Publications

Book Chapters

Farrell, A. J. & Skyhar, C. L. (2020). Mothers, monsters and dolls: Shifting identities of early career women in academe. In Sister Scholars: Untangling Issues of Identity as Women in Academe [in press].

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Skyhar, C. L. (2020). Thinking outside the box: Providing effective professional development for rural teachers. Theory and Practice in Rural Education, 10(1), 42-72. https://doi.org/10.3776/tpre.2020.v10n1p42-72

Skyhar, C. L., & Nantais, M. (2020). Promoting numeracy through a Family Math Night. BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 12(1), [in press].

Skyhar, C. L. (2020). Teacher-directed collaborative action research as a mediating tool for professional learning in rural contexts. Australian and International Journal of Rural Education [submitted].

Editor Reviewed Articles

Skyhar, C. L. (2019, January). Rural teacher professional development. Brandon University Research Connection, 1(1), 1-2. https://www.brandonu.ca/research-connection/rc-article/rural-teacher-professional-development/

Skyhar, C. L. (2013).  Transforming rural education through effective professional development. Manitoba Education Research Network (MERN) Journal, 5, 36-41. http://www.mern.ca/journal/Journal-V5.pdf

Research Reports

Thompson, N., Smith, C., Skyhar, C., & Farrell, A. (May 11, 2020). Conversations with Manitoba Teachers who Identify as Women in their First Five Years of Service, Educators of Colour, Indigenous and/or LGBTQ+ Educators. Report Submitted to Manitoba Teachers’ Society (MTS).

Conference Proceedings/Repositories

Nantais, M., & Skyhar. C. L. (2020). Family Math Nights: A tool for fostering home, school, and university connections. ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED604666.pdf

Skyhar, C. L. (2019). Using social constructivist principles for the design and evaluation of rural teacher professional development models. AERA Online Paper Repository.  http://www.aera.net/Publications/Online-Paper-Repository/AERA-Online-Paper-Repository/Owner/1016354

Smith, C. A., & Skyhar, C. L. (2019). Developing capacity for leading change in rural educational contexts through simulation. AERA Online Paper Repository. http://www.aera.net/Publications/Online-Paper-Repository/AERA-Online-Paper-Repository/Owner/1016190

Theses

Skyhar, C. L. (2018).  Grassroots professional growth: Inquiring into the effectiveness of a locally constructed professional development model for rural teachers (Doctoral thesis).  https://mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca/xmlui/handle/1993/33295

Skyhar, C. L. (2009).  Viewing learning as complex participation in a community of practice characterized by mathematical inquiry (Master’s thesis). http://mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca/handle/1993/3834