C Owen Lo
Biographic Data
| ID | 357114 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Owen Lo |
| GIVEN NAMES | C Owen |
| FAMILY NAME | Lo |
| SIGNATURE | LO C O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8294-9524 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Understanding Neurodivergent Students’ Lived Experiences to Inform Neurodiversity-Affirming Practices in School
Neurodiversity and neuro-affirming practices are gaining influence in inclusive education across K–12 and higher education. Unlike deficit-oriented medical approaches that emphasize diagnosis and remediation, neuro-affirming approaches foreground dignity, agency, belonging, pride, self-advocacy, and resilience among neurodivergent learners. However, two gaps limit coherent uptake of neuro-affirming practices in schools. First, conceptual clarity …
Implementing student self-assessment of core competencies
This study examines secondary teachers' experiences with implementing the Self-Assessment of Core Competencies (SACC), later renamed Student Reflection on Core Competencies (SRCC), mandated for K-12 students in British Columbia. Semi-structured interviews with ten secondary teachers from one urban district explored how they interpret, enact, and support this practice in their classrooms. Findings indicate a perceived gap between the theoretical p…
Promoting student learning through diasporic foodways
This case examined five students’ experiences of participating in a film-mediated community-based discourse about local Asian Canadian communities, where students viewed and created documentary films in a fourth-year English course that focused on diasporic foodways. Phenomenographic perspectives guided an analysis of the students’ experiences; data sources included semi-structured interviews, recordings and notes of classroom lessons, students’ …
Possible masculinities
The Effects of College Student Experience on Degree Aspirations for Graduate Education
The expansion of higher education in Taiwan has significantly increased the number of college students, including substantial growth of those studying at the master’s degree level. While prior research indicates that the quality of institutions affects students’ achievements, there have been no empirical investigations of how college experiences shape students’ educational aspirations for pursuing graduate education. In this study, we applied hie…
The Mediating Effects of Psychological Capital and Academic Self-Efficacy on Learning Outcomes of College Freshmen
This study was an investigation of the relationship between past and present learning experiences of first-year college students and of how the psychological capital and academic self-efficacy they had accrued from past learning experiences were correlated with their current learning engagement. Longitudinal data were collected to examine how students' learning experiences in high school impacted their learning in college. Structural equation mod…
Reenvisioning Gifted Education in British Columbia
Background: British Columbia (BC) is undergoing a curriculum migration. While the new curriculum highlights elements inspired by gifted education practices, there has been little conversation on how gifted education should/could be situated in this new curricular context. Moreover, a shift in the field of gifted education toward more inclusive practices aiming to promote gifted learning for all students has emerged. Taken together, this project h…
Literature integration
Enhancing groundedness in realist grounded theory research
Enhancing groundedness in realist grounded theory research
Literature integration
Reenvisioning Gifted Education in British Columbia
Background: British Columbia (BC) is undergoing a curriculum migration. While the new curriculum highlights elements inspired by gifted education practices, there has been little conversation on how gifted education should/could be situated in this new curricular context. Moreover, a shift in the field of gifted education toward more inclusive practices aiming to promote gifted learning for all students has emerged. Taken together, this project h…
The Effects of College Student Experience on Degree Aspirations for Graduate Education
The expansion of higher education in Taiwan has significantly increased the number of college students, including substantial growth of those studying at the master’s degree level. While prior research indicates that the quality of institutions affects students’ achievements, there have been no empirical investigations of how college experiences shape students’ educational aspirations for pursuing graduate education. In this study, we applied hie…
The Mediating Effects of Psychological Capital and Academic Self-Efficacy on Learning Outcomes of College Freshmen
This study was an investigation of the relationship between past and present learning experiences of first-year college students and of how the psychological capital and academic self-efficacy they had accrued from past learning experiences were correlated with their current learning engagement. Longitudinal data were collected to examine how students' learning experiences in high school impacted their learning in college. Structural equation mod…
Promoting student learning through diasporic foodways
This case examined five students’ experiences of participating in a film-mediated community-based discourse about local Asian Canadian communities, where students viewed and created documentary films in a fourth-year English course that focused on diasporic foodways. Phenomenographic perspectives guided an analysis of the students’ experiences; data sources included semi-structured interviews, recordings and notes of classroom lessons, students’ …
Possible masculinities
Understanding Neurodivergent Students’ Lived Experiences to Inform Neurodiversity-Affirming Practices in School
Neurodiversity and neuro-affirming practices are gaining influence in inclusive education across K–12 and higher education. Unlike deficit-oriented medical approaches that emphasize diagnosis and remediation, neuro-affirming approaches foreground dignity, agency, belonging, pride, self-advocacy, and resilience among neurodivergent learners. However, two gaps limit coherent uptake of neuro-affirming practices in schools. First, conceptual clarity …
Implementing student self-assessment of core competencies
This study examines secondary teachers' experiences with implementing the Self-Assessment of Core Competencies (SACC), later renamed Student Reflection on Core Competencies (SRCC), mandated for K-12 students in British Columbia. Semi-structured interviews with ten secondary teachers from one urban district explored how they interpret, enact, and support this practice in their classrooms. Findings indicate a perceived gap between the theoretical p…
Sociology (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Grounded theory (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (2 works)