•
?
.
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION 407-5
(E3.0O)
(Cat #87219)
Spring Semester,
1993 ?
Instructor: J
.
Way
(January 5-April
2) ?
Office: ?
MPX 8557
Location: Prince George
?
Telephone:
291-5969
PREREQUISITE:
401/2
during the course.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
As a teacher educator in the role of model and mentor for, and collaborator with, a student teacher
carrying out requirements for his/her professional year in your classroom.
As a curriculum developer working to shape the goals and procedures (meaning and activities) of
the professional year for NEW CALTEC.
As a student committed to ongoing professional development.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
• to attend all Education
401/2
School Associate In-Services
• to use a journal for on-going reflection on the development of a beginning teacher, your role as a
teacher educator, and your development as a teacher educator
• to read professionally on the subject of teacher education and reflective practice and to respond
in your journal to these positions, theories and opinions
• to use a journal to pose questions that arise from readings and for critical incidents and to
thoughtfully respond to these questions
• to use the opportunity for critical analysis of your own practice and the values and beliefs
which inform it - in journal
• to dialogue with your Student Teacher on a regular basis re the guidance s/he is receiving from
you and the development s/he is undergoing (what values, beliefs about teachers, children,
curriculum environment and evaluation seem to guide her/his journey) - and to note what
conditions facilitate this growth
• to communicate with your instructor at least every three weeks on the above items by sending in
your journal (or a copy of it)
OR
• sending a summary of your reflections and analysis of the above
The instructor will comment on or inquire into your writings as a way of entering into a dialogue
with you, and will send your communications back to you.
a written paper will be submitted which will analyze your Student Teacher's growth and
development through the semester. It could be the result of a summative interview or of
reflection on on-going dialogues and documentation. This would, ideally, be read and
commented on by the Student Teacher
PLEASE TURN OVER
. ?
. ?
2
• a written paper which is a reflection upon and analysis of New Caltec's teacher education
program with reference to the literature on teacher education
OR
•
a paper on becoming a teacher educator (with reference to the literature)
OR
•
a paper on the future of teacher education in the North (with reference to the literature)
OR
•
a paper on educating the reflective practitioner (with reference to the literature)
OR
•
a paper on another topic upon which we mutually agree which is of most value to you as a
developing professional with reference to the literature on your topic
REQUIRED TEXT:
Holborn, P., Wideen, M., Andrews, I. (eds. 1988). Becoming a Teacher. Kagan and Woo Limited,
Toronto.
Henderson, James (1992). Reflective Teaching: Becoming an Inquiring Educator. Maxwell
Macmillan Canada, Toronto.
RECOMMENDED TEXT:
Ainstine, B. "Rational & Caring Teachers: Reconstructing Teacher Preparation".
Cinnamond, J. and Zimpler, N. "Reflectivity as a Function of Community".
Educational Leadership, The Making of a Teacher (November 1991).
Educational Leadership, The Reflective Practitioner (March 1991).
Erickson, G., Grimmett, P., "Reflective Practice in Teacher MacKinnon, A. and Riecker, T.
Education"
Grimmett, P. and MacKinnon, A., "Craft Knowledges and The Education of Teachers".
MacKinnon, A., "Reflection in a Science Teaching Practicum".
MacKinnon, A. and Erickson, C., "Foundations and Reflection in Teacher Education: The Promise of
Repairing Institutional Rifts".
MacKinnon, A. and Erickson, G. 'The Roles of Reflective Practice and Foundational Disciplines in
Teacher Education".
Richardson, V., 'The Evolution of Reflective Teaching and Teacher Education".
Sparks-Langer, C. and Cotton, A., "Synthesis of Research on Teachers Reflective Thinking".
Surbeck, E., Han, E., and Moyer, J
.
, "Assessing Reflective Responses in Journals".
*plus others supplied from time to time—by participants—or by instructors.
