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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

SPRING SEMESTER 2006

EDUC 100-3 ?

SELECTED QUESTIONS & ISSUES IN EDUCATION

(D01.00)

MEG ZUCCARO

email: zuccaro@telus.net

WEDNESDAY/FRIDAY

8:30-10:20 INAQ 4100

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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NY:SUNY. ISBN 0-7914-2040-X.

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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