Literacy Development
How does this course support learners outside K-12 teaching contexts?
This course is targeted to those who want to learn about or already facilitate literacy instruction across a variety of contexts (e.g., daycare, preschool, K-12, college, ESL programs, specialized private programs).
Critical Foundations of Literacy
How does this course support learners outside K-12 teaching contexts?
This course is targeted to those who want to learn about or already facilitate literacy instruction across a variety of contexts (e.g., daycare, preschool, K-12, college, ESL programs, specialized private programs). Topics include an overview of theories of literacy development from various eras (including cognitive and sociocultural perspectives), the reading brain, the history of the English language, technology and literacy, and reading comprehension.
Supporting Innovative Thinking
How does this course support learners outside K-12 teaching contexts?
This is a discussion-post heavy course which creates valuable conversations between students from different teaching contexts. The assignments also offer opportunities for those outside the K-12 to draw from their personal and professional experiences. Many of the discussions ask for "life" examples through which to explore the course readings. The assessment points are open to non K-12 examples.
The Connected Classroom
How does this course support learners outside K-12 teaching contexts?
Connected learning and pedagogical approaches can be applied to any educational context. The projects in this course are designed to examine teaching and learning approaches and hence can be applied to any context, either in K-12 or in vocational and advanced learning situations. The final assignment allows students to envision what connected learning might look like within their context.
Innovative Curriculum Planning
How does this course support learners outside K-12 teaching contexts?
This is an applied curriculum course. Students in the course are asked to take course readings and apply them directly to professional practice. If your professional practice requires you to develop and facilitate instruction, this is a great class for you. This course does contain instructional readings on higher education and workplace instruction. If you are looking for a more theoretical approach to curriculum, then GDE/PME 810 is a more appropriate class.
Conducting Quality Program Evaluations
How does this course support learners outside K-12 teaching contexts?
This course focuses on how the theory and practice of program evaluation could allow program personnel to better meet the demands of administering and managing programs to better serve the needs of their clients. Course readings, learning activities, and assignments are highly relevant and applicable across diverse professional contexts.
Planning and Implementing Effective Classroom Assessment
How does this course support learners outside K-12 teaching contexts?
The principles of classroom assessment can be applied across diverse educational and professional contexts. Course content, learning activities, and assignments are relevant for any professionals interested in data-informed improvement.
Using Classroom and Large-Scale Assessment Data
How does this course support learners outside K-12 teaching contexts?
Classroom and large-scale assessment principles and practices can be applied across diverse educational and professional contexts. There is latitude in all course learning activities and assignments to explore and discuss assessment outside K-12 contexts (e.g., higher education, medicine, business, and government). Diverse professional perspectives about assessment are encouraged in discussions and enrich collective learning in the course.
Indigenous Languages and Language Teaching
How does this course support learners outside K-12 teaching contexts?
This course examines the evolution of Indigenous languages. Course learning activities and assignments are relevant and applicable across diverse professional contexts.
Each student’s professional practice and goals are unique. We highly encourage students to reach out to their course instructors at the start of the term to discuss the relevance and application of course learning and assignments to their own learning goals and context of practice.
Policy and Models in Canadian Indigenous Education
How does this course support learners outside K-12 teaching contexts?
This course examines the formation and implementation of policy. Course learning activities and assignments are relevant and applicable across diverse professional contexts.
Each student’s professional practice and goals are unique. We highly encourage students to reach out to their course instructors at the start of the term to discuss the relevance and application of course learning and assignments to their own learning goals and context of practice.