SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Contemporary Issues and New Developments in Educational Practice?

(E1.00)

Fall Semester, 1991

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Instructor: ?

Sue Montabello

(September 3–November 29)

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Phone: ?

291-4432

Thursday, 4:30-8:20 p.m.

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294-9820

Location: MPX 8651

PREREQUISITE:

60 hours of credit

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed for teachers who wish to explicate the theoretical

foundations and assumptions underlying recent developments in language learning

and literacy. The insights from this research suggests that speaking, listening,

reading and writing—the essentials of Language Arts—are acts of mind by which we

make meaning. As writers and readers, we have mutual goals, that of constructing

meaning, promoting understanding; making sense of the world.

This will provide a framework from which you will examine: your beliefs regarding

learning and teaching language; your role as teacher in engaging children in their

search for meaning; the means by which to enhance language learning in the

classroom.

Education 361 is designed so as to enable you to reflect on your own classroom

experience and plan ways in which you may test and try new ideas in the future; and

to, assist you to develop a new repertoire of methods and materials that will enhance

language learning in the classroom.

The course will comprise a broad range of experiences: seminars; workshops and

demonstrations; small group work; individualized tasks.

Some of the topics which will be explored include:

• historical investigation of developments in language learning

• overview and evaluation of current trends and development in language

learning

• examination of whole language philosophy and practice

• introduction to theory of narrative

• children's literature in the classroom

• integrating language—helping children make the links

• reading and writing across the curriculum

• aural-oral aspect of language—some dimensions of interaction; fostering

and developing listening and speaking

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• the role of teacher in the language classroom

• evaluation and assessment in the language arts

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

• attendance and participation in

all

aspects of the course

• completion of assigned professional readings

• completion of assigned children's novel readings

• completion of brief oral and/or written assignments

* ongoing response journal

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Lucy McCormick Calkins. 1991. Between the Lines. Heinemann (paperback).

Margaret Meek. 1988. How Texts Teach What Readers Learn. Thimble Press

(paperback).

David Booth/Bob Barton. 1990. Stories in the Classroom. Pembroke (paperback).

Carol Edelsky, Bess Altwerger, Barbars Flores. 1990. Whole Language What's the

Difference. Heinemann (paperback).

Max vanManen. 1988. The Tone of Teaching. Scholastic (paperback).

Gordon Wells. 1987. The Meaning Makers. Heinemann. (paperback).

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change. Education 361-3, Simon Fraser University--Kelowna.

This spring the Simon Fraser University KelownaTele-Learnirig Centre will offer a course designed to assist teachers

and school administrators to understand the changes currently being implemented and those proposed following the

report of the Royal Commission on Education in 1988.

It has often been said that change in schools depends on the response of teachers. With the introduction

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the new

pi-ay program this fall B .C. schools have seen the first of a proposed series of major curricular changes. Further

changes are planned for grades 4-12. Parents are concerned about the proposed innovations in terms

of

what they may

mean for the education of their children. Teachers are often asked to discuss, rationalize, and defend the new program

proposals. At the same time many teachers are being called upon to develop new knowledge and skills through further

training in order to implement program structures which they themselves may have had little opportunity to examine

critically.

Education 361-3 will provide an opportunity for educators to examine the ideas, trends, slogans, research, and

theories which underly the program proposals and education policies now being circulated. The course should help

teachers to participate in reviewing the discussion papers, in describing the program changes

to

parents and students,

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have a major

voice in shaping the future directions for schooling. To do so they will need a clear understanding

of what

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This is a 3 (1.5) credit course comprising 36 hours of Instruction on Saturday.

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In-person Registration at Simon Fraser University Tele-Learning Centre, 1000 KLO Road, Kelowna,

Instructor: Dr. Milton McClaren.

*See the reverse side for Admission and Registration

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Admission and Registration Procedures

Education 361-3, D2.00

NEW STUDENTS AND FORMER STUDENTS REQUIRING RE-ADMISSION

(students who

have not completed Simon Fraser University courses within the last three semesters):

Application for Admission or Re-Admission forms:

Available from the

Office of the Registrar,

SFU Burnaby, or from:

SFU Tele-Learning Centre, 1000 K.L.O. Road (behind Okanagan College), Kelowna.

The completed application, with all official documents (transcripts etc.) should be sent to:

Sylvia Foran, Faculty of Education, S.F.U., Burnaby, B.C., V5A 1S6.

Please note that a fee

of $25

is

assessed on all applicants whose academic records, in whole or in

part, originate outside the Province

of

British Columbia.

CONTINUING STUDENTS:

Please complete course selection form specifying Education 361-3, and submit $100.00 deposit

with course selection form.

Tuition Fees (Canadian Citizen and Permanent Residents): Per Semester Hour ....

$52;

Student Activity Fee: Off-campus Students ... $16

S.F.U. TELE-LEARNING CENTRE

1000 K.L.O. Road

(behind Okanagan College)

Kelowna, B.C.,

V1Y 4X8

Telephone: 762-7600

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, B.C.

V5A 1S6

Telephone: 291-3224

(Tele-Learning Centre open Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)

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A course to help educators think their way through a time of

change. Education 361-3, Simon Fraser University- -Kelowna.

This spring the Simon Fraser University Kelowna Tele-Learning Centre will offer a course designed to assist teachers

and school administrators to understand the changes currently being implemented and those proposed following the

report of the Royal Commission on Education in 1988.

It has often been said that change in schools depends on the response of teachers. With the introduction of the new

primary program this fall B.C. schools have seen the first of a proposed series of major curricular changes. Further

changes are planned for grades 4-12. Parents are concerned about the proposed innovations in terms of what they may

mean for the education of their children. Teachers are often asked to discuss, rationalize, and defend the new program

proposals. At the same time many teachers are being called upon to develop new knowledge and skills through further

training in order to implement program structures which they themselves may have had little opportunity to examine

critically.

Education 361-3 will provide an opportunity for educators to examine the ideas, trends, slogans, research, and

theories which underly the program proposals and education policies now being circulated. The course should help

teachers to participate in reviewing the discussion papers, in describing the program changes to parents and students,

and in developing their own informed professional positions concerning them. It is clearly the intention that teachers

will have a major voice in shaping the future directions for schooling. To do so they will need a clear understanding

of what is proposed and the possible consequences of the changes.

This is a 3 (1.5) credit course comprising 36 hours of instruction on Saturday.

Januar

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13, 20, 27: Februar y

17. 24 and March 3 (ma

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4:00 p.m.

In-person Registration at Simon Fraser University Tele-Learning Centre, 1000 KLO Road, Kelowna,

B.C. 762-7600. January 13, 1990. 8 am-9 am.

Instructor: Dr. Milton McClaren.

*See the reverse side for Admission and Registration