EDUCATION 489-4
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    EXPERIMENTAL COURSE: ISSUES FOR THE BEGINNING TEACHER
    INTERSESSION, 1985
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    INSTRUCTOR: Dennis Smith
    MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAY,
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    LOCATION: MPX 7504
    1:00 - 4:50
    Participants in this course will tacke some of the non-curricular
    concerns of beginning teachers. The overall design can be divided
    into three main themes; The Self (exploring the particular demands
    teaching places on the individual); The School (its social, administrative,
    political, cultural workings); and The System (the large-scale factors
    affecting education). Among the particular topics we will touch upon
    are the stresses (and joys) of first-year teaching and how to manage
    (and relish) them, setting personal goals, substitute teaching,
    alterantives to teaching, establishing one's own classroom, continuous
    professional development, and policy-making in the B.C. system.
    Within the course's general plan, students will also define their own
    issues, based upon personal experiences and needs. Since the course is
    intended to be practical, students will be required to produce work that
    is personally useful and useful to other beginning teachers. A variety
    of assignments will be proposed, including a major project, as well as
    readings and short written assignment.
    The design of the course includes a weekly sesion that will be open to
    all interested 404 students.

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