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EDUC-5703. Contemporary Math Concepts for Elementary Educators
This course will focus on the Big Ideas of how children in grades K-5 develop mathematically, with a primary focus on Number Sense and Operations. Throughout the course, participants will develop a greater level of mathematics concept and content knowledge and a wider array of teaching strategies for the specific topics and units of interest to them. Emphasis will be placed on the development and implementation of a Balanced Mathematics program in elementary classrooms.
EDUC-5713. Contemporary Mathematics Concepts for Middle Level Educators
This course will focus on the Big Ideas of how students at the middle level develop mathematically, with a primary focus on Number Sense and Operations. Throughout the course, participants will develop a greater level of mathematics concept and content knowledge and a wider array of teaching strategies for the specific topics and units of interest to them. Emphasis will be placed on the development and implementation of a Balanced Mathematics program in middle level classrooms.
EDUC-5723. Contemporary Science Concepts for Elementary Educators
This Education Institute course is intended for practicing elementary school teachers and focuses on the science-related instructional units of the K-2 You and Your World Curriculum as well as the instructional units from the Atlantic Canada Science Curriculum for grades 3 to 5. The intent of the course is for participants to develop the content mastery, pedagogical skills and the confidence necessary to foster engaging, inquiry-based science lessons for their students.
EDUC-5733. Contemporary Science Concepts for Secondary Science Educators
This Education Institute course is intended for practicing middle level and early high school science teachers and focuses on the instructional units of the Atlantic Canada Science Curriculum for grades 6 to 10. The intent of the course is for participants to develop the content mastery, pedagogical skills and the confidence necessary to foster engaging, inquiry-based science lessons for their students.
EDUC-6113. Introduction to Classroom Action Research
This is a first of two action research courses. Participants in the course will examine the use of action research methodology to investigate problems of professional practice and their solutions.
EDUC-6123. Conducting Classroom Action Research
Each participant will conduct classroom research to answer questions posed in EDUC 6113 and to produce a formal, written document which describes the research question, the research on similar topics, the methodology used, and the results and conclusions. Prerequisite: EDUC 6113.
EDUC-6133. Shared Leadership
This course examines the evolution of school administration and the roles expected of the principal as a school leader. Students will examine the requirements for school improvement and the disjunction between current leadership and improvement goals. Cultural, social, and institutional barriers that prevent teachers from building leadership capacity in schools will be discussed. Students will apply the leadership skills of trust building, team building, conflict resolution, change agency, and decision making to the development of teacher leadership. The capstone assignment will focus on a practical plan to improve leadership capacity within the school district.
EDUC-6143. The Professional Learning Community
This course examines schools as learning organizations. It focuses on the philosophical and operational changes essential for the transformation of schools from the traditional bureaucratic paradigm to a learning community model. Topics include teacher collaboration in lesson planning, instructional practices and assessment. Students will be expected to complete an analysis of their own school in which they identify the barriers to implementing the professional learning community model and submit a paper outlining both their analysis and plans for transforming their school culture and operations.
EDUC-6153. Assessment as an Instructional Practice
This course examines assessment in a broad context with a focus on the role that assessment plays in improving instructional strategies and student motivation. Students will review current research on assessment practices and how mental models of assessment impact decisions that drive classroom and school operations. Daily assignments will lead students to examine the shifting educational beliefs and values as schools wrestle with the expectations of skills, knowledge and dispositions required for the 21st Century. The primary focus of discussions will be the transition of assessment as post-instructional system of sorting and ranking students to one that incorporates strategies before, during and after instruction to maximize student learning. The major assignment will focus on transforming the traditional assessment approach to a system that improves student achievement by addressing readiness, intervention and motivation for learning.
EDUC-6233. Curriculum and Instruction for Gifted Learners
This course involves the study of differentiated curriculum and instruction for gifted learners. The course will focus on key content, process, product, concept and implementation issues in working with the gifted in various domains of inquiry. Additionally, curricula accommodations/modifications for those gifted students with additional learning needs or differences will be examined.
EDUC-6243. Creativity and Cognition in Gifted Education
This advanced course focuses on the theory, research, and application of creativity in education and other learning contexts. It engages students in understanding and mastering the tool skills and processes of divergent thinking in designing educational products.
EDUC-6253. Introduction to Gifted Education
This course offers practical methods and strategies for challenging the most able students in the inclusive setting and beyond. Research-based standards for teacher preparation in gifted education will provide a framework as set out by the American National Association for Gifted Children and the Council for Exceptional Children. Drawing from historic, as well as current theory and practice, this course will enable educators to meet the diverse needs of their gifted and talented students.
EDUC-6503. Teaching for and About Human Rights
This course is offered during Education Institute designed for B.Ed. students, teachers, practicing teachers and professionals in related fields. The course introduces participants to the various rights, instruments, and issues relevant to the classroom and provides opportunities for teachers and others to increase their knowledge in the human rights field.
EDUC-6633. Elementary and Middle Math
This Education Institute course is intended for practicing elementary and middle school teachers and focuses on the Big Ideas of how children in grades 3-8 develop mathematically, with a primary focus on Number Sense and Operations. The intent of the course is for participants to develop a greater level of mathematics concept and content knowledge and a wider array of teaching strategies for the specific topics and units of interest to them. Emphasis will be placed on the development and implementation of a Balanced Mathematics program in elementary and middle level classrooms.
EDUC-6733. Teaching Elementary & Middle Level Science
This Education Institute course is intended for practicing elementary and middle school teachers and focuses on the science-related instructional units of the K-2 You and Your World Curriculum as well as the instructional units from the Atlantic Canada Science Curriculum for grades 3 to 8. The intent of the course is for participants to develop the content mastery, and pedagogical skills necessary to foster engaging, inquiry-based science lessons for their students.
EDUC-6823. Writing Across Disciplines
This Education Institute course is intended for educators and other professionals interested in writing across various disciplines. Based on understandings of writing in academic, workplace, and personal contexts, this course recognizes the importance of communicating ideas and information in multiple ways. Students will draw on theoretical understandings and engage in practical exercises designed to create a foundation for strong writing skills. Participants will learn to identify and model good writing across various curricula and contexts.
EDUC-6853. Drama As a Way of Knowing
In this course, students will explore the medium of drama to understand how this complex expressive form may embody and transform our knowledge about the world in which we live. Course readings, seminars, and drama experiences will provide participants with the opportunity to examine the challenges of integrating drama or any of the arts into existing curricula and to practice using drama as a way of knowing in their own teaching. Drama as a means of collecting data or reporting findings in qualitative research will also be discussed. Prerequisite: EDUC 5853, or the permission of the instructor, since some experience/comfort level with drama is necessary.
EDUC-6903. Teaching Internationally: Perspectives & Practice
This Education Institute course is intended for anyone interested in international teaching. Historical and contemporary perspectives will contextualize student learning about the types of international education, the policies underpinning them, and the communities they serve. A range of issues will be covered, and provide individual inquiries into (a) opportunities for teaching internationally, (b) curriculum, pedagogy, and practice in the lives of international educators, and (c) theory and research relevant to the field of international education.