Allison Tucker, St. Francis Xavier University

Research

education appreciative inquiry school culture teacher identity sustainability

Latest funding

Exploring Homework Policies, Practices, and How they Shapes Family Life: An Institutional Ethnography in Three Countries
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$25,849
Fostering school belonging through play-based pedagogies at North Nova Education Centre
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$22,616

All 2 grants and awards

Exploring Homework Policies, Practices, and How they Shapes Family Life: An Institutional Ethnography in Three Countries

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Clarke, Carolyn

Keywords: Homework; Homework Policies; Families; Schools; Teachers; Education Systems; Institutional Ethnography

$25,849

Fostering school belonging through play-based pedagogies at North Nova Education Centre

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Mitton, Jennifer

Keywords: school belonging; play-based pedagogy; collaborative action research; teacher education

$22,616

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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