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SUER INSTITUTE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

SUMMER - II?

EDUCATION 452-4/EDUCATION 462_14

NOTE: The two undergraduate Environmental Education courses are 

typically offered as a pair of integrated courses. Since 1971 

these have also been operated in a residential format, in an off- 

campus location (Kamloops, Sooke, Sechelt, Strathcona). In the 

summer of 1981 the concept of the Summer Institute is under 

review by the teaching team. It is possible that the program 

will be offered in a Greater Vancouver location, in a total 

immersion but non-residential format, incorporating intensive 

field work in both urban and wilderness settings. It is also 

possible that the Institute could be offered in both a residential 

and non-residential version to meet the different needs of 

students. Whether you are interested in the LOWER MAINLAND-BASED 

VERSION, or in a RESIDENTIAL/OUT-OF-VANCOUVER format, it is 

important for you to provide us with the information requested on 

this questionnaire. It will help us to plan the most effective 

and suitable program. 

NAME: 

ADDRESS: 

TELEPHONE #:             

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AGE: 

PRESENT POSITION: (Teacher, P.D.P. student (indicate 401/402 or 405), Undergraduate, 

etc.) 

IF YOU ARE A TEACHER OR STUDENT TEACHER INDICATE AGE/GRADE LEVEL AND SUBJECT AREA 

SPECIALIZATION(S): 

IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN P.D.P., PLEASE INDICATE THE FOLLOWING: 

a) Did you attend: Noon hour env. educ. programs in 402 in Fall, 1980 

Saltspring Island weekend workshop in Fall, 1980 

Weekend workshop in Spring, 1981 

(over) 

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b) The name of your faculty associate during: 401/402 

405

PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN OUTDOOR EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL 

EDUCATION OR RELATED FIELDS. INCLUDE RELEVANT WORK, TEACHING EXPERIENCE, 

CERTIFICATES HELD (Canoe, first aid, etc.). PLEASE INDICATE YOUR SKILL LEVEL(S) 

(Novice, intermediate, advanced/instructor). 

WHAT ARE YOUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL REASONS FOR WISHING TO UNDERTAKE THIS 

PROGRAM AT THIS TIME? 

WHICH FORMAT WOULD YOU PREFER FOR THIS PROGRAM? (If you can enrol onl 

y

if it is 

offered in one format, then mark only that choice. Other wise rank from first 

> last). 

1.

Lower mainland based program 

(Greater Vancouver) 

2.

Non-lower mainland-residential 

(B.C. Interior) 

3.

Non-lower mainland-residential 

(B.C. Coast) 

Note: Because the combined courses carry a value of 8 semester hours, P.D.P. 

and undergraduate students do not take other campus-based courses 

concurrently. 

WHAT MAJOR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND COMPETENCY WOULD YOU LIKE TO ATTAIN 

VIA ATTENDANCE IN THIS PROGRAM? 

ADD ANY OTHER INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL MAY BE IMPORTANT TO OUR ASSESSMENT OF YOUR 

APPLICATION. (Personal contributions which you feel could enhance the program 

for other students, etc.). 

IN TERMS OF A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM, DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL LIFE-STYLE REQUIREMENTS? 

(eg. vegetarian food, habits). 

WHILE IT IS NOT REQUIRED, IT DOES ASSIST US TO RELATE TO YOUR APPLICATION IN A 

MORE PERSONAL WAY IF YOU ATTACH A PHOTO, OR A SAMPLE OF YOUR WORK, OR ANY OTHER 

MATERIAL WHICH ADDS A PERSONAL DIMENSION TO YOUR APPLICATION. 

PLEASE RETURN YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE TO: 

Dr. M. McClaren 

Faculty of Education 

Simon Fraser University 

Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 

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ENVIROtZO

q 7M, EDUCATION

This suntr, the Facnflt of Edi.cation at Simon Fraser University will repeat 

the offering of its Summer Institute in Environmental Education. This pro- 

grain is a credit offering, with a value of 8 semester hours. It consists 

of two courses, Education 452-4 and Education 462-4, taught concurrently 

as a ccxrbined offering. 

rfl Summer Institute is designed to help teachers and other persons concerned 

Ut the human environment to develop their awareness and understanding of 

the problems facing our planet. It is an interdisciplinary program, designed 

for persons teaching from K-Adult Education. The program is also highly 

field-experience oriented, placing students in first-hand contact with 

b-ith urban and wilderness settings. 

This offering is residential and total immersion in format -- the teaching 

t:earn and students live in resident for a 26-day period, during the month 

of July. It is expected that this program will be offered this si.rrrrer in 

Kimloops, B.C. Tuition is Regular Summer Sessional or serrstral tuition, 

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an additional fee of $35.00 for field travel and a nominal fee for 

residence accommodation ($25.00 in 1978). Students are organized into 

groups to plan and arrange their own food. 

If you are interested in Outdoor Education, Field Studies, Outdoor Recrea- 

tion, Adventure and Challenge Education, or in Environmental Studies in any 

form, this program should be of interest to you. 

For further information, write: 

Dr. Milton McClaren ? 

Dr. Marvin Wideen 

Director, Professional Programs 

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Director, Undergraduate Programs 

Simon Fraser University 

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Faculty of Education 

Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 

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Simon Fraser University 

Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 

Telephone: (604) 291-4326 

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SIMON FAUN

UNIVERSITY.

$uHPIASY S.C. CANADA

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FACULTY OF

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S(*ER INSTITUTE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 

APPLICATION QUESTIONNAIRE 

The reason for the Questionnaire is simply that we will have many more Applications 

for, the Summer Institute than spaces. This fact makes It necessary for us to select 

from the total pool of applicants. We could use an arbitrary criterion--first come, 

first served, or the Grade Point Average. However, the Summer Institute Is a resi- 

dential experience in which the students learn a great deal from each other. It is 

therefore very important for us to select a group of students who are diverse In 

their age, experience, interests, and abilities. So, our major selection criterion 

is that we attempt to produce a diverse group of students. 

The Summer Institute Is not a scaled down "Outward Bound" program, nor does it 

demand great outdoor skills and excellent physical Fitness. Persons up to sixty 

years of age ha 

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ve taken the program. We have had students with a large amount of 

previous outdoor or environmental education experience, but we have also had total 

novices. We hope that the program which we design is suited to the group which we 

have. We do however demand coninittment to learning and an openness to new experi- 

ence. The summer institute is a unique combination of hard work, risk, enjoyment, 

good people and study. 

Please 

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answer the attached questionnaire for-yourself (not as you-hope we want 

you to answer It). We have no hidden agenda---we have no Image of the "Ideal" 

summer institute student. If you want to add additional material, please do so. 

One thing which we have found helpful in the past Is a recent snapshot of yourself. 

This helps us to associate your name with a face and we feel that we begin to get 

to know you better that way. So, if you have a recent photo, please attach It. 

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NO:

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SEX:

ADDRESS.

PIDNE:

ARE YOU 

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LLED IN THE P.1). P 

PRESENT?

a'LErED 401/2?      

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LEED 

405? 

PLFASE INSERT THE NAME(S) OF YOUR FACULTY ASSOCIATE (S) 

401

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405

ARE YOU UNDERTAKING A MINOR IN

MVDXMIWAL EXjCATION?

HAVE

YOU ATrflJt) ANY

ENVIIODENrAL EDUCATION KSIDPS? 

WHICH ONE(S)?

IF YOU 

ARE NOT A SI'UDEWr IN P.D.P., PLEASE 

STATE YOUR PRESNI' OCCUPATION: 

PIJ-SE DESCRIBE BRIEFLY

EXPERIENCE(S) WITH REGARD TO A) TEACHING (GRADE, 

i1IB.TErS,

SJIJQL

DISTRICTS) AND B) ANY

INDLVE1rr WI'flI O(LYrCOOR

OR ENVIRCN-

MD11AL

EDUCATION: 

B)

ALL

STUD

ENTS IN EDUCATION452/462 

ARE REQUIRED

PART ICIPATE

AS A MMIER 

OF A FD) GROUP 

(SHARED PLANNING, PLJ1}SING AND PREPARATION OF MEALS);

MR THIS REASC!'1 WE REQUEST THE FOLLOWING fl)TI:

A) WHAT 

DIETARY PRFERECE_S (IF ANY)

IX) YOU HAVE? 

H) WHAT IS YOUR AVERAGE tlk]IY EXPENDITURE ON FOOD?

PLEASE 

IN LENGTH 

PC(X71PANY 

STATING: 

THIS 

APPLICATION

WITH A LETTER OF 

NO MDRE 

TIN

7M PS 

WHAT

PROGRAM'

T1fl}3S YOU COtJ]J) CCNrRIBTJrE TO

A RESfl)ENPmI. ENvI*Nj, MUCATION 

WHAT THINGS YOU MOST JDPE TO

GAIN FROM

THIS PROGRAM?

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APPLICATION FOR MINOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. 

ADDRESS: 

(Please use address where corres 

p

ondence, etc., can be sent to you during 

your attendence at SFU, includinci student teaching 

p

lacement in Ed.405.) 

AGE:     

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WHT ACE/GRADE LEVELS DO Y°tI HOPE TO TFPCH? 

ARE YOU AT PRESENT ENROLLED IN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: 

WHAT IS YOUR ACADEMIC MAJOR (or ACADEMIC Mff!flPS): 

HAVE YOU TAKEN Education 452-4 and Education 462-4, or their earlier equivalents 

as part of the Summer Institute in Environmental Education? 

Do you intend to apply for these courses in the forthcominci summer? 

Have You completed a Summer Institute Application form? 

Which courses do you wish to use to satisf 

y

the lower division pre-reciuisites for 

this minor. (Please indicate those 

y

ou have already taken.) 

* NOTE: You must take 9 semester hours of lower division pre-reouisites chosen 

from those listed in the calendar. 

Which Courses do You wish to use in addition to Educ. 452-4 and Educ. 462-4, to 

satisfy the requirements of the minor in terms of t'PPFP DIVISION courses? 

(Please indicate those 

y

ou have alread 

y

taken. Also please note that you cannot 

use the same course to satisf 

y

both the requirements of an Academic major or minor 

AND the Environmental Education minor.) 

*NOTE: In addition to Fduc.452-4 t, Educ. 462-4 you must select 6 to 10 semester 

hours of course work from the list of Upper Division courses ap 

p earina in the 

calendar.) 

Do you wish to make any special substitutions for courses listed in the calendar? 

(ea. courses not listed, hut which you feel are relevent, or courses taken at 

another universit y 

or collecie.) Please cive course title, describtion, credit 

value, and details of where and when 

y ou took it. 

APPLICATION F('R THE VTNOP IM ENVIPONMEMTL EIDI!CJTTflM. 

Do you have any special problems recardinci your a 

p

plication for the Minor 

and/or your satisfaction of its reouirements. (ea. Transfer Credit problems 

from another universit),.) 

NOTE: You will normall y 

he notified by mail of our approval /disapproval of your 

orooram. If we don't approve your nrooram 

y

ou will he asked to contact the 

supervisor of the minor for further consultation. We will try to accept 

all reasonable applications for the minor.) 

Signature of Applicant 

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Date 

Home or Pesidence telephone number: 

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EDUCATION 452-+ 

FIELD WORK AND CASE STUDIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 

SUMMER SESSION 1981

Education. 452 is intended to provide persons interested in Environmental Education with 

an opportunity to synthesize theory with practice. The course is experienti:al in 

nature, providing students with field work in settings representative of those used in 

school or agency-based environmental, education. Sample settings would include field 

studies in wilderness/rural areas, residential outdoor schools, marine education, urban 

studies, and challenge/adventure programs. 

The course approaches environmental education from a multi-disciplinary perspective, 

addressing the relationship among learning environment, teaching strategies, educational 

objectives. It is designed to be appropriate to teachers who work with students, from 

kindergarten to adulthood, in all subject fields. 

Students who undertake this course should be prepared to undertake field experiences 

in a number of different settings over a number of different time frames, ranging from 

single hour to multiple-day activities. The course operates in a small-group format, 

with students being placed in a group of fewer than ten persons under the supervision 

of an experienced instructor for all. field experiences. Experiences are, however., 

graded to the experience-level, fitness and personal competence of the group members-;, 

especially where such activities entail wilderness travel, or personal challenge. 

During the course each student will be asked to develop a personal learning contract 

in consultation with their instructor/group leader. The contract will be related to 

the student's teaching field and experience and must demonstrate a plan for learning, 

and an actual demonstration of competence. Contracts may be quite diverse, ranging 

from the production of a. curriculum for an Environmental Education program, to the 

actual leadership of a supervised group experience with children or adolescents. 

Criteria for evaluation will be integral to the contract. 

NOTE: Since the Summer of 1971 this course has been offered concurrently with Education 

462-4 as a component of the Summer Institute in Environmental Education, a residential, 

off-campus, total immersion program. The two courses have been offered only a summer' 

sessional courses during July. This pattern will be continued for the Summer of 1981, 

although student will have the option of living in residence, or of being non-residential, 

at least for the urban phases of the course. 

The university does provide transportation for group field activities, but students are 

required to pay a field activity fee of 

$35.00 

for the combination of Education 452 and 

462 in addition to their regular course tuition. The Faculty of Education has a limited 

amount of outdoor recreation equipment: ensolites, backpacks, and sleeping bags, but 

students should have a basic set of outdoor equipment and clothing. A more detailed list 

of equipment requirements will be provided to students when they apply to register for 

the course. 

THIS COURSE REQUIRES PERMISSION FROM THE INSTRUCTOR PRIOR TO FINAL PRE-REGISTRATION. 

(Applications are available from the office of Undergraduate Programs) 

See Ed, 462-4 on reverse 

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EDUCATION 

462-4 

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 

SUMMER SESSION 1981

This course is intended for persons who are interested in the design, implementation, 

operation, and evaluation of prograrrwhich help people to understand the relationship 

between humans and their environment. The course approaches environmental education from 

an inter- or Multidisciplinary perspective. All aspects of the environment are considered, 

ranging from personal life space, immediate neighhourhoods, 

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to urban. and wilderness 

settings. The course also examines the environment from aesthetic, humanistic, and 

scientific vantage points. 

It is the intention of the course that students will acquire the following knowledge 

and skills: 

(1)

they will understand the various ways in which the human environment can be described 

and in which human beings interact with the environment. 

(2)

students will explore current environmental problems such as population and pollution 

from a personal, local, national, and global perspective. They will examine the 

claims of major writers regarding the seriousness of current problems and the 

possible solutions to them. 

(3)

students will consider the educational. implications of environmental problems in 

terms of the relationship of such concerns to teaching acts which purport to develop 

skills in thinking, problem-solving, decision-making and value clarification. 

(4)

students will examine the major educational programs which claim to develop 

environmental understanding or awareness. They will become familiar with the. 

instructional strategies used in the programs, and with the claims o 

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f their authors. 

(5)

students will be introduced to methods in the development and implementation of 

curriculum, with particular emphasis on Environmental Education program. .Thev,will 

also examine the relationships among outdoor education, outdoor recreation, challenge 

education, environmental studies, experiential education, and environmental sciences. 

(6)

students will be asked to demonstrate/acquire several major competencies. First, 

they will be expected to know the major types of Environmental Education programs 

now offered in the B.C. school curriculum. Second, they will be expected to be able 

to provide a detailed plan for. the operation of at least two major types of school 

experiences: eg. a five day Outdoor School and a one-day nature walk in an urban 

park. Third, they will be expected to be able to list the major logistical-safety 

considerations which surround the program types and to provide a plan for dealing 

with them. 

NOTE: This course is offered concurrently with Education 

452-4. 

In a sense, Education 

452

is the "laboratory" component of the Education 

462

experience---providirig students 

with an opportunity to experience various forms of Environmental Education programming 

first hand, and to actually implement ideas and programs.. Since 1971,. Education. 

452

and

Education 

462

have been taught concurrently as a pair of integrated courses offered in 

a residential, off-campus, total immersion format. 

This course is designed for teachers of all age-grade levels and of all subjects. 

PERMISSION IS REQUIRED FROM THE INSTRUCTOR FOR ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO REGISTER IN THIS 

COURSE. STUDENTS SHOULD OBTAIN THE APPLICATION QUESTIONNAIRE BEFORE COMPLETING PRE- 

REGISTRATION. (Applications are available from the office of Undergraduate Programs) 

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THE SUMMER

INSTITUIE IN ENVIR(?

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ITAL EDUCATION.

The Summer Institute in Environmental Education is a unique program 

which is designed to prepare teachers, recreation workers, community 

workers, park naturalists, resource managers, and conservationists to 

deal with the total spectrum of Environmental Education. 

What is Environmental Edi. cation? 

Environmental Education is designed to create understanding of the 

total human environment- 

--

an environment that is as complex as human 

nature itself. The human environment includes awareness of oneself, 

of other people, of communities, of cities, and of natural associations 

of living things. Environmental Education is not just another name for 

"Outdoor Education", but Outdoor Education is an important element in 

the total spectrum of Environmental Education which includes Urban Studies, 

Environmental Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Studies, Outdoor Recreation, 

and Wilderness Experience programs. 

Environmental Education is not a subject-- 

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it is a strand woven through the 

entire process of schooling and really through the total lifelong experience 

of learning. Environmental Education must provide an awareness of the relation- 

ships between man and the environment, but it must also provide an understanding 

of cause and effect, of values and attitudes, and of alternatives and choices. 

Environmental Education must provoke the development of inquiry skills and 

of creative thinking. It must help learners to develop a sense of personal 

effectiveness and competence. 

We take the view that contemporary Environmental Education must be based on 

the awareness of certain principles. These are that: 

-the present day Environmental problems of the world are 

serious, and should have priority; 

-the nature of present-day environmental problems makes 

action imperative- 

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- time is short; 

-the knowledge is available now, in many cases, to solve 

or to drastically reduce these problems; 

-all the available media of education must be used fully 

if people are to be made aware of the problems and are 

to be given an opportunity to make choices, to apply 

known solutions, and to invent needed new solutions. 

It is in the context of these remarks that the Summer Institute in Environmental 

Education has been developed. 

WHAT IS THE SUMMER INSTITUTE: 

The Sumer Institute arose from a unique synthesis of the efforts of Kamloops 

School District, the Division of Continuing Studies at Simon Fraser University, 

and the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. The summer institute 

was initially developed as a credit granting, in-service education program for 

teachers. It now serves student teachers as well as students of recreation, 

resource management, and community education. 

In the Summer Institute format a learning community is established to study the 

human environment on an intense, total inmersion basis, for a one month period. 

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The community consists of approximately 70 students and ten faculty menbers. 

At some time or another during the course of the program virtually every 

member of the community functions as a teacher, and at other times as a 

student. 

The members of the community are selected from those who apply in order to 

provide the most diverse range of age, formal educational preparation, 

teaching experience, and life experience. Many of the persons in attendance 

are teachers or student teachers. Some have extensive previous outdoor 

experience---others are novices. Some have backgrounds in the social sciences, 

some in the humanities, some in the arts, and some in the sciences. The 

teaching team is likewise diverse, representing the disciplines of the sciences, 

education, geography and the social sciences, architecture and planning, 

as well as the perspectives of conservationists, outdoor recreationists, and 

environmentalists. 

This learning community operates for this one month period from a "base" in 

a Secondary School in a selected B.C. location. In the past the course has been 

offered in Kamloops, Sooke, and Sechelt, and at the Strathcona Outdoor Center. 

At this time we are exploring 

appropriate 

locations for the summer of 1981. 

The base serves as a dormitory, laboratory, workshop, seminar room, lecture 

theatre, and gymnasium. For portions of the course the community members hike 

and live in the wilderness, in groups and alone. In other portions the 

community focusses its attention on urban problems, the problems of the city 

and its people. In all of the activities of the course the educational 

implications of the experience are stressed. The students are urged to 

see themselves as designers and creators of educational experiences, 

regardless of what age student they plan to teach. 

The Sumer Institute is not a mini-"Outward Bound" program, although it 

incorporates elements ofysical and personal challenge in wilderness 

settings. The program is not a training school for outdoor recreation 

leaders, although it does try to give students essential leadership skills; 

the program is not field biology, although we do try to develop a basic 

literacy in students concerning the major life forms of this region. As one 

element of the program each student will develop a personal contract for 

a learning project which is of interest and importance to him or her. 

CWRSE OFFERINGS, APPLICATION, AND REGISTRATION. 

The Sumer Institute in Environmental Education consists of two courses, 

although these will be taught concurrently and in a completely integrated 

fashion. These course are: 

Education 452-4: Environmental Education; 

and; 

Education 462-4: Case Studies and Field Work in 

Environmental Education. 

All students in the Summer Institute undertake both of these courses, for 

a total value of eight semester hours of credit. 

To apply for the Summer Institute you must first apply to the University 

for Admission under one of the several categories of admission: 

-Special Student: you already have a degree from 

another university and you aren't applying for a 

Degree program at S.F.U.; 

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-Undergraduate Admission: you want to enrol in a 

program which could eventually lead to an under- 

graduate degree; 

-Admission as an Auditor: you do not want to take the 

courses

for academic credit 

If

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ou are alread 

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a student at S.F.U.. or if y ou have been re gistered in 

the past year, you can Pre-Register on the normal university pre-registration 

form. Students 

in

the Professional Development Program may incorporate the 

Summer Institute:as the Summer Sessional Component of their Education 404 

semester. Forms for admission or pre-registration are available from the 

office of the Registrar, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia. 

In addition to applying to the university, you must also complete a 

special

Application Questionnaire for the Summer Institute. These 

forms

help us 

to select

the students for the learning community by providing us with 

additional 

information

about your experience, skills, interests, and goals. 

We regret having to make selections from among applicants, but we always 

have more applications than spaces in the program. 

The

university will not finally 

process

your Pre-Registration until they 

are advised by us that you have been accepted for the summer institute. 

The Application Questionnaire for the program may be obtained from: 

Dr. Milton McClaren, 

Faculty of Education 

Simon Fraser University 

Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 

ACCO*DDATION, FEES, AND SPECIAL REQUIREMFNFS. 

The tuition fee for the program is normal university tuition for an 8 semester 

hour program (included in the Education 404 fee for students in the Professional 

Development Program). In addition, a special activity fee is charged to help 

defray the expenses of a field program of this type. In the Summer of 1981 

it is expected that this fee will be $35.00. 

Accommodation is available in the secondary school. This normally costs 

$25.00 for the month. Students are placed 

in

cooking groups and they plan 

and cook their own meals during the program, so food costs are equivalent 

to those at home. 

A list of clothing and equipment needs is sent to students before the outset 

of the course. Basic outdoor recreational clothing and equipment for summer 

conditions is required. The university does have some basic items of equipment: 

packs, sleeping bags, and rain gear, available for loan during the program. 

Students are also sent a set of pre-reading materials before the course 

commences. Students do not need to be exceptionally fit, but students with 

special medical needs are advised to consult with their physicians before 

attending in order to obtain advice concerning the effects of hiking, special 

needs, etc. 