SIN FRASER UNIVERSITY

Fall Semester 2003

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EDUC 100 ?

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Ann Chinnery

Selected Questions & Issues in Education

Office: EDB 9501

Phone: 291-5539

Mondays & Wednesdays 14:30-16:20

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D02.00

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E-mail: ahchinne@sfu.ca

AQ5018

PREREQUISITE:

None.

This is an introductory course designed for beginning students who re not necessarily already committed to

pursuing educational studies. We will explore a number of questions and issues of importance to education

and of interest to educators today including:

• What does it mean to say someone is educated?

• What do we mean when we talk about teaching and learning?

• How do we decide what knowledge is of most worth?

• What role does education play in the development of personal identity and global citizenship?

In working our way through these questions (and others), you will be introduced to philosophical inquiry,

critical analysis, historical and cross-cultural tudies, and empirical research. Assignment will draw on and

foster your reading and writing skills, as well as your ability to express ideas orally, by way of small and

large group discussion, individual writing assignments, and collaborative inquiry.

ASSIGNMENTS

• Responses to the course readings 40%

• Midterm project 25%

• Participation 15%

• Final Exam 20%

REQUIRED READINGS

Codell, Esme R. (1999) Educating Esme: Diary of a teacher's first year. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin

Books.

Palmer, Parker. (1998). The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life. San

francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Other readings will be available from time to time in class.