Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2023 - EDUC 341 OL01

Literacy, Education and Culture (3)

Class Number: 4388

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Online

  • Prerequisites:

    60 units including three units in EDUC courses.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

What counts as literacy and whose literacies are valued? What does this mean for the organization of societies, and for teaching and learning? How is literacy implicated in projects of social ordering, colonialism, oppression and empowerment? This course explores these questions through case studies, histories, policies and place-based investigations of literacy education across the life course and inside and outside formal schooling. Breadth-Humanities.

COURSE DETAILS:

What counts as literacy and whose literacies are valued? What does this mean for the organization of societies, and for teaching and learning? How is literacy implicated in projects of social ordering, colonialism, oppression and empowerment? This course explores these questions through case studies, histories, policies and place-based investigations of literacy education across the life course and inside and outside formal schooling.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

  • To prepare current and future educators and students of societies and technologies, to incorporate literacy into their education practice and to participate in current debates and policies shaping literacy education;
  • To study literacy as a window into society, power and institutions;
  • To become familiar with literacy education practice in and out of school settings;
  • To critically evaluate digital literacies and the future of literacy in an algorithmic, networked world.

Grading

  • Succeeding and navigating in the course 5%
  • Experiential Activities 50%
  • Group facilitation 20%
  • Course Reflection 25%

NOTES:

No Final Exam, more information in full syllabi, bi-weekly asynchronous participation

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

There is no prescribed text for this course. The required readings are available online or through the SFU library.


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.

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

RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the semester are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.