Simon Fraser University
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Course Outlines

Fall 2022 - EDUC 830 G031

Implementation of Educational Programs (5)

Class Number: 6697

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Location: TBA

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Problems and practices associated with innovation and implementation including the nature of change in the educational context, the roles of teachers, administrators, change agents, and evaluators.

COURSE DETAILS:

Meeting Dates:

September 7 – November 23, 2022

Meeting Times:

Wednesdays, 4:30-9:30 PM

Meeting Location:

SFU Surrey: Central City Galleria, Room SRYC 5060

 COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The course begins with an exploration of educational change theory and practice in order to identify key themes, beliefs, and values. Course readings will serve to both highlight and problematize key principles and practices informing educational program implementation from the perspectives of educators and school leaders. We will actively work to simultaneously understand but also challenge the dominant educational change story to incorporate Indigenous perspectives on change and leadership. Using the BC K-12 curriculum implementation as a case study, students will identify strengths and weaknesses, internal tensions and possibilities related to recent and ongoing programmatic and ideological changes in BC schools.



COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Students are expected to:

  • critically explore their personal experiences with change;
  • demonstrate a nuanced understanding of the complex nature of educational implementation in theory and in practice;
  • identify barriers and opportunities for educational change at different organizational levels;
  • apply an Indigenous perspective to the theoretical and practical dimensions of educational change;
  • critically and creatively address challenges currently faced in BC schools in relation to BC Curriculum by applying different change concepts, models, theories
  • develop and refine critical thinking and communication competencies appropriate for graduate-level study in Education.

Grading

  • Ongoing participation 10%
  • Research progress 10%
  • Seminar facilitation and jigsaw activity 20%
  • Personal Images and Stories of Change: Critical Reflection 20%
  • Two-Eyed Seeing: Applying Dominant Theories of Change and Indigenous Perspectives of Leadership/Change to a Curricular Implementation Challenge 40%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Fullan M. (2018).  Nuance: Why some leaders succeed and others fail. Corwin. 
ISBN: 978-1-5443-0992-7

Additional readings to be assigned in class will be available through the SFU library


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:

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