Spring 2018 - EDUC 729 G031

Field Study in Imaginative Education (IE): Introduction to Action Research (3)

Class Number: 10501

Delivery Method: Distance Education

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Location: TBA

  • Prerequisites:

    Course only available to students in the Graduate Certificate in Imaginative Education Program.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed both to integrate previous learning about Imaginative Education (IE) with students' lived understanding of their educational practice, and to encourage and support students' ongoing professional growth after the program ends. Students will investigate the philosophy and design of action research for teachers, with a particular focus on inclusive and imaginative approaches to the development of academic understanding and self-reflective learning.

COURSE DETAILS:

Meeting Dates: Asynchronous online

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

  • Develop a disposition of inquiry and the critical reflection skills to examine educational practices.
  • Conduct a literature review and connect readings to field study projects.
  • Participate in a "critical friend group" to provide/receive thoughtful feedback to/from peers.
  • Identify a research question, design a proposal and plan for field study.

Grading

  • Sitting Around the Virtual Fireside Complete/Incomplete%
  • Image of a Researcher 5%%
  • Critical Theory Sunglasses 10%%
  • Phil & Ira Plan a Research Project 10%%
  • Research Consent Letters Complete/Incomplete%
  • Completing Ethics Forms with School District Complete/Incomplete%
  • Suggest a Reading (Lit Review) Complete/Incomplete%
  • Alien Anthropologist 10%%
  • Initial Action Research Sketch 25%%
  • Critical Friend Group / Discussion & Participation 40%%

NOTES:

Grades for EDUC 729 will be based on completing logistical tasks required for conducting AR (introductions, consent forms, ethics, etc.), several smaller comprehension assignments and participation in a Critical Friend Group and class discussion (please note the “weight” put on this aspect of action research, collaboration is required as peers can be a rich source of learning and reflection).

Note: Grades for EDUC 730 will be based primarily on your final action research project.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Parsons, J., Hewson, K., Adrian, L., & Day, N. (2013). Engaging in action research: A practical guide to teacher-conducted research for educators and school leaders. Calgary: Brush Education Inc.  www.brusheducation.ca/catalog/arts-education-social-sciences/books/engaging-in-action-research
ISBN: 9781550594492

Egan, K. (1997). The Educated Mind: How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (paperback).
ISBN: 0-226-19039-0

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

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