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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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EDUCATION 445-4
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THE LEGAL CONTEXT OF TEACHING: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
Regular Summer Semester, 1990 ?
Instructor: ?
Michelle LeBaron
(May 7- August 3) ?
Office:
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MPX8669
Tuesday, 5:30 - 9:20 p.m. ?
Phone: ?
291-4419
Location: MPX 7506
PREREQUISITE
Education 4011402 or the equivalent of first year practicum.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to provide education students, teachers, counsellors and
administrative officers with a comprehensive understanding of the legal issues
and potential legal liabilities encountered in the B.C. public school system. Special
attention is devoted to the legal dimensions and consequences of routine classroom
and administrative activity. Topics to be discussed will include:
• the new School Act and Teaching Profession Act
• negligence and supervisory activity
• educational malpractice
• special education placements and the law
• student discipline and due process
• sexual abuse by school board employees
• the AIDS crisis and school personnel
• parental entitlement to involvement in educational decisions and
processes
* The Charter and education
The course also provides students with a basic introduction to the legal terminology
used in the lectures and seminars. No prior knowledge of the law or legal system
is required.
REQUIRED TEXT
Educational Administration for Canadian Teachers. Lawrence M. Bezeau, Copp
Clark Pitman Ltd., Toronto, 1989. ISBN 0-7730-4750-6.
TEXTS ON RESERVE
Alex J. Proudfoot and Lawrence Hutchinson, Teacher Beware: A Legal Primer for
the Classroom Teacher (Calgary: Detselig Press, 1988).
A. Wayne Mackay, Education Law in Canada (Toronto: Edmonds Montgomery,
1984).
M. E. Manley-Casimir and T. A. Sussel, Courts in the Classroom: Education and
the Charter of Rights (Calgary: Detselig Press, 1986).
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Students will be evaluated on the basis of class participation (20%), an in-class
presentation (40%), and a research paper (40%).
