1. SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?
    2. FALL SEMESTER 2005
  1. EDUC 100-3 ?
  2. SELECTED QUESTIONS & ISSUES IN EDUCATION
    1. (D02.00)
      1. MEG ZUCCARO
      2. COURSE DESCRIPTION
      3. Return to Education's Undergraduate 2005-3 Course Outlines Main Page.

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EDUC 100-3 ?

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SELECTED QUESTIONS & ISSUES IN EDUCATION
(D02.00)
MEG ZUCCARO
email: zuccaro@telus.net
TUESDAY!THURSDAY
8:30-10:20 IN AQ 5020
PREREQUISITE:
None.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
• This is an introductory course intended for beginning students who may be interested in but not necessarily
already committed to, pursuing educational studies.
• We will explore a small but representative sample of questions and issues relating to: the concept or idea of
education; learning and the learner, the teacher and a teaching life; and the broader contexts of education in
the global village and the postmodern world.
• You will examine questions relating to: the concept or idea of education; learning and the learner,
teaching and the teacher; disciplines and discourse of education; and the broader contexts of
education in the global village and the postmodern world.
• The course models a range of instructional strategies, including: discussion; reflective practice; story; case
studies; in-class exercises.
• The course offers a range of learning experience, including: discussion; reading and responding orally and
in writing; research and field —work.
ORGANIZATION
Tuesday and Thursday classes.
First class online discussions.
REQUIRMENTS
Regular attendance, preparation, thoughtful participation.
—25%
Informal and formal written responses - 40%
Short presentations - 15%
Final exam - 20%
REQUIRED READINGS
Sinclaire, Carollyne. (1994). Looking for Home: A Phenomenological Study of Home in the Classroom.
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Palmer, Parker (1998) The Courage to Teach CA: Jossey-Bass ISBN: 0-7879-1058-9
Other readings will be assigned from time to time in class.
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