A Rhizoanalysis of the Ontario Science Centre School's Innovation Project

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dc.contributor.advisorMorbey, Mary Leigh
dc.creatorKortenaar, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-17T14:32:04Z
dc.date.available2014-07-17T14:32:04Z
dc.date.copyright2013-11-27
dc.date.issued2014-07-09
dc.date.updated2014-07-09T17:02:34Z
dc.degree.disciplineEducation
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThis case study research examines the Innovation Project of the Ontario Science Centre Science School, Toronto. This is a formal education institution situated within an informal science centre. Groups of six students each engaged in a semester-long project to design an exhibit for the Ontario Science Centre. These groups were designed to be complex. Qualitative data from interviews, group meetings, and social media postings were collected and analyzed for two groups. A comparatively new analysis technique, rhizoanalysis, was implemented and resulted in physical maps representing the interactions among students as they engaged with the Innovation Project. The conclusions indicate that the Innovation Project design and the leadership of teachers from the formal education sector may have inhibited the students engaging with the Innovation Project fully, as was intended. Nevertheless, rhizoanalysis proved to be an effective way to discover new information about student interactions during group work.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/27666
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectScience educationen_US
dc.subjectMuseum studiesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsInnovation projecten_US
dc.subject.keywordsScience educationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsInformal science educationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsRhizoanalysisen_US
dc.subject.keywordsComplexityen_US
dc.subject.keywordsRhizomeen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMuseum educationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCase studyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsOntario Science Centreen_US
dc.subject.keywordsOntario Science Centre Science Schoolen_US
dc.subject.keywordsInnovationen_US
dc.titleA Rhizoanalysis of the Ontario Science Centre School's Innovation Projecten_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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