Spring 2025 - EDUC 905 G032
Fieldwork IV (5)
Class Number: 4590
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
COURSE DETAILS:
Meeting Dates
Jan. 10/11
Jan. 24/25
Feb. 14/15
Feb. 28/Mar 1
Mar 28/29
Meeting Times:
Fridays 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Saturdays 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Jan. 24/25 and March 28/29 will be in person
Other dates will be online
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
This course will build on your previous work in your EdD program with an emphasis on exploring creative methodologies to integrate into your dissertation writing. We will explore a variety of research methodologies and ways of being, with an emphasis on accessing and developing your own voice and stories. Ways of writing will be considered which connect to writing from the body, heart, land, identity, place and the intersection of poetic, performative and embodied ways of inquiry. Arts-based research will be explored as a way of reimagining engagement and traversing across curricular boundaries. Each class will develop your own writing practice in connection to embodied ways of knowing and there will be encouragement to explore somatic practices, which access your movement, bodily awareness, walking, to release writing. Autobiographical ways of inquiry, and ways of connecting to your own stories will be fostered to create the connection to universal stories. This course is designed to support your own ongoing research design and writing to bring your work to fruition.
Grading
- Participation/sharing writing 20%
- Group facilitation of methodology/s 30%
- Advancing dissertation writing and presentation 50%
NOTES:
Participation/sharing writing Each class there will be time to write through a variety of prompts and facilitation of embodied writing practices. There will be opportunity to share your own writing and explore the connection to the readings. Due: Each class
Group facilitation of methodology/s You will choose one or two methodologies or ways of being that are outlined in your texts whether that is narrative, embodied, poetic, performative, storytelling, etc., and do a more thorough dive into these and how they can inform your research. Depending on the collective class interests you will break into groups of 2 or 3 and facilitate a presentation and experience of these possibilities. Due: Jan. 25, Feb. 14/15 and Feb. 28/Mar. 1
Advancing dissertation writing and presentation This class is designed for you to grow your own writing towards your dissertation. A reasonable goal is to hand in one chapter that will be integrated into your final dissertation project. If you are working on something else in connection to your research, you can submit whatever works for your own inquiry. The final class you will share some of your work in a presentation and creative modalities are encouraged.
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Students will be expected to come to class with materials for writing, both laptops, but also a journal/pen. Writing by hand and from the body will be encouraged to find voice and access more creative methodologies and approaches in writing. There will be time to engage in light movement and somatic practices to facilitate writing. Comfortable clothes and water will be important to have, either on zoom or in person.
REQUIRED READING:
P. Leavy, (Ed.) (2017). Handbook of arts-based research. New York, NY: Guildford Press. ISBN 978-14-6252-195-1
R. Irwin, E., Hasebe-Ludt, & A. Sinner. (Eds.) (2019). Storying the world: The contributions of Carl Leggo on language and poetry. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-367-11148-9
Snowber, C. (2016). Embodied inquiry: Writing, living and being through the body. Sense Publishing. ISBN 978-94-6300-753-5
J. Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, J. Bol Jun Lee-Morgan, J. DeSantolo, (Eds.) (2022). Decolonizing research: Storywork as methodology. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781350348172
Selected Journal articles will be givenNote: Most books and writings will be available through SFU Library online and through CANVAS and articles will be uploaded.
RECOMMENDED READING:
Chambers, C., Hasebe-Ludt, E., Leggo, C., & Sinner, A. (Eds.) (2012). A heart of wisdom: Life writing as empathetic inquiry. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-1433115295
Lyle, E. (Ed.) (2020). Identity landscapes: Contemplating place and the construction of self. Brill. ISBN: 978-90-04-42517-0
L. Forsythe & J. Markides . (Eds) (2024). Around the kitchen table: Métis Aunties’ Scholarship. University of Manitoba Press. ISBN 9781772840735.
S. Walsh, B. Bickel, & C. Leggo (Eds.) (2015). Arts-based and contemplative practices in research and teaching: Honouring presence. Routledge. 978-0-4157-4387-7
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
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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.