Spring 2023 - EDUC 811 G012

Fieldwork I (5)

Class Number: 5945

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 4 – Apr 11, 2023: Tue, 4:30–9:20 p.m.
    Surrey

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

COURSE DETAILS:

The goal of this course is to support practitioner-inquirers in explicating, synthesizing, deepening, and sharing their key learnings, reflecting on the fulsome journey from Diploma through to your M Ed program focusing on the study of Educational Practice. Through reading, dialogue, writing, and other forms of inquiry, we will revisit, extend and expand the themes of our learning, and reflect on the development of our personal and professional capacities, envisioning what it means to be-coming practitioner-scholars, teacher-leaders and change makers.


Learning Goals:

Learners will…

  • engage with programmatic themes and continue to deepen programmatic capacities;
  • develop a regular writing practice and participate within a community of writers;
  • come to appreciate writing and other forms of (re)representation as essential to the inquiry process;
  • render and complexify stories that guide teaching, and theorize one’s own professional practice;
  • synthesize their learning journey and capacity development through a final paper and presentation;
  • deepen ways of knowing/doing/being as educators and practitioner-inquirers;
  • envision next steps as practitioner-scholars, teacher-leaders and change makers

Programmatic Capacities:

The M.Ed. EP program aims to develop teachers-learners’ capacity to:

  • Deepen and extend a disposition of inquiry, ethical practice, critical and creative reflection and responsiveness to learners as well as communities
  • Develop their own inquiry practice through the investigation of multiple educational theories, philosophies, paradigms, and methodologies
  • Inform and articulate their scholarly understanding of various world views and orientations in relation to their educational perspectives
  • Develop a relational disposition, a humility, and an ability to listen deeply to others
  • Critically and creatively engage in learning communities to situate, further develop, and align their inquiry practice within personally relevant and related paradigms
  • Develop the disposition of a teacher-leader and enable an active voice and presence within and beyond the classroom
  • Theorize their practice and contribute to professional conversations, both written and oral

Assessment:

This course is graded on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis and this will be based on: ongoing participation in our sessions, including collaborative discussion and reflection on readings, learning experiences, land based practices, conferencing, collegial review, feedback, and support; and, submission of draft documents at negotiated times during the term.

Readings

 The key common readings for this course will be posted on Canvas.   You will also be reading texts for your own guiding scholarship and methods as discussed in individual conferences.

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