Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2024 - EDUC 718 G011

Landscapes of Practitioner Inquiry (5)

Class Number: 4516

Delivery Method: Online

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Location: TBA

  • Prerequisites:

    Acceptance into the MEd in Educational Practice program.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Explores the landscapes of practitioner inquiry, including its histories, affiliated paradigms and approaches, as well as ethical considerations.

COURSE DETAILS:

Simon Fraser University
 Faculty of Education
Advanced Professional Studies in Education
 M Ed in Educational Practice
LM 57 Cohort/OL

 

EDUC 718-5 Landscapes of Practitioner Inquiry

 

Instructor: Dr. Michael Ling; gling@sfu.ca
Days/Times: May 8/15/22/29; June 5/12; July 2-5 
Location: Online; Zoom link TBA

 

“Recognizing the discrepancy between what is and what should be  is often the beginning of a critical journey.”
  • Stephen Brookfield (1995)
 
Alice asks, “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.”
-from Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (1865)
 
“I learn by going where I have to go.”
Theodore Roethke (1953)

Course Description

A keyword for this course could be the verb “to situate.” That is, the course is designed to help you ‘situate’ yourself in 4 main domains: 

i-    in your values, beliefs, and practices about teaching and learning;  ii- in the educational settings and contexts in which you teach; 

  • in the dispositions and practices of teacher inquiry and self-study, and, in some specific and particular methods and methodologies of qualitative research, that is to say, “the landscapes of practitioner inquiry,” as they support and contribute to a practice and a stance of teacher inquiry and self-study;
  • in the conversations found in the literature, and in scholarly practice, on the theme(s) or topic(s) of relevance to you and your inquiry.

 

Course Objectives

Drawing on the spirit and practices of the Diploma program you have completed, this course is intended to help you further explore your understandings of your practice, and the possibilities of your practice, with the aim of deepening, broadening, and sustaining an inquiry stance.

On a more pragmatic level, this course is designed to offer you a space to propose and develop a line of inquiry that you will undertake through this coming year, and which will serve as a key focus for your explorations of self and practice, and self-in-practice.

As well, given that the course is the jumping off point for your M Ed EP program, it is also aimed at revisiting, re-grounding, and re-engaging with ideas about scholarship and study, and with the notion of learning in, and supporting others in, a scholarly community.

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