CENTRE FOR ONLINE AND DIS ANCE EDUCATION ?

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

SUMMER SEMESTER 2007 COURSE OUTLINE

EDUC 445-4 (EDUCATION) ?

LEGAL CONTEXT OF

TEACHING

C100

This course is designed to provide students, teachers, counsellors and school administrators with a

comprehensive understanding of the legal issues and potential legal liabilities encountered in the British

Columbia public school system. Special attention is devoted to the numerous legal aspects connecting law and

education. Topics include: Constitutional Foundations and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms;

understanding Student, Parent and Teacher Rights; Violence in Schools; Freedom of Expression, the Charter and

Censorship in Schools; and the legal considerations concerning Copyright and the Internet.

PREREQUISITE(S):

60 hours of credit including 6 hours in EDUC courses.

TExT(s):

B.C. School Act R.S.B.C. Chapter 412.

Queen's Printer For British Columbia. (2003).

Piddocke, S, Magsino, R., Manley-Casimir, M.

Teachers in Trouble: An Exploration of the Normative

Character

of

Teaching.

University of Toronto Press. (1997).

REQUIREMENTS:

Assignment #1 ?

15%

Assignment #2 ?

15%

Research paper ?

307o

Online participation

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1070

Final exam

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307o

Refer to exam schedule on the CODE web site <http://www.sfu.ca/cde

>.

NOTE:

Students requiring accommodations as a result of a disability, must contact the Centre for

Students with Disabilities (604-291-3112 or csdo@sfu.ca

).

DELIVERY MODE:

Print

FirstClass Computer Conferencing

(see over for computer requirements)

MODE OF

DELIVERY NOTE:

n/a

SUPPLEMENTARY FEES:

Course materials and service fee

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$40.00

Deposit for additional materials

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$35.00

Note: Every distance course includes a CODE package containing assignment deadlines and other information.

Please pick it up at the Centre or ask that it be mailed when registering on goSFU.

1300 West Mall Centre

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Web: www.sfu.ca/cde

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Toll Free in Canada: 1-800-663-1411

Last updated; 2/20/2006

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