Shelley Stagg Peterson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5167164 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shelley Stagg Peterson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shelley Stagg |
| FAMILY NAME | Peterson |
| SIGNATURE | PETERSON S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning University of Toronto Toronto Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Niichii Project
Two Anishnabek kindergarten teachers discuss four principles of Indigenous pedagogies in a project with a university researcher that created a context for children to engage in activities to learn their Anishnabek language and culture, and create positive identities. The university researcher sent a rabbit puppet named Niichii (Friend), who was assigned the role of an Anishnaabek child whose family was from their Indigenous community but had move…
Sustaining Indigenous languages and cultures
In this paper, we examine stakeholder initiatives to revitalise Indigenous languages in two countries, Aotearoa New Zealand and Canada, the countries in which we live and conduct research. We provide a brief overview of the history of systematic Indigenous language and cultural suppression within our two countries, situating Māori Medium Education in Aotearoa New Zealand and Aboriginal Head Start in Canada; initiatives designed to revitalise and …
Northern Rural and Indigenous Canadian Children’s Responses to an Open-ended Writing Task
In this study, we offer a unique perspective of time spent in kindergarten and young children’s writing by presenting a multi-dimensional analysis of the writing of 72 children (5-years-old) living in northern communities in two Canadian provinces. We administered the Drawing, Writing, Talking Task (DWTT), a research-based classroom tool, in the fall and spring to children attending kindergarten in seven (six rural and one First Nations) schools.…
Rights of Indigenous Children
Indigenous children’s literature supports Indigenous communities’ rights to revitalization, and to the transmission to future generations, of Indigenous histories, languages, and world views, as put forth in the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Drawing on Indigenous teachings that were given to him by Elders, an Indigenous Knowledge Keeper, Red Bear, interprets 10 Indigenous picture books published in Canada between…
An Analysis of Discourses of Writing and Writing Instruction in Curricula Across Canada
This article presents a deductive content analysis of the grade 6 specific and general objectives in the writing curricula across Canada's 10 provinces and two of its three territories. The analysis uses Ivanič's six discourses of writing and learning to write: skills discourse, creativity discourse, process discourse, genre discourse, social practices discourse, and sociopolitical discourse. Phrases within each of the curriculum objectives that …
An Analysis of Large-Scale Writing Assessments in Canada (Grades 5-8)
This paper reports on an analysis of large-scale assessments of Grades 5-8 students’ writing across 10 provinces and 2 territories in Canada. Theory, classroom practice, and the contributions and constraints of large-scale writing assessment are brought together with a focus on Grades 5-8 writing in order to provide both a broad view of Canada-wide assessments and specific recommendations for enhancing the validity of provincial and territorial w…
Successful Practices for Immigrant Parent Involvement
This article brings together the perspectives of 21 immigrant parents who speak eight different languages and have been in Canada less than six years with those of 61 teachers and 32 principals who work in schools with English as a second language (ESL) populations of 20% or greater who have been recognized for successfully involving immigrant parents in their children's schooling. We highlight successful school practices for formal and informal …
Successful Practices for Immigrant Parent Involvement
This article brings together the perspectives of 21 immigrant parents who speak eight different languages and have been in Canada less than six years with those of 61 teachers and 32 principals who work in schools with English as a second language (ESL) populations of 20% or greater who have been recognized for successfully involving immigrant parents in their children's schooling. We highlight successful school practices for formal and informal …
Sustaining Indigenous languages and cultures
In this paper, we examine stakeholder initiatives to revitalise Indigenous languages in two countries, Aotearoa New Zealand and Canada, the countries in which we live and conduct research. We provide a brief overview of the history of systematic Indigenous language and cultural suppression within our two countries, situating Māori Medium Education in Aotearoa New Zealand and Aboriginal Head Start in Canada; initiatives designed to revitalise and …
An Analysis of Discourses of Writing and Writing Instruction in Curricula Across Canada
This article presents a deductive content analysis of the grade 6 specific and general objectives in the writing curricula across Canada's 10 provinces and two of its three territories. The analysis uses Ivanič's six discourses of writing and learning to write: skills discourse, creativity discourse, process discourse, genre discourse, social practices discourse, and sociopolitical discourse. Phrases within each of the curriculum objectives that …
Successful Practices for Immigrant Parent Involvement
This article brings together the perspectives of 21 immigrant parents who speak eight different languages and have been in Canada less than six years with those of 61 teachers and 32 principals who work in schools with English as a second language (ESL) populations of 20% or greater who have been recognized for successfully involving immigrant parents in their children's schooling. We highlight successful school practices for formal and informal …
An Analysis of Discourses of Writing and Writing Instruction in Curricula Across Canada
This article presents a deductive content analysis of the grade 6 specific and general objectives in the writing curricula across Canada's 10 provinces and two of its three territories. The analysis uses Ivanič's six discourses of writing and learning to write: skills discourse, creativity discourse, process discourse, genre discourse, social practices discourse, and sociopolitical discourse. Phrases within each of the curriculum objectives that …
An Analysis of Large-Scale Writing Assessments in Canada (Grades 5-8)
This paper reports on an analysis of large-scale assessments of Grades 5-8 students’ writing across 10 provinces and 2 territories in Canada. Theory, classroom practice, and the contributions and constraints of large-scale writing assessment are brought together with a focus on Grades 5-8 writing in order to provide both a broad view of Canada-wide assessments and specific recommendations for enhancing the validity of provincial and territorial w…
Rights of Indigenous Children
Indigenous children’s literature supports Indigenous communities’ rights to revitalization, and to the transmission to future generations, of Indigenous histories, languages, and world views, as put forth in the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Drawing on Indigenous teachings that were given to him by Elders, an Indigenous Knowledge Keeper, Red Bear, interprets 10 Indigenous picture books published in Canada between…
The Niichii Project
Two Anishnabek kindergarten teachers discuss four principles of Indigenous pedagogies in a project with a university researcher that created a context for children to engage in activities to learn their Anishnabek language and culture, and create positive identities. The university researcher sent a rabbit puppet named Niichii (Friend), who was assigned the role of an Anishnaabek child whose family was from their Indigenous community but had move…
Sustaining Indigenous languages and cultures
In this paper, we examine stakeholder initiatives to revitalise Indigenous languages in two countries, Aotearoa New Zealand and Canada, the countries in which we live and conduct research. We provide a brief overview of the history of systematic Indigenous language and cultural suppression within our two countries, situating Māori Medium Education in Aotearoa New Zealand and Aboriginal Head Start in Canada; initiatives designed to revitalise and …
Northern Rural and Indigenous Canadian Children’s Responses to an Open-ended Writing Task
In this study, we offer a unique perspective of time spent in kindergarten and young children’s writing by presenting a multi-dimensional analysis of the writing of 72 children (5-years-old) living in northern communities in two Canadian provinces. We administered the Drawing, Writing, Talking Task (DWTT), a research-based classroom tool, in the fall and spring to children attending kindergarten in seven (six rural and one First Nations) schools.…
Pedagogy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Writing and Handwriting Education (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works)