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    FALL 1995
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    EVENING ?
    EDUC 445-4
    LEGAL CONTEXT OF TEACHING
    (E1.00)
    S. PIDDOCKE
    PREREQUISITE: 60
    hours of credit
    This course examines various topics where the concerns of education and the law
    meet. Among the topics will be:
    • the constitutional and statutory foundations of the educational system;
    • the impact of the
    Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    upon education;
    • the rights and duties of teachers as teachers, employees, professionals and citizens;
    • the question of negligence, misconduct, and educational malpractice;
    • the rights and duties of students and parents;
    • children and the criminal law.
    While special attention will naturally be paid to the B.C. scene, the course will
    include comparison with happenings elsewhere in Canada and other common law
    jurisdictions. We will be concerned with principles as well as with details.
    Course requirements include a research project in which the student takes up some
    particular topic and pursues it in greater depth than it will be given in the regular
    classes. This research project will be properly written up. The student will also be
    invited to present the results of his/her enquiry to the class.
    REQUIRED TEXTS:
    Proudfoot, Alex J
    .
    , & Hutchings, Lawrence. (1988).
    Teacher Beware: A Legal Primer
    for the Classroom.
    Calgary: Detselig Enterprises.
    LeBaron Duryea, Michelle, & Manley-Casimir, Michael. (Eds.). (n.d.)
    Legal Context of
    Teaching,
    Education 445-4 Course Reader, Faculty of Education, Centre for
    Distance Education, Continuing Studies, Simon Fraser University.
    Manley-Casimir, Michael E., & Sussel, Tern A. (Eds.). (1986).
    Courts in the
    Classroom: Education and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
    Calgary:
    Detselig Enterprises.
    School Act,
    for British Columbia.
    Additional readings will be announced.
    RECOMMENDED REFERENCES
    Giles, W.H. (1988).
    Schools and Students: Legal Aspects of Administration.
    Toronto: Carswell.
    Dickinson, Gregory M., & Mackay, A. Wayne. (1989).
    Rights, Freedoms, and the
    Education System in Canada.
    Toronto: Emond Montgomery.
    Bezeau, Lawrence M. (1989).
    Educational Administration for Canadian Teachers.
    Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman.

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