Donna Koller
Biographic Data
| ID | 200520 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donna Koller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donna |
| FAMILY NAME | Koller |
| SIGNATURE | KOLLER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8561-5618 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Person-first and identity-first disability language: Informing client centred care
Findings highlight the need to understand health condition and disability language preference in a more nuanced way to promote respectful language use when addressing people in the context of their disability/health condition
Hiding and seeking: Children's lived experiences during Covid ‐19
A qualitative study explored the perspectives and lived experiences of school‐age children during COVID‐19 using a child rights lens. Twenty children between the ages of 7 and 12 participated in open‐ended, virtual interviews. Our hermeneutic analysis found children's right to play and education were severely compromised leaving children to navigate between two worlds: the adult world of public health restrictions and that of their childhood. Des…
Furthering the person-first versus identity-first language debate
The use of person-first language (i.e., the person with a disability) versus identity-first language (i.e., the disabled person) is a source of ongoing debate. Proponents of person-first language argue for its use, so as not to objectify or stereotype a person by their illness or disability. Conversely, advocates of identity-first language state that it affirms pride in the person’s disability. Overall, however, there is a growing use of identity…
Dolls as a Rights-Affirming Early Childhood Research Method: A Scoping Review
In honouring children’s rights to expression and participation in the world around them, we asked “How do researchers use dolls to elicit young children’s perspectives?” We conducted a scoping review of the literature on doll use in early childhood research published between 2004 and 2021. Following an exhaustive search using established methods for evaluating empirical research, 28 studies were included in this review. Patterns, advances and gap…
Approaches that Address Social Inclusion for Children with Disabilities: A Critical Review
Examining elements of children's place attachment
The quality of children's attachments to people has claimed considerable scrutiny in research and practice. Children's attachment to place, however, has received less attention despite its relevance to childhood experiences. This paper explores childhood place attachment and applies Chawla's theory as a guiding framework. This theory delineates places by three forms of fulfillment: security and belonging, social affiliation, and creative expressi…
Defining Social Inclusion for Children with Disabilities: A Critical Literature Review
Social inclusion is a complex and often misunderstood concept. For children with disabilities, research has documented the degree of loneliness, bullying and exclusion they often experience in their social lives. This paper presents the findings of a critical literature review on the social inclusion of children with disabilities. Study methods comprised rigorous criteria for study selection followed by established protocols for evaluating studie…
Pediatric Perspectives on Diabetes Self-Care: A Process of Achieving Acceptance
We conducted this qualitative study to explore children's and adolescents' perspectives about diabetes self-care, their knowledge of diabetes, and their emotions associated with having the disease. Drawing on the new sociological approach that acknowledges children's competence in discussing complex issues that concern them, we conducted individual interviews with a cross-sectional sample of 48 patients between the ages of 5 and 18 years. We recr…
Children's Emotional Responses to a Paediatric Hospital Atrium
This paper illuminates children's emotional responses to an atrium in a contemporary Canadian paediatric hospital. It draws on a focused analysis of data elicited in a qualitative study that explored patients' perspectives on the design and architecture of the atrium. Children were involved in all phases of the project either as consultants on the research methods or participating in interviews and taking photographs of the space. The atrium cons…
Play-based interview methods for exploring young children’s perspectives on inclusion
Inclusive education provides learning opportunities for children with disabilities in regular settings with other children. Despite the prevalence of inclusive education, few qualitative studies have adequately explored young children’s perspectives on inclusion. This paper reviews the findings of a preliminary qualitative study where play-based interviews were conducted with 12 typically developing children enrolled in one of two childcare lab s…
And New York and The Hague and Tokyo and Geneva and Nuremberg and: The Geographies of International Law
In the dominant narrative of international law, historical events in space and time are made to fall along an invisible line of progress, from Westphalia in 1648 through the Bretton Woods and San Francisco conferences of 1944 and 1945 to the present day and continuing on through the future to a more just world. Against this, a counter-narrative has emerged which denies the possibility of such linear development and consigns international law to f…
Examining the Developmental Impact of Youth Participation in Education Governance: The Case of Student Trustees
Youth participation in school governance is on the rise with increased opportunities for student involvement. The objective of this mixed method study was to provide the first analysis of the student trustee role, a relatively new form of participation where high school students represent their peers on local school boards. Specifically, the aim was to gain an understanding of the meaning of student trustee participation from the perspectives of …
Paediatric pandemic planning: Children’s perspectives and recommendations
Children, as major stakeholders in paediatric hospitals, have remained absent from discussions on important healthcare issues. One critical area where children's voices have been minimised is in the planning for future pandemics. This paper presents a subset of data from a programme of research which examined various stakeholder experiences of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreaks of 2003. These data also generated recommendation…
Empowering Children: Children's Rights Education as a Pathway to Citizenship
by Brian Howe and Katherine Covell Toronto : University of Toronto Press , 2005 ISBN: 0802038573 , 245 pp , £28.00 (hb ). During the 1990s, as a result of the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the discourse on children's rights gained in intensity. In recent years, however, those debates have become inaudible or lacking in fervour. This has led to an impasse in which polemic exchange has virtually disappeared from academic an…
When Family-Centered Care Is Challenged by Infectious Disease: Pediatric Health Care Delivery During the Sars Outbreaks
In this ethnographic study, the authors examined the experiences and perspectives of children hospitalized because of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), their parents, and pediatric health care providers. The sample included 5 children, 10 parents, and 8 health care providers who were directly affected by SARS during the time of the outbreaks and extreme infection control procedures. The data analyses illuminated a range of perceived exper…
When Family-Centered Care Is Challenged by Infectious Disease: Pediatric Health Care Delivery During the Sars Outbreaks
In this ethnographic study, the authors examined the experiences and perspectives of children hospitalized because of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), their parents, and pediatric health care providers. The sample included 5 children, 10 parents, and 8 health care providers who were directly affected by SARS during the time of the outbreaks and extreme infection control procedures. The data analyses illuminated a range of perceived exper…
Examining elements of children's place attachment
The quality of children's attachments to people has claimed considerable scrutiny in research and practice. Children's attachment to place, however, has received less attention despite its relevance to childhood experiences. This paper explores childhood place attachment and applies Chawla's theory as a guiding framework. This theory delineates places by three forms of fulfillment: security and belonging, social affiliation, and creative expressi…
Furthering the person-first versus identity-first language debate
The use of person-first language (i.e., the person with a disability) versus identity-first language (i.e., the disabled person) is a source of ongoing debate. Proponents of person-first language argue for its use, so as not to objectify or stereotype a person by their illness or disability. Conversely, advocates of identity-first language state that it affirms pride in the person’s disability. Overall, however, there is a growing use of identity…
Play-based interview methods for exploring young children’s perspectives on inclusion
Inclusive education provides learning opportunities for children with disabilities in regular settings with other children. Despite the prevalence of inclusive education, few qualitative studies have adequately explored young children’s perspectives on inclusion. This paper reviews the findings of a preliminary qualitative study where play-based interviews were conducted with 12 typically developing children enrolled in one of two childcare lab s…
And New York and The Hague and Tokyo and Geneva and Nuremberg and: The Geographies of International Law
In the dominant narrative of international law, historical events in space and time are made to fall along an invisible line of progress, from Westphalia in 1648 through the Bretton Woods and San Francisco conferences of 1944 and 1945 to the present day and continuing on through the future to a more just world. Against this, a counter-narrative has emerged which denies the possibility of such linear development and consigns international law to f…
Paediatric pandemic planning: Children’s perspectives and recommendations
Children, as major stakeholders in paediatric hospitals, have remained absent from discussions on important healthcare issues. One critical area where children's voices have been minimised is in the planning for future pandemics. This paper presents a subset of data from a programme of research which examined various stakeholder experiences of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreaks of 2003. These data also generated recommendation…
Person-first and identity-first disability language: Informing client centred care
Findings highlight the need to understand health condition and disability language preference in a more nuanced way to promote respectful language use when addressing people in the context of their disability/health condition
Pediatric Perspectives on Diabetes Self-Care: A Process of Achieving Acceptance
We conducted this qualitative study to explore children's and adolescents' perspectives about diabetes self-care, their knowledge of diabetes, and their emotions associated with having the disease. Drawing on the new sociological approach that acknowledges children's competence in discussing complex issues that concern them, we conducted individual interviews with a cross-sectional sample of 48 patients between the ages of 5 and 18 years. We recr…
When Family-Centered Care Is Challenged by Infectious Disease: Pediatric Health Care Delivery During the Sars Outbreaks
In this ethnographic study, the authors examined the experiences and perspectives of children hospitalized because of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), their parents, and pediatric health care providers. The sample included 5 children, 10 parents, and 8 health care providers who were directly affected by SARS during the time of the outbreaks and extreme infection control procedures. The data analyses illuminated a range of perceived exper…
Empowering Children: Children's Rights Education as a Pathway to Citizenship
by Brian Howe and Katherine Covell Toronto : University of Toronto Press , 2005 ISBN: 0802038573 , 245 pp , £28.00 (hb ). During the 1990s, as a result of the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the discourse on children's rights gained in intensity. In recent years, however, those debates have become inaudible or lacking in fervour. This has led to an impasse in which polemic exchange has virtually disappeared from academic an…
Examining the Developmental Impact of Youth Participation in Education Governance: The Case of Student Trustees
Youth participation in school governance is on the rise with increased opportunities for student involvement. The objective of this mixed method study was to provide the first analysis of the student trustee role, a relatively new form of participation where high school students represent their peers on local school boards. Specifically, the aim was to gain an understanding of the meaning of student trustee participation from the perspectives of …
Paediatric pandemic planning: Children’s perspectives and recommendations
Children, as major stakeholders in paediatric hospitals, have remained absent from discussions on important healthcare issues. One critical area where children's voices have been minimised is in the planning for future pandemics. This paper presents a subset of data from a programme of research which examined various stakeholder experiences of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreaks of 2003. These data also generated recommendation…
And New York and The Hague and Tokyo and Geneva and Nuremberg and: The Geographies of International Law
In the dominant narrative of international law, historical events in space and time are made to fall along an invisible line of progress, from Westphalia in 1648 through the Bretton Woods and San Francisco conferences of 1944 and 1945 to the present day and continuing on through the future to a more just world. Against this, a counter-narrative has emerged which denies the possibility of such linear development and consigns international law to f…
Children's Emotional Responses to a Paediatric Hospital Atrium
This paper illuminates children's emotional responses to an atrium in a contemporary Canadian paediatric hospital. It draws on a focused analysis of data elicited in a qualitative study that explored patients' perspectives on the design and architecture of the atrium. Children were involved in all phases of the project either as consultants on the research methods or participating in interviews and taking photographs of the space. The atrium cons…
Play-based interview methods for exploring young children’s perspectives on inclusion
Inclusive education provides learning opportunities for children with disabilities in regular settings with other children. Despite the prevalence of inclusive education, few qualitative studies have adequately explored young children’s perspectives on inclusion. This paper reviews the findings of a preliminary qualitative study where play-based interviews were conducted with 12 typically developing children enrolled in one of two childcare lab s…
Pediatric Perspectives on Diabetes Self-Care: A Process of Achieving Acceptance
We conducted this qualitative study to explore children's and adolescents' perspectives about diabetes self-care, their knowledge of diabetes, and their emotions associated with having the disease. Drawing on the new sociological approach that acknowledges children's competence in discussing complex issues that concern them, we conducted individual interviews with a cross-sectional sample of 48 patients between the ages of 5 and 18 years. We recr…
Defining Social Inclusion for Children with Disabilities: A Critical Literature Review
Social inclusion is a complex and often misunderstood concept. For children with disabilities, research has documented the degree of loneliness, bullying and exclusion they often experience in their social lives. This paper presents the findings of a critical literature review on the social inclusion of children with disabilities. Study methods comprised rigorous criteria for study selection followed by established protocols for evaluating studie…
Examining elements of children's place attachment
The quality of children's attachments to people has claimed considerable scrutiny in research and practice. Children's attachment to place, however, has received less attention despite its relevance to childhood experiences. This paper explores childhood place attachment and applies Chawla's theory as a guiding framework. This theory delineates places by three forms of fulfillment: security and belonging, social affiliation, and creative expressi…
Approaches that Address Social Inclusion for Children with Disabilities: A Critical Review
Dolls as a Rights-Affirming Early Childhood Research Method: A Scoping Review
In honouring children’s rights to expression and participation in the world around them, we asked “How do researchers use dolls to elicit young children’s perspectives?” We conducted a scoping review of the literature on doll use in early childhood research published between 2004 and 2021. Following an exhaustive search using established methods for evaluating empirical research, 28 studies were included in this review. Patterns, advances and gap…
Hiding and seeking: Children's lived experiences during Covid ‐19
A qualitative study explored the perspectives and lived experiences of school‐age children during COVID‐19 using a child rights lens. Twenty children between the ages of 7 and 12 participated in open‐ended, virtual interviews. Our hermeneutic analysis found children's right to play and education were severely compromised leaving children to navigate between two worlds: the adult world of public health restrictions and that of their childhood. Des…
Furthering the person-first versus identity-first language debate
The use of person-first language (i.e., the person with a disability) versus identity-first language (i.e., the disabled person) is a source of ongoing debate. Proponents of person-first language argue for its use, so as not to objectify or stereotype a person by their illness or disability. Conversely, advocates of identity-first language state that it affirms pride in the person’s disability. Overall, however, there is a growing use of identity…
Person-first and identity-first disability language: Informing client centred care
Findings highlight the need to understand health condition and disability language preference in a more nuanced way to promote respectful language use when addressing people in the context of their disability/health condition
Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Disease (4 works)