Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2022 - EDUC 710 G002

Special Topics

Teachers, Schools & Students in Popular Culture

Class Number: 7867

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Tu 4:30 PM – 7:20 PM
    HCC 200, Vancouver

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 18, 2022
    7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    HCC 2260, Vancouver

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Variable units: 3, 4, 5.

COURSE DETAILS:

Teachers, Students, & Schools in Popular Media

Dr. Elizabeth Marshall
Dr. Amber Moore 

This co-taught course brings critical perspectives to key educational debates through a focus on representations of schooling in picture books, graphic novels, television, film, and young adult novels. Popular constructions of teachers, students, and schools allow for an exploration of the ways in which authors and artists reproduce and/or challenge the structural inequities of North American schooling.

 

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Students will:

  • Apply a range of critical theoretical perspectives to critically examine representations of teachers, students, and schools in popular culture;
  • Gain a historical perspective on the policies and practices of North American schooling in relationship to race/ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality and/or ability;
  • Research a topic of their choice and produce an academic paper and presentation

Grading

  • Engagement & Preparation 10%
  • Critical Shorts 25%
  • Context & Contemporaries 10%
  • Paper Proposal/Annotated bibliography 15%
  • Mini Conference Presentation 20%
  • Final Research Paper 20%

REQUIREMENTS:


Dystopian School Stories (Choose ONE on Canvas)

  • Card, O. S. (1994). Ender’s Game. New York: Tor Science Fiction. 978-0812550702
  • Dimaline, C. (2017). The Marrow Thieves. Cormorant Books.
  • Gardner, S. (2012). Maggot Moon. London: Hot Key Books: 9781471400063
  • Wells, R. (2011). Variant. New York: HarperCollins. 978-0062026095

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

  • Britt, F. & Arsenault, I. (2012). Jane, the fox & me. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

ISBN: 9781554983605

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

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:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity website 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