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From... SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE. 

STUDIES 

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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL 

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Date.. NOVEMBER 13, 1975 

EDUC 406 

MOTION: 

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"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board 

of Governors, as set forth in S.75473 , EDUC 406-0." 

SENATE (ThIMI'lThiE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

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13 Novber 1975 

Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

Studies at its meeting of 12 November 1975 gives rise to the 

lol...owing motion: 

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That Senate approve and recommend approval to the 

Board of Governors EDUC. 406-0. 

Daniel FL Birch 

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Graern Nelson 

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October 21, I975 

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At its meeting of October 20, 1975 the Faculty of Eclucatioii passed rhe 

following motion: 

"that the new course Education 406 as described in paper FE 75-29 

be approved." 

I have attached the required course proposal form and would request 

that you place this matter before SCUS for their cons deration. 

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That the new course, Education 406 as described 

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in the attached documents, he approved. 

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The Faculty Of Education receives a number oJ roquests 

for periods of supervised teaching in classrooms from ex-teachers 

who are planning to return to the classroom, to change from 

.elementary to secondary school teaching or vice-versa, or who 

have recently arrived in British Columbia from other countries. 

We have also been asked by the Department of Education to 

arrange supervised practicumS of this kind for teachers from 

non-English speaking countries in order to provide them with 

data which will guide their decision whether to grant teacher 

certification. Most of the people concerned have already 

cornpl.cted teacher education programs in B.C. or elsewhere and 

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have or would receive transfer credit for both Education 401 

and 405 (the two practicums in the P.D.P.) 

In the past we have made informal arrangements with 

teachers in schools In order to accommodate the most deserving 

of these requests. 

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ln.some cases this has meant a serious 

imposition and because the arrangements have been informal 

and unofficial it has not been possible to charge fees or 

honoraria to the teachers concerned, nor has it been possible to 

record information about what has been done on the students' 

transcripts. 

It 'is anticipated that enrolment in this course will 

be kept small (6 to 12 students per semester) and that place- 

ments will be arranged in such a way that supervision can be 

given by faculty associates in schools which they visit on a 

regular basis. 

It is anticipated that the course may he used as a 

means of assessing quality of teaching for students with credit 

for Education 401 and 462 and prior teaching experience, who 

wish to challengeEducati 

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405. 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

NL1I COURSE PROPOSAL FORM 

1. Calendar Information 

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Department: Education 

Abbreviation Code: EDIIC Course Number:406 

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Credit Hours: _0 Vector:_________ 

Title of Course: 

Calendar Description of Course: Observation and teaching in a public school for 

a minimum of 20 days under the supervision of a classroom teacher and a 

university instructor. 

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The course is designed to offer ex-teachers 

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planning to return to the classroom or teachers from other countries an 

opportunity to familiarize themselves with current curriculum and methods 

of instruction in the public schools of B.C. 

Nature of Course 

Supervised practicum 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

Education 401 or equivalent and permission of Director of Professional 

Programs. Permission will not normally be given to students without 

previous teaching experience. 

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is 

approved: 

None 

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.Scheduling 

Row frequently will the course be offered? Each Fall and Spring 

Semester in which the coirse will first be offered? 

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1976-1 

Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering 

possible? Faculty Associates 

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Objectives of the Course To serve as a refresher course for teachers wishing 

to return to teaching after an extended absence; to provide practical 

experience or teachers wishing to transfer from one segment of the school 

system to another; to give an opportunity for teachers from other parts of 

the world to familiarize themselves with the B.C. school system; to give a 

opportunity for teachers with partial qualifications to demonstrate their 

competence in the classroom. 

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Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only) 

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty ? 

None 

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Note:The course will be offered on a pass/with- 

draw basis as for Education 401, 402 and 

Staff 

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None 

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405

Library 

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None 

Fees: For the purpose of calculating fees this 

Audio Visual None 

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will be considered the equivalent of a 4 

Space ? 

None 

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Equipment None 

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Approval 

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October 21,1975 

Department Chairman 

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Dean 

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Chairman, SCUS 

SCUS 73-:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a. 

Attach course outline). 

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