Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

COURSE DETAILS:

This course is restricted to students in a Community MEd cohort program

 

Meeting Dates:

September             16/17

October                  7/8

October                  21/22

November              4/5

November              25/26      

 

Meeting Times:                    

Friday                     5:30-8:00

Saturday                 9:30-4:30

 

Meeting Location:              

Room A2103, Yukon University, Whitehorse

 

Additional Details:

This course has a CANVAS shell which will provide details per weekend regarding required readings, activities, and assignment details. CANVAS will also be the place where you submit assignments, post to discussion forums, and have opportunities to collaborate with your cohort members outside of class.

In-person attendance is expected for this course. However, given the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing global environmental crisis, the option to participate via Zoom will be made for those who need to attend remotely. It will be up to the individual to communicate with the instructor to request remote participation based on these exceptional circumstances.

 

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

The question of what is “theory” has perplexed many scholars, theorists, and practitioners alike. Yet, we know as educators across multiple sectors we have always known and recognized “theory” as part of our praxis. Within this EdD program we have four core “research” areas: Indigenous education; Educational leadership; Place-based education and Curriculum. The purpose of this course is to critically explore the relationship between the theories that inform these fields, our practices as educators, and our emerging identities as scholar-practitioners within the context of a doctoral program. Consequently, the goals of this course are three-fold: knowledge acquisition, self-reflection, and application to practice. This course will explore how we come to understand, and most importantly, enact our understandings of theory through critical engagement and self-reflection as we move forward interconnecting theory, praxis, and research in our doctoral journeys.

Knowledge:

1. Develop your understanding of various educational theories that inform scholarly areas of focus.
2. Gain an appreciation for and insight into the concepts of various theories that inform educational sectors, particularly related those related to education, health, and the environment.
3. Understand the principles of decolonization and Indigenization as part of Indigenous leadership

Self-reflection:

1. To develop an awareness of your personal and professional positionality to inform which theories may inform your doctoral journey
2. To share and contrast your understanding of the scholarship and theories with colleagues through discussion, assessment, and case studies.
3. To reflect on areas of strengths and weaknesses of various theories, in relation to your area of interest for your doctoral research.

Application to practice: 


1. To apply these theories in your professional practice in a collaborative context with your peers within the cohort.
2. To construct a useful set of individual self-reflective tools designed to assist you in understanding how theory is a tool for informing research and practice.
3. To enhance and refine methods which promote effective communication, both written and oral along with data management systems that will support your doctoral journey (e.g., Zotero (or other bibliographic software; Library research skills etc.).

Grading

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

As much as possible, the course readings will be available for no cost to you through the SFU Library as open-source textbooks or online articles.  Required readings will be assigned through CANVAS.

REQUIRED READING:

RECOMMENDED READING:

REQUIRED READING NOTES: