Fall 2024 - EDUC 816 G031

Developing Educational Programs and Practices for Diverse Educational Settings (5)

Class Number: 5544

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Location: TBA

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Investigates theories and issues associated with developing educational programs and practices in various educational contexts. Addresses the development of new programs and their implementation in schools and other educational settings.

COURSE DETAILS:

Meeting Dates:

Sept 27, 28

Oct 18, 19

Nov 1, 2 & 15, 16 & 29, 30

Meeting Times:

Fridays: 4:30 – 9:00pm

Saturdays: 8:30 – 4:00pm

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

This course focuses on environmental justice within and ecologies of children’s and young adult literature.

Specifically, students will:

  • understand that environmental crises are also storytelling and imagination crises
  • examine novels, picturebooks, short stories, comics, zines, TV and film for children and young adults through an intersectional and decolonial ecologies lens
  • consider the pedagogical role of storytelling and art in environmental justice and eco-activism
  • learn and discuss key environmental concepts and literary genres
  • analyze dominant settler-colonial ideas about humans, childhood, and “nature” in environmental discourses
  • engage in scholarly readings alongside art-based inquiry to expand eco-pedagogies, including more-than-human, relational, and place-based pedagogies
  • develop a personal ecological epistemology in relation to texts, stories, art that will guide approaches to teaching and learning

Grading

  • Participation 5%
  • Daily Assignments + Online Discussion 30%
  • Zine project 10%
  • Seminar lead 15%
  • Annotated Bibliography and Proposal 10%
  • Final Project / Presentation 30%

NOTES:

Please contact me should you require any accommodations.

REQUIREMENTS:

The course includes individual study and scholarly reading, daily assignments, research, small group and whole-class discussion, arts-based inquiry, a project proposal, presentation, and an academic paper.

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Students will need a copy of the required books as well as additional texts to bring to class. Picturebooks and graphic novels should be hard copies that you bring to class. Books can be purchased either online or from independent local booksellers.

In addition to the required readings, students should expect to spend 1-2 hours before each class in libraries and bookstores selecting children’s/YA texts.

REQUIRED READING:

Lindstrom, C., & Goade, M. (2020). We Are Water Protectors. Roaring Brook Press.

ISBN: 9781250203557

Phi, B., & Bui, T. (2017). A Different Pond. Capstone Young Readers.

ISBN: 9781623708030

Rhodes, J. P. (2015). Bayou Magic. Little, Brown and Company.

ISBN: 9780316224857

Selznick, B. (2023). Big Tree. Scholastic Press.

ISBN: 9780316224857

Tan, S. (2018). Tales From the Inner City. Tundra Books.

ISBN: 9780735265202

Texts available through online retailers


RECOMMENDED READING:

Oziewicz, M., Attebery, B., & Dědinová, T. (2022). Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene: Imagining Futures and Dreaming Hope in Literature and Media. Bloomsbury Academic.

ISBN: 9781350203372


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

RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term 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.