Academic Calendar - 2024
Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024
Education
This course will consider various perceptions of the purpose and function of schooling, explore the culture of schools, and examine the characteristics and role of the teaching profession. The course is designed for students who are considering a teaching career, and for others interested in the social issues of schooling.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 1.00
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Three broad themes concerning the nature of science, curriculum, and learning underlie a focus on educational issues in the teaching and learning of the natural and mathematical sciences at the secondary school level. Includes observation in secondary school science classrooms.
Prerequisite(s): Education 2200E.
Extra Information: 2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory (i.e., 3 hr. school observation) per week.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Using postfoundational theories, students consider pedagogies that invite and support young children to encounter, experiment, and engage with literacy and numeracy in ways that honour their lifeworlds and reflect the intentions of pertinent Canadian curricula (e.g., BC's Early Learning Framework, Ontario's How does Learning Happen?).
Extra Information: 4 hours.
Course Weight: 1.00
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An intensive course for intermediate-level French speakers who intend to teach FSL in Ontario. Students will enhance fluency through teaching simulations, cultural and language-based challenges, grammar in action pedagogies, and a communicative approach to language learning. Topics include syntactic expansion, vocabulary for French teaching, and emphasis on real-world teaching scenarios.
Prerequisite(s): French 1910.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours. Taught in French.
Course Weight: 1.00
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Classroom Learning Theory and Practice: A formal discussion of the activities and events of the former Education 2401B, Education 3402B, and Education 4405B - Professional Practice in Context, including analysis of teaching experiences and critical reflection on the work of teachers in schools.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Concurrent students participate in a culminating Education program that puts the prior learning of the concurrent program into the context of professional practice. Course content includes community learning, workshops, seminars, lectures, and professional reflection. Assignments include an essay on the issues and concerns of professional practice in relation to particular teaching subjects.
Extra Information: 4 hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Education
This course will consider various perceptions of the purpose and function of schooling, explore the culture of schools, and examine the characteristics and role of the teaching profession. The course is designed for students who are considering a teaching career, and for others interested in the social issues of schooling.
Extra Information: 3 hours.
Course Weight: 1.00
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Three broad themes concerning the nature of science, curriculum, and learning underlie a focus on educational issues in the teaching and learning of the natural and mathematical sciences at the secondary school level. Includes observation in secondary school science classrooms.
Prerequisite(s): Education 2200E.
Extra Information: 2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory (i.e., 3 hr. school observation) per week.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Using postfoundational theories, students consider pedagogies that invite and support young children to encounter, experiment, and engage with literacy and numeracy in ways that honour their lifeworlds and reflect the intentions of pertinent Canadian curricula (e.g., BC's Early Learning Framework, Ontario's How does Learning Happen?).
Extra Information: 4 hours.
Course Weight: 1.00
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An intensive course for intermediate-level French speakers who intend to teach FSL in Ontario. Students will enhance fluency through teaching simulations, cultural and language-based challenges, grammar in action pedagogies, and a communicative approach to language learning. Topics include syntactic expansion, vocabulary for French teaching, and emphasis on real-world teaching scenarios.
Prerequisite(s): French 1910.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours. Taught in French.
Course Weight: 1.00
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Classroom Learning Theory and Practice: A formal discussion of the activities and events of the former Education 2401B, Education 3402B, and Education 4405B - Professional Practice in Context, including analysis of teaching experiences and critical reflection on the work of teachers in schools.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Concurrent students participate in a culminating Education program that puts the prior learning of the concurrent program into the context of professional practice. Course content includes community learning, workshops, seminars, lectures, and professional reflection. Assignments include an essay on the issues and concerns of professional practice in relation to particular teaching subjects.
Extra Information: 4 hours.