Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Spring 2026 - EDUC 823 G031

Curriculum and Instruction in an Individual Teaching Speciality (5)

Class Number: 4098

Delivery Method: Online

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Location: TBA

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An intensive examination of developments in a curriculum area selected by the student. In addition the course will deal with major philosophical and historical factors that influence the present state and future directions of curriculum and instruction.

COURSE DETAILS:

Meeting Dates:
January 17
January 31
February 14
March 7
March 29
April 4

Meeting Times:
8:45 – 3:00pm

Additional Details:
Further details will be provided in syllabus and on Canvas

 

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

  • To cultivate a contemplative disposition and capacities as an educator in collaboration with others within a community of inquiry.
  • To deepen and broaden one’s knowledge of the historical, cultural, and philosophical orientations to knowledge, curriculum, and instruction within education and learning, and to understand the role of worldviews and knowledge systems in education.
  • To critically reflect on one’s worldview, as well as one’s orientation to and the dynamics of education and learning.
  • To engage in a process of discovering one’s unique orientation to education and to create a future curriculum, pedagogical processes, and instructional strategies to be enacted.
  • To engage in contemplative and autobiographical inquiry processes.
  • To cultivate one’s own contemplative practice as a form of inquiry.
  • To develop a greater understanding, as a contemplative educator, of the various orientations and conceptions of curriculum and pedagogical practice, and how these impact education and its future.
  • To develop greater capacity as a contemplative educator through exploring the depth and breadth of Indigenous and contemplative research methodologies.

Grading

  • Canvas 20%
  • I/We Change 40%
  • Final Ceremony 40%

NOTES:

ACCOMMODATIONS:
Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need classroom or exam accommodations are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (1250 Maggie Benston Centre) as soon as possible to ensure that they are eligible and that approved accommodations and services are implemented in a timely fashion.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Will be provided in syllabus and on Canvas


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

At SFU, you are expected to act honestly and responsibly in all your academic work. Cheating, plagiarism, or any other form of academic dishonesty harms your own learning, undermines the efforts of your classmates who pursue their studies honestly, and goes against the core values of the university.

To learn more about the academic disciplinary process and relevant academic supports, visit: 


RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.