Spring 2025 - EDUC 100W OL04
Selected Questions and Issues in Education (3)
Class Number: 7200
Delivery Method: Online
Overview
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
An introduction to a small but representative sample of basic questions and issues in education. Students will examine questions relating to: the concept or idea of education; learning and the learner; teaching and the teacher; and more generally, the broader contexts of education. This course also introduces students to different ways of exploring educational questions and issues from philosophical and critical analysis, to historical and cross-cultural studies, to empirical research. Cannot be taken for credit by students with credit for 300 and 400 level education courses. Writing/Breadth-Humanities.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course is a fully asynchronous online. However, there are deadlines for submitted work and online discussion to enable you to both pace your work and develop a sense of community with the other students in the class.
The course is divided into an introductory week and four modules, each three weeks long. Each module is described on a single page with an overview to the topic and guides for reading/viewing the assigned material. In the first week of the module, you review the assigned materials and submit an initial reading response. In the second and third week of each module, you discuss the material in small groups, with 2-3 of the group members serving as initial posters, facilitators and summarizers for the discussion. You will take turns in your group doing this facilitation. After the discussion is concluded, you submit the final version of your reading response, including any changes you decide to make to it based on the discussion. The facilitators also submit a summary and reflection of the discussion. All group members will be evaluated on their level of participation and their depth of engagement in the discussion. Finally, at the end of the course, you will submit a culminating essay in which you integrate all you have learned through a reflective analysis of a personal educational experience. This analysis should be anchored in the ideas that you have explored through the course.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
- Become aware of, and inquire into, relevant topics as they pertain to education: social justice, Indigeneity, environmental & ecological learning, etc.
- Engage in relational learning through meaningful and respectful conversation on complex and sensitive topics.
- Reflect on personal experiences of learning and how they relate to the above topics.
- Gain practice and support in various forms of writing: critical analysis, personal reflection, narrative.
Grading
- Reading Responses 40%
- Online Discussion Participation 20%
- Online Discussion Facilitation 20%
- Reflective Analysis Paper 20%
NOTES:
There is no midterm or final exam.
All assignments must be completed to be granted course credit.
As an instructor, I am fully aware of the rise of AI intelligence and its implication for your learning and my teaching. I am not fully against the use of AI for learning if the context of its use facilitates your intellectual growth. However, I am opposed to students using it as an unethical learning tool (i.e. students submitting an assignment that is AI-generated for assessment). In the case that a student is suspected of violating academic integrity principles using an AI tool, and I will proceed with the formal procedure as set out by SFU's Academic Integrity Office.
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
No textbook purchase is required. All readings are available through the SFU Library and Canvas.
REQUIRED READING:
There are no required texts for this course.
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 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.