Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

COURSE DETAILS:

The focus of EDUC 904 will be on theoretical and practical matters of pedagogical relationality in health education, health promotion and health care. This focus on pedagogical relationality is not so much a new focus as it is a further exploration of a theme we established in the first course and one that has unfolded in subsequent courses in paying attention to particular program developments, instructional interests, identity explorations, cultural sensitivities, Indigenous ways of knowing and being, and throughout your continuing personal and professional health commitments. It is about positioning your work, first of all, in relation to the tensions between personal agency and social forces that have come to fore throughout the sequence of HEAL courses and, subsequently, it is about in-depth consideration of communication competencies, interpersonal behavioral dynamics, interactive practices, and the relational contexts that are conducive to public health and social and cultural wellness.

The Comprehensive Examination (EDUC 883) will be comprised of:

1. an inquiry capstone that draws from the work done throughout the program and that is further informed by the work we do in the summer
2. a supplementary piece that will constitute a presentation to the group (singly or in association with others) and that will use a medium appropriate to the inquiry topic.

The written inquiry piece will have as the academic standard that of a publishable piece.  We will exercise some discretion in terms of length, format, media, etc. in keeping with your individual academic aspirations and the professional audiences you hope to address.

The supplementary piece will have as its over-riding measure, the conjunction of "Heath Education AND Active Living," which is to say, this presentation should have its message at least partly in its medium. By now you will be familiar with traditional academic writing, along with arts-based and humanities-based methodologies, and multi-modal research should not cause any great consternation. If we are to conclude our studies in health education AND active living, then we can surely present something of those conclusions in active, enactive, expressive registers of health consciousness.

Meeting Dates:
May 13,14, 27, 28
June 3, 4, 17, 18
July 8, 9, 22, 23

Meeting Times:
Fridays: 4:30PM-8:30PM – Remote (Except for July 22)
Saturadys: 8:30AM-4:30PM – In-Person 

Meeting Location:
SFU Surrey Campus, Room# SRYC 5420

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Develop individually relevant, professional applications of research findings drawn from literatures on relational flow, attunement, synchrony, rhythmicity, and felt ethical responsiveness in relation to heath education, health care and health promotion.

Articulate a relational pedagogy of health education, health promotion or health care in terms appropriate to your workplace.

Specify the practical and practiced features of relational pedagogy in reference to your health education and active living (HEAL) topic of in-depth inquiry.

Grading

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Equipment used in the course will be provided by the course instructor.

Articles in PDF form will be provided in advance of the weekend classes. See the full course outline for the list of readings.

RECOMMENDED READING: