Spring 2023 - EDUC 811 G011
Fieldwork I (5)
Class Number: 5943
Delivery Method: Remote
Overview
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.
COURSE DETAILS:
“I learn by going where I have to go.”
(Theodore Roethke)
In a very real, clear, and compact sense, this course might best be described as an exploration of, this quote from Roethke’s poem. Reflecting on the fulsome journey from Diploma through to M Ed, engaging in various forms of inquiry as you have, we might think of these three sets of questions as guides to this exploration:
- where did I plan to go,
- where have I actually gone, (or, where has the journey taken me),
and,
- what have I learned/how have I learned it?
More specifically, we are asking ourselves:
- what have I learned through the program, and from conducting my inquiry, about myself, my setting, and my practice?
- what key ideas, concepts, theories, thinkers, approaches, and philosophies have had an impact on me?
- how have these ideas (concepts, etc) influenced, confirmed, challenged, and/or transformed my thinking and my practice?
- how do I now situate myself in the community of scholarship, and in my community of practice?
- how will I now take these ideas into my practice and into my community?
- how do I want to represent and demonstrate what I have learned, and where I go from here?
In more concrete terms, the course is an opportunity to pull together these ideas and experiences from your inquiry, from EDUC 718, and from EDUC 807 into what we might think of as our weekly workshops, as the raw material we’ll use toward the creation of the two Comprehensive Exam components, the Written project and the Oral presentation. We will discuss these components in more detail in 811…along with why EDUC 888 is officially called an ‘exam,’ and why it is emphatically not an exam.
There are no books for this course, any readings we might do will be accessed through the SFU Online System or will be posted to Canvas.
This course is graded on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis, which will be determined by: attendance and participation in our sessions, including: discussions, activities, 1:1 meetings, collegial review, advice, and support; and, submission of draft documents at negotiated times during the term.
Materials
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
SFU’s Academic Integrity website 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