Date of Award
2011
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.Ed.
Department
Education
Keywords
Education Policy.
Supervisor
Greig, Christopher J. (Faculty of Education)
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
Youth are traditionally excluded from meaningful participation as decision-makers in educational reform. Over the popular social networking website Facebook, youth demonstrate sustained awareness, engagement and civic action on educational issues despite their formal exclusion. By positioning Alberta's Bill 44 as a case study, this research categorizes youth understandings of a piece of educational reform. It further draws attention to youth understandings of their own political efficacy in educational reform. Informed by critical theory, this study complexifies the exclusion of youth from positions of power in formal educational reform.
Recommended Citation
Maxwell, Lindsay, "Youth Understandings, Perceptions, Beliefs and Attitudes Towards Educational Reform" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 248.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/248