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Office: 15-230 Surrey

Phone: 778-782-4148

Mondays & Wednesdays

1:30-3:20 SFU Surrey Room

3250

PREREQUISITE:

None.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

• 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 postmodern 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

Readings will be available from the instructor at the first class.

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