Spring 2024 - EDUC 326 OL01
Creating Positive Learning Communities (3)
Class Number: 6551
Delivery Method: Online
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Online
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Instructor:
Paula Rosehart
paula_rosehart_2@sfu.ca
1 778 782-3389
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Prerequisites:
One of EDUC 100, 220, 230, or 240; or EDUC 401/402, or corequisite EDUC 403.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Prepares student teachers to design positive learning environments in K-12 classrooms. The focus will be on practical approaches to creating a space in which students and teachers can work successfully together toward common goals.
COURSE DETAILS:
In this course, students are introduced to creating positive learning environments through a (w)holistic and relational paradigm. The concepts of (w)holism and relationality will be focused on as ways to nurture, alongside students, the continuous co-creation of communities of belonging.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
- Develop a relational perspective of the classroom as a co-constructed community of belonging
- Explore theoretical and pedagogical concepts of relationality and (w)holisim, which engage the whole person within the context of an interconnected world
- Expand the understanding of teaching relationally while being in tune with learners from multiple worldviews and orientations
- Cultivate learning environments that acknowledge and honour diversity; diverse ways of learning, being and expressing.
Grading
- Online Discussions 10%
- Class Podcast 20%
- Classroom Video Analysis 25%
- Quizzes 20%
- (W)holistic Portfolio 25%
NOTES:
No final exam
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Laptop, tablet or computer -WiFi-enabled device
REQUIRED READING:
All required readings will be available on Canvas
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