Elizabeth Rideout
 The experience of learning and teaching in a non-conventional nursing curriculum.
1998
 University of Toronto
Joyce Elizabeth Ripley
 The use of images for women's learning and teaching in a classroom setting.
1994
 University of New Brunswick
Angela Maria Risdon
 Professional development needs of Alberta adult educators.
1990
University of Alberta
Monica Riutort
 Evaluating international adult education programs in health: a case study of the Chile-Canada Primary Health Care Training Program.
2003
 University of Toronto
Owen Roberts
 Integrated agricultural communication at the University of Guelph: an innovative approach to skill development.
2001
 University of Guelph
Rosemary Roberts
 What makes an explanation a good explanation?: adult learners' criteria for acceptance of a good explanation.
1999
 Memorial University
Donald Alexander Robertson
 Teaching and learning in the computer-mediated conferencing context.
2000
 University of Toronto
Mary Elizabeth Robertson
 The social impact of information technologies & the implications for rural community development.
1995
 University of Toronto
Catherine Anne Robinson
 The supervisory experiences of art therapy students: an exploration.
1992
 Concordia University
Catherine Mendoza Robinson
 Multicultural counselling: counselling of international students within the university community.
1993
 University of New Brunswick
Diana Janet Robinson
 Continuing education in a professional nursing association.
1986
 University of British Columbia
Eric Wilfred Robinson
 *History of Frontier College.
1960
 McGill University
Ruth Elizabeth Robinson
 The evaluation of a fourteen week continuing education course in critical care nursing.
1975
 University of British Columbia
Thomas P. Robinson
 A qualitative approach to the study of identity and stress among mature students.
1992
 University of Regina
Martha Elizabeth Rogers
 Learning about global futures: an exploration of learning processes and changes in adults.
1994
 University of Toronto
Ruth Rohinson
 *The evaluation of a fourteen week continuing education course in critical care nursing.
1975
 University of British Columbia
Karen A. Roland
 Co-operative education: a value-added approach to education at the university level.
2000
 University of Windsor
Carol Anne Rolf
 *Success criteria for citizen participation.
1979
 University of Alberta
Carol Rolheiser
 Four models of teaching: a meta-analysis of student outcomes
1987
 University of Oregon
Trina Louise Roll
 The career beliefs of post-secondary student[s] seeking career counselling.
2002
 University of Calgary
Elizabeth Rolland
 Comparing dental care prescribed by private practitioners and by dental directors exposed to continuing education in evidence-based guidelines.
2001
 University of Toronto
Paula Anne Romanow
 In their own image, across a great divide: the role of elders and values transmission in customer service training for a global consumer culture.
2002
 Mount Saint Vincent University
Donna M. Romyn
 Nursing students knowledge and decisions related to the management of cancer pain with narcotic analgesics.
1990
 University of Alberta
Patrice Rondeau
 A multilevel approach to student knowledge representation.
1990
 Royal Military College of Canada
D. A. Ronish
 *The development of higher education for women at McGill University from 1857-1899 with special reference to the role of Sir John William Dawson.
1972
 McGill University
Avi S. Rose
 Learning disabled graduate students: a life history of learners and their learning.
1999
 University of Toronto
Dan J. Rose
 *Opinion survey of the potential development of Northern Ontario beef industry.
1967
 University of Guelph
J. A. Rose
 *Career goal commitment: values and personal background variables as correlates of activism among university students.
1969
 University of Toronto
Mary Roseborough
 *Effect of group composition upon student interaction and academic achievement.
1949
 University of Toronto
Frederic Michael Rosenzveig
 Student self-actualization in different college courses.
1973
 McGill University
Donna Marie Ross
 Wound care: patients' perceptions of self-care learning needs.
1997
 University of Victoria
Jonathan Lewis Ross
 An exploratory analysis of post-secondary student achievement comparing a web-based and a conventional course learning environment.
2000
 University of Calgary
Kathleen Una Ross
 Listening to learners: re-thinking student services.
2002
 Royal Roads University
M.G. Ross
 *The Toronto Y.M.C.A. in a changing community, 1864-1940.
1947
 University of Toronto
Peter N. Ross
 *The origins and development of the Ph.D. degree at the University of Toronto, 1871-1932.
1972
 University of Toronto
Mary B. Rossie
 *A comparative study of the uses made by men & women of the facilities of the London Public Library.
1939
 University of Toronto
Marian Jane Rossiter
 The effects of strategy training on L2 learners.
2001
 University of Alberta
Andrea D. Rounce
 Student loan programs in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and at the federal level [microform]: an examination using the neo-institutionalist approach.
1999
 University of Regina
Liam Rourke
 Exploring social communication in computer conferencing.
2000
 University of Alberta
Kenneth J. Rowell
 *The consulting relationship: a model and its training uses.
1972
 University of Alberta
Carole Roy
 The Raging Grannies: meddlesome crones, humour, daring, and education.
2003
 University of Toronto
Nicholas Andrew Rubidge
 *A comparative analysis of the socio-economic characteristics of foreign-born farmers in two areas of British Columbia.
1971
 University of British Columbia
Nicholas Andrew Rubidge
 The effects of learning and instructional style congruence in an adult education learning environment.
1979
 University of British Columbia
Dana Rudy
 Evaluating professional development training for field instructors in an undergraduate social work program in Ukraine
2002
 University of Manitoba
Frederick Ruemper
 *Y.M.C.A. war services in Hong Kong: the adult education work of Y.M.C.A. supervisor George Porteous.
1972
 University of Saskatchewan.
François Ruph
 Les effets d'un programme particulier d'éducation cognitive, l'Atelier d'efficience cognitive, sur le changement des stratégies d'apprentissage d'étudiants universitaires.
1999
 Université de Montréal
David William Rushton
 The music program at Trinity Western University: curriculum perspectives, past, present and future.
1994
 University of British Columbia
J. A. Rusk
 *Educational and occupational aspiration of Ontario grade XII farm boys.
1970
 University of Guelph
Albert Dale Rusnell
 *Occupation and adult education of non-farm residents in rural British Columbia.
1970
 University of British Columbia
Albert Dale Rusnell
 *Development of an index of quality for the planning of management training programs.
1974
 University of British Columbia
Joan Russell
 An investigation of the role of language in student conductors' comprehension and construction of musical meanings in practicum settings.
1996
 McGill University
Gerard A. Russo
 A conceptual fluency framework for the teaching of Italian as a second language.
1997
 University of Toronto
Deogratias F. Rutatora
 Small farmers' participation in adult continuing education in Tanzania: lessons from selected villages in Morogoro rural district.
1991
 University of Toronto
William Herbert Rutherford
 *The industrial worker in Ontario.
1914
 University of Toronto
Ronald Lloyd Ryan
 A study into some aspects of adult and career development of teachers and their desired patterns of involvement in inservice and continuing education.
1999
 University of Southern Mississippi

 

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