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PROPOSAL:
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That Senate approve section B of the attached paper.
2.
That, if Senate has approved the requirements for the B. Ed.
degree, Section D. 1. of the attached paper be recognized as
a minor under the Professional. Development Centre.
NOTE:
The Registrar has informed the Acting Dean of Education
that his technical staff wotild prefer the prefix PF to that
of PDC in the designation of Professional Development Centre courses.
Since the Senate - recognized name of that unit is now Professional
Development Centre and the major program administered by it is the
Professional Development Program it seems pointless to preserve
course prefixes of PF reflecting the designation of Professional
Foundations. Consequently the Professional Development Centre prefers
to let this proposal stand.
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REORGANIZATION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE COURSES
A. Courses Presently Under the Jurisdiction of Professional Development Centre.
1.
Education 401-8 ?
Introduction Period
2.
Education 402-7 ?
Reading Period
3.
Education 405-15 ?
Teaching Semester
4.
Education 404-15
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Semester in Residence
NOTE: These 4 courses make up the Professional Development Program
and no changes in these courses are requested.
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P.F. 451-5
Seminar
6.
P.F. 452-5
Seminar
7.
P.F.
499-15
Individual Study Semester
8.
P.F.
498-18
Individual Study Semester (Honours only)
NOTE: Student may at present elect one of 451, 452, and one of 499, 498.
9.
P.D.S. 440-3 ?
Seminar in Theories of Physical Education
10.
P.D.S. 441-3 ?
Seminar in Practice of Physical Education
NOTE: Under the Senate approved reorganization of the Faculty of
Education, the persons in P.D.S. who teach these two courses
have transferred to the Professional Development Centre.
B. We request that Senate approve the following changes in calendar entries under
the Professional Development Centre:
1.
That the following courses be deleted from the university course
offerings effective April 30th, 1971: P. F. 451, 452, P. D. S. 440, 441.
2.
That the courses deleted be replaced by the following:
P.D.C. 461-4
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Seminar: Trends and Developments in
Educational Practice
P.D.C. 471-4 ?
Seminar: Curriculum: Theory and
Applications
P.D.C. 481-4
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Directed Study
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That P. F. 498 and 499 be named:
P.D.C. 499-15
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Individual Study Semester
P. D. C. 498-18
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Individual Study Semester (Honours only)
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C. Some explanatory points regarding the above request:
1.
Unit values under the jurisdiction of the Professional Development
Centre (excluding the Professional Development Program, 498 and
499) will decrease from 16 semester hours to 12.
2.
Number of courses (with exclusions noted above) will decrease
from 4 courses to 3.
3.
The consolidation of P. F. and P.D.S. offerings into the three courses
P.D.C. 461, 471, 481 will greatly simplify course programming.
4.
The program outlined can be modnted within existing resources.
D. The Minor - Professional Development Centre
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The purpose of the minor is to permit the undergraduate to develop a
professional emphasis related to his professional goals rather than
to create a specialist.
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The Minor is defined as a coherent grouping of from 14 to 18 semester
hours of studies taken subsequent to Education 401/402 excluding
Education 405.
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The student desiring a Minor under the P. D. C. will take 4 of the
following 5;
(a)
An appropriate course from a department other than the
Professional Development Centre (3 - 5 Semester hours)
(b)
P.D.C. 461-4
(c)
P.D.C. 471-4
(d)
P.D.C. 481-4
(e)
A second appropriate course from a department other than
the Professional Development Centre (3 - 5 semester hours).
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Since the array of possible minors is very great these will not be listed
in the calendar. However, examples of minor programs together with
explanations will be prepared as an aid to student advising. Each student
will develop a study plan appropriate to his aims. After the plan is
approved by a faculty advisor and filed with the department, changes will
require approval of the Head of the Department.
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It is understood that Education 401/402 and 405 are courses required
for certification. Certification by its definition in B. C. is not a specialist
qualification. Thus, minors must not encroach unduly on the regular
program. School placements, for example, will continue to be made by
Student Affairs under the general direction of the appropriate coordinator
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and the Head of the Centre. Advice from other faculty will be
welcome as always and special requests, so far as is practicable
will be met.
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