Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Spring 2023 - EDUC 856 G031

Sociocultural Perspectives on Education and Identity (5)

Class Number: 4754

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Location: TBA

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Course activities will be structured for participants to consider recent formulations of learners as agents as well as subjects of culturally constructed, socially imposed worlds. Participants will examine a number of ethnographic descriptions of the experiences of learners in a variety of communities, noting in particular their use of diverse mediations/tools, including language. Participants will consider these ideas in relation to their own educational communities and develop plans for research activity in those sites. Equivalent Courses: EDUC713

COURSE DETAILS:

Meeting Dates:
Wednesdays, January 4 to April 5, 2023

Meeting Times:
9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Meeting Location:
BLU 11911

 

Grading

  • Active learning / participation 10%
  • Reading responses 20%
  • Discussion facilitation 25%
  • Major paper 45%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Block, D. (2009). Second language identities. Continuum.
ISBN: 978-1472526045

RECOMMENDED READING:

Norton, B. (2013). Identity and language learning: Extending the conversation (2nd ed.). Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.


ISBN: 978-1783090563

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

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Graduate Studies Notes:

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Registrar Notes:

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