Spring Semester 2004
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EDUC 100 ?
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Prof. Meguido Zola
Selected Questions & Issues in Education
Office: EDB 8630
Phone: 291-3259
Mondays/ Wednesdays
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D01.00 ?
Email: zola@sfu.ca
8:30-10:20 in WM)( 2532
PREREQUISITE:
None.
This is an introductory course aimed at beginning students not necessarily already committed
to, or interested in, pursuing educational studies.
The course introduces you to a small but representative sample of questions and issues of
importance to education and of interest to educators today.
You will examine questions relating to: the concept or idea of education; learning and the
learner; teaching and the teacher; disciplines and discourses of education; and the broader
contexts of education in the global village and the postmodem world.
You will be introduced to ways of exploring educational questions and issues, from
philosophical and critical analysis, to historical and cross-cultural studies, to empirical research.
The course models a range of instructional strategies, including: lecture, panel-discussion and
workshop; discussion and debate; story; case study, and simulation game.
The course offers a range of learning experiences, including: reading and responding orally and
in writing; discussion in tutorial and on-line; library research and field-work.
TOPICS
A detailed outline of topics and presenters will be available at the first class.
REQUIREMENTS
• Weekly discussions on-line and in tutorial - 50%
• Written responses to selected course readings - 30%
• Final exam - 20%
• Regular attendance is required
The completion of course requirements forms the basis for evaluation. The final evaluating process will
comprise both your own self-evaluation and evaluation by the course instructor and tutorial leader/s.
REQUIRED READINGS
Sinclaire, Carollyne. (1994). Looking for Home: A Phenomenological Study of Home in the Classroom.
NY: SUNY. ISBN 0-7914-2040-X.
Other readings will be available from time to time in class.
