Fall 2018 - EDUC 714 G031
Special Topics
Class Number: 9765
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Variable units 3, 4, 5.
COURSE DETAILS:
Meeting Days/Times:
Friday, 4:30 - 9:00 pm
Saturday, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Meeting Dates:
September 14, 15
September 28, 29
October 12, 13
October 26, 27
November 16, 17
November 30, December 1
Location:
Camosun College, Victoria, BC
Lansdown Campus, Library Multi-Purpose Room
Course Description:
This course is currently offered as an addtional course requirement for individuals who have been "conditionally admitted" to Community MEd programs. Successful completion of this course has been one of the conditions for the admission of specificed students to some Community MEd programs.
In particular, the aspect of academic induction or socialization that is understood as “learning how to learn” within the context of the language, knowledge-content, and milieu of post-graduate studies will require individually relevant assessment, clarification, instruction, conversation, and confirmation.
In this instance, the time-span of the course will be identical with that for EDUC 833 for specified members of the Camosun Post-Secondary cohort, and the instructor will be the same for both courses.
The course will be relevant to:
- The subject area contents of the particular MEd Program
- The intended cumulative course outcomes of the particular MEd Program
- The individuals’ demonstrated competencies and assessed performance(s)
- The individuals’ developmental learning needs, in regard to Masters-level study
- The individuals’ critical self-reflections upon application and performance of select learning strategies
- A specific subject matter, to be addressed during the course, that is educationally relevant to the student’s self development and to the student’s subsequent educational work with others, both as teacher and learner
- The practices of educative teaching and learning
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
The approach will involve metacognitive and self-regulatory strategies and psychological tools for dealing with ‘the symbolic order’ in areas of thinking, feeling, and doing, in regard to reading, writing, listening, speaking, imaging, and critical thinking within the subject area of ‘Education,’ as offered at the MEd level in the particular Masters Program. Emphasis will be placed not only upon the students’ abilities to activate, apply, and internalize such strategies at the graduate level, but also upon the student’s ability to teach them effectively to their own students, irrespective of subject matter and prior education.
Grading
- Participation, reflective self-assessments, and performance assessments 30%
- Reading assignments, writings assignments, and oral discussions 40%
- Evident engagement in reflective practice or action research 30%
NOTES:
The students will be asked for feedback regarding reasonable work-load expectations and best timing for submission of assignments.
REQUIREMENTS:
The course will require the students to participate in occasional small group work in the presence of the instructor, individual meetings with the instructor, as necessary, and components of email or on-line correspondence. An interactive and iterative model, which involves interviewing, modeling, collaborating, informing, and coaching, will be actively pursued.
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
TBD
REQUIRED READING:
Assigned readings for the course may be of three types:
- Readings about autodidactic, metacognitive, and self-regulatory strategies/processes (eg. Mezirow’s “charter for andragogy”)
- Strategic re-readings of passages assigned in the content area(s) of the particular Masters Program
- Selected reading tasks for practicing and assessing the strategies that the student(s) are seeking to internalize
Graduate Studies Notes:
Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.
Registrar Notes:
SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://students.sfu.ca/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS