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When a student is unable to progress and succeed within his training program or the situation requires the implementation of specialized services or various adaptations, an individualized education plan (IEP) is implemented (Ministère de l'Éducation du Québec [MÉQ], 2004a). Although the Quebec framework for the establishment of the IEP specifies that the student must be placed at the heart of his or her success, the participation of students with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) is generally little solicited, their opinions little taken into account, and they do not feel prepared to play an active role in it (Souchon, 2018). However, many studies demonstrate the positive effects associated with the active involvement of the student in the establishment of his IEP. Based on an integrative review of literature, this article paints a portrait of the situation regarding the establishment of IEPs and the participation of EBD students in this process. It outlines the benefits associated with active participation on their part. Subsequently, the need to support students in order to support this participation is demonstrated. Finally, courses of action are proposed to support EBD students in the development and implementation of their IEP and to support their self-determination throughout the phases of this process.
Keywords: Individualized education plan, Plan d’intervention; Autodétermination; Difficultés de comportement, self-determination, adaptation scolaire, behavioural difficulties, participation de l’élève, special education, student’s participation
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The story of the WE enterprise, also known as ME to WE or WE Charity, presents us with a cautionary tale for teachers who welcome social enterprise into schools as a way of bringing community engagement and social justice into their educational programs. Our paper is a cautionary tale that, like all such tales, opens with the statement of a warning about social entrepreneurship in schools. As the narrative unfolds, this warning is disregarded, and the violator ultimately experiences an unpleasant fate. Using the large-scale data available on Instagram, this paper reveals in detail how WE represented itself, how others perceived it, and how it worked in and with schools to achieve its corporate goals. We conclude the tale by discussing how, by delinking education from corporate interests, schools may serve equity and the public good instead of creating brand fanatics in the service of elite interests.
Keywords: Entrepreneuriat social, social entrepreneurship, social justice education, éducation à la justice sociale, politiques éducatives, educational policy, ME to WE, ME to WE, mouvement WE, WE Movement, méthodes numériques, digital methods, Instagram, Instagram
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This article aims to investigate what are the internal and external marking traits of indie games. Building up on previous efforts from other scholars, we developed a mix method research approach relying on interviews with indie game developers and a quantitative survey. Rather than trying to “re-invent the wheel” by proposing a new definition for the term, we attempt to map out what are the significant distinctive factors present in contemporary indie game from the perspective of developers and non-developers alike, while also discussing the changes of meaning it might have been subject to over time. We found that the determiningtraits of what allows one to perceive a game as indie change over time,andthat,despite thecorefact thatcreative independence remainsthe central feature of all indie games, the conditions for achieving this independence appear to be rather flexible, especially when it comes to issues of funding and publishing agreements. Additionally, our findings point to the term "indie" as being highly mutable and reliant on temporal and contextual aspects, with the qualities that divideindie fromnon-indie games being more akin to a continuum than something rigidly binary.
Keywords: indie, independence, digital games, survey, terminology, Brazil’s game industry
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The term “creativity” is used in a wide variety of ways in professional, technological, socio-economical and educational contexts. In this paper, an exploratory literature review of the French-language scientific literature in educational sciences was conducted, revealing the fields of knowledge that mobilize the creativity concept. Both a descriptive and a categorical content analysis were employed. The results of these analyses allowed us to situate the context of creativity and to identify five fields of knowledge: 1) teaching and personal development, 2) problem solving and computational thinking, 3) artistic approach, 4) training and/or educational programs, and 5) creativity development factors.
Keywords: 21st century skills, creativity, educational innovation, education, creative teaching, creative pedagogy, créativité, pédagogie créative, enseignements créatifs, éducation, innovation pédagogique, compétences du 21e siècle
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This paper makes a case for attending to the resurgence of Indigenous literary arts in taking up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action in teacher education. I argue that Indigenous literary arts can help to foster relational understandings between readers and Indigenous communities: stories have the capacity to open up processes of relationship and responsibility. To develop this argument, I draw upon perspectives from teachers and from Indigenous writers, with whom I shared conversations on the question of why Indigenous literatures matter. Through an interpretive process of interweaving these perspectives, this article shows that Indigenous literatures can inspire and motivate educators to take on this work and learning despite its attendant challenges.
Keywords: Indigenous literatures, reconciliation, resurgence, arts, teacher education, littératures autochtones, réconciliation, regain, arts, formation des enseignants
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Related to the question of the professionalization of teaching, this article presents an analysis of the historical and sociological evolution of teachers’ professional knowledge in Quebec and Ontario through the Neo-Weberian approach in the sociology of professions. Employing a review of literature, we conclude that the implementation of theoretical rational knowledge in the years 1950-1960 is carried out in a differentiated manner, with this rationalization being based on a scientific pedagogy in Quebec and on liberal education in Ontario. Despite the arrival of a “practical rationality” in the 1990s in the two provinces, the changes of subsequent years retain certain conceptions from the 1950s and 1960s, which have had a major influence on the current structures of teacher education programs.
Keywords: professional knowledge, rationalization, professionalization, teachers, Quebec, Ontario, comparative education, neo-Weberian approach, savoir professionnel, rationalisation, professionnelisation, enseignants, Québec, Ontario, éducation comparée, approche néowébérienne
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Given the large production of video games in Quebec, the province has been able to develop an exceptional context of research partnerships between video game companies and university laboratories, each of which has developed an expertise specific to their field. In this article, the following question will first be asked: what kind of research is carried out in companies? The objective is not to make a systematic survey of the various forms of research carried out within all companies located in Quebec, but rather to identify the main realities experienced in gaming companies in order to answer a second question: what kind of research is not carried out those companies? The answer will be used to illustrate possible partnerships with researchers interested in gaming practices and in gaming communities, a research theme that is not often addressed by companies. Among the university gaming laboratories in Montreal, the example of the laboratory of the Université du Québec à Montréal will be briefly presented in order to situate researches that explicitly aims to understand identification, communication and social dynamics of gaming communities. The article concludes with an exposition of some of the future perspectives of research in this field, mainly related to the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Keywords: Laboratoire de recherche, industrie vidéoludique, partenariats, test utilisateur, analytique du jeu, Research laboratory, videogame industry, partnerships, user testing, game analytics, game practices
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Objective – The primary purpose of this study was to better understand the nature of “reference” and reference transactions. Methods – This study looked at four years’ of reference transaction (RT) data recorded at a small, state-owned university. Results – The data clearly indicates that the overall number of RT continues to decline. It also reveals that, despite the use of student mentors, librarians are still involved with a majority of RT, regardless of whether or not they require the expertise of a librarian to resolve. Conclusion – Continuing to be involved with RT which do not require the knowledge or training of a librarian (e.g., directional) can have a diminutive effect on the perceived role, work, and value of librarians. As such, it is suggested that these sorts of questions be addressed by student mentors or staff members. In turn, this will allow librarians to focus on those questions and activities which do require their unique knowledge and skills. Along similar lines, it is also suggested that librarians explore and identify new, non-traditional ways of applying their expertise to student success initiatives and the overall academic life of the institution. With the merger of three libraries, data from this study has been and continues to be used to make informed decisions about the provision of reference services in a new, integrated library environment.
Keywords: Reference, Reference Transactions, Reference Services, Academic Librarians, Reference Librarians, Statistics, roles
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This article explores the practice of critically and lovingly manifesting access in syllabus construction and examines how axes of oppression shape our classrooms via the syllabus. We are a collective of multi-racial queer and trans disabled academics writing from our personal experiences and our engagements with performance studies and Disability Justice. We argue that the academy must shift from discussions of accommodations to access, surface questions of Disability Justice and teaching labour in graduate school and higher education at large, and offer a series of questions for teachers to examine their approach to disability in their classrooms.