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Educational Foundations
Department of Educational Foundations, College of Education

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

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE COURSES
EFDT 101.3
Introduction to Education
1(2L-1S)
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.

EFDT 335.3
Introduction to First Nations and Cross Cultural Education
1&2(3L)
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): EFDT 101 and 3 credit units in Native Studies or permission of the department.

Analyzes the social production of identities, systems of oppression, and the ideologies, policies, and practices that sustain inequities in Canadian society. The role and responsibility of educators to promote social justice and to effect social change are examined.

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

EFDT 435.3
Critical Perspectives in Educational Thought and Values
2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): EXPR 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.

EFDT 436.3
Rationale Theory and Practice of Cooperative Learning
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): EFDT 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.

EFDT 440.3
Introduction to Sociology of Education
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): EFDT 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.

EFDT 454.3
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.

EFDT 480.3
Educating for Global Society
2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): EXPR 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, globalization and education.

EFDT 481.3
Education and Environment
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): EFDT 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.

EFDT 482.3
Women and Education
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): EFDT 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.

EFDT 483.3
Women and Teaching Profession
2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): EFDT 101 or permission of the department.

Traces women's relation to the occupation of teaching in Canada as it developed and changed over time, and as it is currently. Topics include the historical evolution of teaching, feminization and professionalization, unionization, and women teacher's entry into administrative positions and institutions of higher education.

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