Summer 2022 - EDUC 806 G031

Selected Problems in Higher Education (5)

Class Number: 5315

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Location: TBA

  • Instructor:

    Sally Vinden
    sav5@sfu.ca
    250-954-7234
    Office: Virtual Office: Meetings by Appointment
    Office Hours: Zoom invites to sally_vinden@sfu.ca

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

COURSE DETAILS:

This course explores current issues, trends, and tensions in 21st century adult education and aims to expand learners’ awareness of the relationship between the purposes of adult education and actual educational practice. It provides opportunities for learners to investigate adult education from multiple perspectives, to develop greater awareness of the current context of adult education, and to reflect on their own practice as adult learners.

Topics to be explored include adult education, lifelong learning, concept-based outcomes, competency-based education, the academic – vocational divide, new vocationalism, and digital pedagogy.

Meeting Dates:
May 6, 7, 20, 21
June 10, 11, 24, 25
July 15, 16

Meeting Times:
Fridays: 4:30PM-9:00PM
Saturdays: 8:30AM-4:30PM

Meeting Location:
VCC, Broadway Campus, Building B, Room #2209

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

This course provides students with an opportunity to critically examine current issues, trends, and tensions in adult learning from various theoretical perspectives. Through group work, presentations, individual assignments, course readings, and discussions online and in-class, the following topics will be explored:

  • The purpose of adult education and lifelong learning
  • The aims of new vocationalism, concept-based, competency-based, and outcome-based education
  • The concept of multiple curricula including the hidden, the null, the planned, lived, and tested curriculum
  • Digital pedagogy in the 21st century

Grading

  • Participation in Class Dialogue: Synchronous In-Class Sessions, and Asynchronous via SFU Canvas 20%
  • Reflective Journal 20%
  • Midterm Paper/Presentation 30%
  • Final Paper/Presentation 30%

NOTES:

Assignments will be outlined in greater detail during the first class.

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Students will require access to an electronic device and access to sufficient wifi/internet connection in order to participate in the asynchronous online activities through CANVAS.

Required readings below should be purchased by students before the start of class. Please refer to the ISBN number when searching for the correct text edition. 

REQUIRED READING:

Nesbit, T., Brigham, S., Taber, N., Gibb, T. (Eds) (2013). Building on Critical Traditions – Adult Education and Learning in Canada.
ISBN: 978-1-55077-229-6

Rose, M. (2004). The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker. Penguin Books
ISBN: 01430-35576

Knud Illeris (ed.) (2018) Contemporary Theories of Learning (2nd Edition) Routledge, (pbk).(Please note: If you have access to the Knud Illeris 1st Edition, please do not purchase the 2nd)
ISBN: 9781138550490

RECOMMENDED READING:

Weekly course readings will be available through the SFU library databases or provided as online references and PDF copies. These will include authors such as:

Nussbaum, M. (2010). Not for Profit. Princeton University Press.
ISBN: 978-0-691-14064-3

Taylor, A. (2016). Vocational Education in Canada. Oxford University Press.
ISBN: 978-0-19-900998-5

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 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 SUMMER 2022

Teaching at SFU in summer 2022 will involve primarily in-person instruction.  Some courses may be offered through alternative methods (remote, online, blended), and if so, this will be clearly identified in the schedule of classes. 

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, online, or blended courses 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 summer 2022 term.