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Education EDUC

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Note: Additional Education courses are offered under the course headings Applied Psychology, Education In-Service, and Educational Research.

Instruction offered by members of the Division of Teacher Preparation in the Faculty of Education and by others.

Associate Dean - O. Chapman

Junior Courses

Education 201

Introduction to Educational Studies

This course aims to provide an introduction to the breadth and complexity of educational studies. Unique among academic domains, educational studies not only arises in the intersections of many other fields – including psychology, sociology, anthropology, and a range of disciplinary domains – it must also be responsive to a rapidly changing world.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Notes: All students must successfully complete this course prior to beginning Semester 1 of the BEd.

Senior Courses

Education 401

Issues in Learning and Teaching

Presents an overview of the central issues related to the nature of learning and teaching for those preparing for the teaching profession. Themes include: the nature of learning; current realities in society; patterns of growth and development; and the changing dynamics of the teaching profession.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Education 402

Principles of Educational Psychology

Covers key topics in contemporary educational psychology, including: teacher decision making; cognitive and linguistic development; personal, social, and moral development; individual and group differences; learning and behaviour processes; learning and cognitive processes; knowledge instruction and higher-order thinking; social-cognitive views of learning; motivation, affect, and cognition; instructional strategies; productive classroom environments; assessment.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Education 403

Pragmatics of Learning and Teaching

Examines the concomitant requirements within which teachers operate. The major components that will be addressed include the ways in which teachers work within the parameters of prescribed curricula and assessment requirements, follow system and school policies, participate in team teaching and school culture, and reflect one’s work, values and goals.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Education 404

Reading Learning and Teaching

The orienting principle is that every teacher is a teacher of reading. Includes a focus on the necessity for teachers across all disciplines and grades to attend to dimensions of language development, linguistic diversity, and literacy learning in their classrooms.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Education 405

Field Experience I

Students will participate in Educational Rounds in school settings within and outside of their areas of specializations under the guidance of their university advisor and the partner school leadership team. They will explore the organization of learning in the school and the perspective of the learner and the teacher.
Course Hours: H(0-3)
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

Education 406

Individual Learning: Theories and Applications

Covers contemporary theories regarding the nature of individual learning. Students will examine the ways educators guide and support learning, design effective learning experiences, and understand underpinning factors related to individual learning. The application of these theories will be examined using examples that demonstrate and exemplify individual learning.

Course Hours: Q(3-0)

Education 407

Diversity in Learning

Includes key topics in inclusive education from an interdisciplinary perspective. The development and conception of diversity of learning will be examined from historical and contemporary perspectives. Building upon this foundation, students will consider the multiple and contested ways in which diversity of learning has been conceived, implemented and evaluated in schools.

Course Hours: H(3-0)

Education 408

Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

Focuses on adult education perspectives on lifelong learning and the teaching profession. It emphasizes how novice teachers understand and encourage their learning, and the impacts of that learning on their teaching practice. Theoretical frameworks, philosophical underpinnings and reflections on experiences of adult learning will be explored.

Course Hours: H(3-0)

Education 409

Specialization I

Introduction on enacting pedagogy in each of the specialization in the program and pedagogical content knowledge in each specialization. Includes disciplinary ways of knowing, doing and being; understanding the Alberta Programs of Study; designing for deep understanding of learners.

Course Hours: H(3-0)

Education 410

Integration Seminar I

Offers inquiry-oriented opportunities to integrate the educational issues and topics/ideas developed in the other Semester 2 common components in the context of the specializations and the field.
Course Hours: Q(0-3S)
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

Education 411

Field Experience II

This block field experience will have major focus on the complexities of individual learning. Prospective teachers will have the opportunity to follow individual students through various classroom s within their assigned schools under the guidance of their university advisors and partner school leadership teams.
Course Hours: H(0-3)
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

Education 501

Socio-Cultural Theories of Learning

Drawing on sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, youth studies, and critical pedagogy, this course examines how histories and socio-cultural contexts contribute to the formation of personal and collective identities. The intent is to highlight the pragmatic value of critical understandings of the collective, connected, and contested dimensions of human learning.
Course Hours: Q(3-0)

Education 502

Interdisciplinary Learning

Students will be introduced to new knowledge building experiences that deepen their understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of learning and practice in schools and societies. Particular attention will address how teachers integrate ideas to connect learning and knowledge between subject specializations in attending to complex forms of learning and understanding, and how teachers understand their agency and leadership roles in concert with the responsibility that accompanies it.

Course Hours: Q(3-0)

Education 503

Policy and Leadership

An introduction to the historical genesis and institutional structure of Alberta's system of education; an understanding of its legal underpinnings; an opportunity for dialogue on current major issues in education; and discussion involving ethical decision-making surrounding educational issues.

Course Hours: Q(3-0)

Education 504

English Language Learners

Students will be introduced to topics related to English Language Learners the Grades K–12 context. Focus will be on the theoretical and pedagogical perspectives surrounding English as a second language instruction and ways in which to attend to increasingly linguistically diverse classrooms in responding to all language learning needs.
Course Hours: Q(3-0)

Education 505

FNMI History, Education and Leadership

Students will be introduced to the national and international experiences and advances of Indigenous people as related to education. Particular attention will be given to understanding the histories and diversity of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples of Canada and the concomitant implications that this has for education policy and practice.
Course Hours: Q(3-0)

Education 506

Specialization II

Deepens students’ knowledge on enacting pedagogy in each of the specialization in the program and their pedagogical content knowledge in each specialization.

Course Hours: H(3-0)

Education 507

Integration Seminar II

Offers inquiry-oriented opportunities to integrate the educational issues and topics/ideas developed in the other Semester 3 common courses in the context of the specializations and the field.
Course Hours: Q(0-3S)
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

Education 508

Field Experience III

This team-oriented block practicum is founded upon the principles of collaborative learning. It includes structures and supports that promote positive interdependence, individual accountability, equal participation, and simultaneous interaction.
Course Hours: H(0-3)
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

Education 509

Elementary/Secondary Curriculum I

Focuses on enacting pedagogy in the core elementary and secondary school curriculum disciplines. Addresses generalist knowledge for the elementary route students in the core curriculum disciplines and more advanced content for the secondary route specializations.

Course Hours: H(3-0)

Education 510

Elementary/Secondary Curriculum II

Further develops the enactment of pedagogy in the core elementary and secondary school curriculum disciplines.

Course Hours: H(3-0)

Education 511

Assessment and Evaluation

An array of topics related to assessment to help students develop a professional level of knowledge, skills and attitudes in relation to the philosophy, theory and pedagogical application of assessment practices for K-12 education.

Course Hours: Q(3-0)

Education 512

Integration Seminar III

Offers inquiry-oriented opportunities to integrate the educational issues and topics/ideas developed in the other Semester 4 common course in the context of the specializations and the field.
Course Hours: Q(0-3S)
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

Education 513

Field Experience IV

In this extended block field experience, students will have an opportunity to work one-on-one to lead a class with a mentor teacher. They will be under the guidance of their university advisors and partner school leadership teams.

Course Hours: F(0-3)
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

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