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Educational Foundations
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Courses in this department are offered according to availability as listed in the applicable Registration Guide.

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE COURSES
EDFDT 101.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» Introduction to Education
1(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the College of Education.

Lays foundations for the study of education and pedagogy. The equity component presents a moral basis for questioning personal attitudes and public practices concerning race, gender, exceptionalities, and class. The epistemological component provides a context for understanding the learning process and curriculum development.

EDFDT 335.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» First Nations and Cross-Cultural Education: An Introduction
1&2(3L)
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): EDFDT 101 and 3 credit units in Native Studies or permission of the department.

Analyzes educational issues of a politically, economically, and culturally diverse society. Theory and practice of cross-cultural, multicultural and anti-racist education from the perspectives of First Nations/Metis, immigrant and ethnic minorities are evaluated. The ideological and philosophical premises of these approaches are considered. The role and responsibility of educators in ensuring equity and promoting cross-cultural understanding are examined.

All 400-level courses require the successful completion of EDFDT 101. In cases where prerequisites cannot be met, students must request special permission from the Department Head.

EDFDT 432.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» Philosophy of the Curriculum
1/2(3L) IS/SS
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 60 credit units at the university.

Students will explore the extent to which political, economic, and social factors influence school curriculum. They will acquire tools of argument for justifying curriculum proposals and examine the process by which recent curriculum in Saskatchewan has been developed.

EDFDT 435.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» Educational Thought and Values: Critical Perspectives
2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): EX PR 402.

Explores the normative dimensions of teaching including the purposes of schooling, the capacities of an educated person, the scope of moral education, the valued characteristics of good teachers, and value issues related to different kinds of teaching and the content of what is to be learned.

EDFDT 436.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» Rationale, Theory and Practice of Co-operative Learning
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): EDFDT 335.

Examines current school practices and foundations of co-operative learning. Focuses on philosophical, historical, cultural and sociological analysis of competition, individualism, and co-operation in schools and examines societal implications of these notions, with particular reference to the workplace.

Note: Offered yearly in Spring and Summer Session.

EDFDT 440.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» An Introduction to Sociology of Education
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): EDFDT 101 or permission of the department.

Examines schooling and the education system from the perspective of sociological theories. Social factors will be discussed critically in light of gender, race, class and sexuality. Emphasis is on the role of the teacher in today's society.

EDFDT 454.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» International Education Study Tour
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 60 credit units at the university level.

Students are introduced to the culture of the designated country and the history and structure of its education system through pre-departure readings and seminars. While on tour, students will analyze the relationships between cultural tradition, economic and political structures, and education through visits, attending seminars, and recording observations in journals.

Note: Offered Spring Session 2004.

EDFDT 480.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» Educating for a Global Society
2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): EX PR 402 or permission of the department.

Focuses on intercultural and international relationships in education with an emphasis on the growing independence brought about by a global culture. Topics include development education, ecological education, human rights education and peace education.

EDFDT 481.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» Education and the Environment
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): EDFDT 101 or permission of the department.

Prepares students to integrate environmental concerns into their teaching. Environmental education's history is traced and its theories explored. Issues involved in providing environmental education in schools are discussed.

EDFDT 482.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» Women and Education
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): EDFDT 101 or permission of the department.

Using an interdisciplinary approach, explores the social institutions and practices which contribute to and reinforce gendered identities: family, church, state, schools and popular culture. A limited historical overview of the education of females in the Canadian context is provided. Feminist critiques of formal education are studied.

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