Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2021 - EDUC 100W D100

Selected Questions and Issues in Education (3)

Class Number: 5275

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    Surrey

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An introduction to a small but representative sample of basic questions and issues in education. Students will examine questions relating to: the concept or idea of education; learning and the learner; teaching and the teacher; and more generally, the broader contexts of education. This course also introduces students to different ways of exploring educational questions and issues from philosophical and critical analysis, to historical and cross-cultural studies, to empirical research. Cannot be taken for credit by students with credit for 300 and 400 level education courses. Writing/Breadth-Humanities.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course is synchronous and in person.  Some field trips to Surrey Arts Centre, Green Timbers Urban Forest, Holland Park and Surrey City Hall/Surrey Library. Details to follow.


This is an introductory course, which explores questions and issues in education, which connect to ways of being, knowing and learning. We will explore a holistic approach, which includes kinesthetic, visual, auditory, somatic and emotional intelligences. Educational issues will draw from the lived curriculum, cultural, philosophical, aesthetic, and ecological concerns in connection to understanding and perceiving the world. Emphasis will be given to engaging in your own inquiry as a way of investigating the relationship between the personal and the universal and holistic learning through writing, walking, place, and arts-based practices.The class will take advantage of various sites for learning including galleries, urban forests, and the natural world. Details of dates off-campus to follow.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

The goals of this class is to probe and extend the way education has been construed and challenges and encourages the student to connect his/her own lived inquiry to ways of knowing which encompass a holistic understanding. A variety of educational philosophies will be examined and the student will be encouraged to expand his/her way of articulating and excavating knowledge. It is the hope of this class that students will more deeply connect to education as a place of discovery and a site to unfold their own passions.

Grading

  • Attendance/ Participation 10%
  • Oral Presentation in Groups 25%
  • Writing narratives in and out of class 25%
  • Final project connected to ways of knowing 40%

NOTES:

There will be a full schedule handed out on the first day of class, including any offcampus field trips that are included in the course.

There is no final exam for this course.

REQUIREMENTS:

Since this class explores more experiential and holistic pedagogies, attendance and participation are necessary.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

J. Miller, M. Binder, S. Crowell, K. Nigh, B. Novak, (Eds.). (2018). The international handbook in holistic education. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
ISBN: 9781138082656

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Snowber, C. (2016). Embodied inquiry. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishing.
ISBN: 9789463007535

RECOMMENDED READING:

Vol 18, No 2 (2021): Walking: Attuning to an Earthly Curriculum in Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies.

https://jcacs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/jcacs

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/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

TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2021

Teaching at SFU in fall 2021 will involve primarily in-person instruction, with approximately 70 to 80 per cent of classes in person/on campus, with safety plans in place.  Whether your course will be in-person or through remote methods will be clearly identified in the schedule of classes.  You will also know at enrollment whether remote course components will be “live” (synchronous) or at your own pace (asynchronous).

Enrolling in a course acknowledges that you are able to attend in whatever format is required.  You should not enroll in a course that is in-person if you are not able to return to campus, and should be aware that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as early as possible in order to prepare for the fall 2021 term.