Education - Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Education

Chair

Vera Woloshyn

Professors

Terrance Boak, Susan Drake, James Heap, Michael Kompf, Michael Manley-Casimir, Coral Mitchell, John Novak, Patrick O'Neill, Michael Owen, Lissa Paul, Vera Woloshyn

Associate Professors

Sandra Bosacki, Renée Kuchapski, Michelle McGinn, Jonathan Neufeld, Susan Tilley, Rosemary Young

Assistant Professors

Denise Armstrong, Ann-Marie DiBiase, Joe Engemann, Xiaobin Li, Dolana Mogadime, Michael O'Sullivan, Denise Paquette-Frenette, Mary-Louise Vanderlee

General Information

Administrative Co-ordinator

Lynn Duhaime

905-688-5550, extension 3340

Welch Hall 127

Administrative Assistants

Ethna Bernat

Janet Pollock

905-688-5550, extension 3082

http://www.ed.brocku.ca/Departments/grad/

The goals of the Department of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Education are threefold:

	To deliver a high-quality academic program that encompasses the major aspects of three areas of specialization
	To engage in research activities that enhance understanding of teaching/learning, curricular, or administrative processes
	To provide service to the educational community on how best to conceptualize, plan, deliver, and evaluate education

As the only department in the Faculty of Education that is not essentially devoted to professional training, and without a vested interest in the status quo, the department serves to facilitate the autonomous pursuit of knowledge and operates within a system of collegial review.

Undergraduate Courses

Undergraduate courses for those interested in obtaining a greater understanding of the field of education are offered for both full- and part-time students. Undergraduate degree credit may be given for EDUC 1F90, 1F95, 2F01, 2P65, 3F00, 3F01, 3F90, 3P40, 3P45, 3P50, 3P52, 3P60, 3P62, 3P90, 4P01, 4P02, 4P03, 4P04, 4P05, 4P15, 4P24 and 4P25.

Concurrent Programs

Undergraduate courses in education serve as electives and/or are mandated as part of the various concurrent program offerings leading to an Ontario Teaching Certificate. Refer to the following programs for additional information:

	Education - Concurrent BA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior)
	Education - Concurrent BA CHYS (Pass)/BEd (Primary/Junior)
	Education - Concurrent BA Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate)
	Education - Concurrent BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior)
	Education - Concurrent BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior)
	Education - Concurrent BSc (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior)
	Education - Concurrent BSc Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate)

Graduate Programs

The Faculty of Education offers a Master of Education degree in Curriculum Studies; Studies in Teaching and Learning; Organizational and Administrative Studies; Integrated Studies. For further information and course listings, refer to the Graduate Calendar or contact the Graduate Studies Office.

Master of Education Program

The Master of Education (MEd) degree program at Brock is designed to improve the professional competence of practitioners and researchers. The program allows for considerable flexibility as to course selection. Candidates work with their assigned program consultant to choose courses in one of four options: Curriculum Studies, Studies in Teaching and Learning, Organizational and Administrative Studies in Education, and Integrated Studies. Students are expected to work with their program consultant to develop their focus areas related to particular interests. Students will select a research advisor who will work with them on all aspects of their exit research requirements. All exit projects or theses must have an explicit connection to education. Additional information on this program is available from the Graduate Calendar.

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies

The PhD in Educational Studies is offered jointly by Brock University, Lakehead University, the University of Western Ontario and the University of Windsor. The designation of "home university" is applied to the home university of the doctoral candidate's dissertation supervisor. The student has the right to take courses and seminars or to use the academic facilities of any of the participating universities in accordance with the approved plan.

The regulations governing the preparation of theses and conduct of examinations will be of those of the supervisor's home university.

The degree requirements, regulations and procedures of the joint PhD program have been approved by the appropriate governing body of each institution. Where there is a conflict in regulations and procedures: In academic matters, the regulations of the institution offering the course will prevail; In non-academic matters, the regulations of the institution at which the student is registered will prevail.

Additional information on this program is available from the Graduate Calendar.

Course Descriptions

Note that not all courses are offered in every session. Refer to the applicable term timetable for details.

# Indicates a cross listed course

* Indicates primary offering of a cross listed course

Prerequisites and Restrictions

Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met.

EDUC 1F90

Introduction to Education Studies

Major issues and problems in the organization, staffing and planning of schools and school services today.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

EDUC 1F95

Introduction to Foundations of Education

Historical, philosophical, sociological and psychological dimensions of formal schooling are explored within a Canadian educational context.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to students admitted to BA (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) and BSc Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate), and BA(Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), BSc (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) students with a minimum of 5.0 overall credits until date specified in the Registration guide.

*EDUC 2F01

Cognition and Learning

(also offered as CHYS 2F01)

Psychological approaches to cognitive, behavioural, and social development. Cognitive processes in learning and instruction (assisting students to use appropriate cognitive processes on specific academic tasks). Cognitive theories applied to school subject areas including reading, writing, mathematics, science.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BA CHYS (Pass)/BEd (Primary/Junior) students until date specified in the Registration guide. Concurrent Education students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits and all other students must have a minimum of 5.0 overall credits.

Prerequisite: CHYS 1F90 or PSYC 1F90.

EDUC 2P65

Diversity Issues in Schooling

Issues and directions in a diverse society and their impact in the classroom; includes classism, racism, multiculturalism, ablism and sexism; roles and strategies leading to the goal of equity.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BA Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) and BSc Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) students until date specified in the Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 5.0 overall credits.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in EDUC 3P65 and 8P02.

EDUC 3F00

Curriculum Theory and Design

Theoretical conceptions of curriculum and how these connect with philosophies of education and practices of curriculum design and curriculum change.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BA CHYS (Pass)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and BA Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) students until date specified in the Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in EDUC 2F00.

EDUC 3F01

The Process of Teaching

Introduction to the study of teacher behaviour through a systematic exploration of the assumptions, educational purposes, teaching strategies, curricular designs and materials and the social and psychological theory underlying selected models of teaching. The alternative patterns by which teachers may model their behaviour. Students will be required to familiarize themselves with current educational concepts and recent literature in the field.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BA CHYS (Pass)/BEd (Primary/Junior) students until date specified in the Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.

EDUC 3F90

Independent Study

Topic, readings and methods of evaluation chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the student.

Restriction: permission of the Chair.

Note: consultation is done prior to enrolment. A written agreement is signed by the Chair and filed with the department.

EDUC 3P40

Family, Schools and Literacy

Research and issues in family literacy and parental involvement in education. Strategies for intervention and home-school collaboration in literacy development.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BA CHYS (Pass)/BEd (Primary/Junior) students with a minimum of 10.0 overall credits until date specified in the Registration guide.

Prerequisite: CHYS 2F10.

EDUC 3P45

Reading and Literacy Development

Overview of the reading process, acquisition of reading and writing skills and evidence-based instruction. Focus on cognitive, linguistic and sociocultural influences.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BA Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) and BSc Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) students with a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.

Note: optional practicum may be available.

*EDUC 3P50

Early Childhood Education I

(also offered as CHYS 3P50)

Early childhood education programs for children from birth to age eight. Topics include the historical and societal influences on early childhood education, program models derived from theories of learning and child development and research on the effectiveness of these programs.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BA CHYS (Pass)/BEd (Primary/Junior) students with a minimum of 10.0 overall credits until date specified in the Registration guide.

Prerequisite: CHYS 2F10 or permission of the instructor.

*EDUC 3P52

Early Childhood Education II

(also offered as CHYS 3P52)

Methods in early childhood education programs for children from birth to age eight. Topics include curricula, instructional strategies and evaluative techniques.

Lectures, seminar/lab, 4 hours per week.

Prerequisite: EDUC 3P50.

Note: enrolment limited to 25 students to be determined by academic standing. Students will be involved in a field placement working with young children in a community setting. Students must have completed a satisfactory criminal background check. School Boards and preschools require a background screening prior to having direct contact with students.

#EDUC 3P60

Gender Issues in Teaching and Learning

(also offered as WISE 3P60)

Theoretical and practical aspects of feminist engagement with pedagogic processes within/against both traditional and alternative educational contexts; examination of levels and components of education from a variety of feminist theoretical perspectives; pedagogic and political consequences of ideology critique and alternative practices.

Lectures, seminar 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in the Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 6.0 overall credits.

Prerequisites: WISE 1F90 and 2P00 or permission of the instructor.

*EDUC 3P62

Video Games in the Classroom

(also offered as IASC 3P62)

Research and current issues related to the integration of video games and other interactive new media technologies into the elementary and secondary school instructional program.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: Students must have a minimum 10.0 overall credits.

EDUC 3P90

Directed Studies

Guided reading on a topic chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the student.

Restriction: permission of the Chair

Note: consultation is done prior to enrolment. A written agreement is signed by the Chair and filed with the department.

EDUC 4P01

Higher Level Thinking in the Sciences and Mathematics

Children's mathematical and scientific thinking in relation to developments in cognitive science, together with instructional strategies, materials and evaluation procedures. Topics include developmental perspectives on children's scientific reasoning, general vs. domain specific problem solving, the role of individual differences and learning styles, cognitive process evaluation methods, computer applications in mathematics and science instruction.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BSc Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) students until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 15.0 overall credits.

EDUC 4P02

Classroom Assessment

Assessment literacy of prospective teachers. Classroom assessment relating to assessment of learning (summative), assessment for learning (diagnostic) and assessment as learning (assessment embedded in instructional strategies). Assessment tasks and tools to enhance student learning and assessment situated in curriculum design.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), BA Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate), BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), BSc (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and BSc Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) students until date specified in the Registration guide. Concurrent Education students must have a minimum of 20.0 overall credits and all other students must have a minimum of 15.0 overall credits.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in EDUC 8P04.

EDUC 4P03

Reflection on Practice

Classroom interactions in relation to beliefs, values and pedagogy. Students will plan classroom actions, act, observe their plans in action and reflect on the results before using the experience to replan. The reflective process will include both group interactions and individuals responses.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

EDUC 4P04

Observation and Evaluation for the Early Years

Assessment literacy for prospective elementary school teachers. Classroom assessment relating to assessment of learning (summative), assessment for learning (diagnostic) and assessment as learning (assessment embedded in instructional strategies). Assessment tasks and tools to enhance student learning and assessment situated in curriculum design.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 15.0 overall credits.

EDUC 4P05

Critical Literacies in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Learning to engage the interpretative possibilities of texts. Critical strategies including semiotic, feminist and reader-response used in the analysis of picture books, poetry, traditional texts and contemporary fiction

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BA Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) students until date specified in the Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 15.0 overall credits.

EDUC 4P15

Research on Teaching

How educational research has contributed to the development of teaching.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

EDUC 4P24

Literacy in the Early Years

Acquisition of oral language, reading and writing skills across the curriculum. Focus on sociocultural, cognitive, and linguistic influences on literacy development.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.

EDUC 4P25

Literacy Across the Curriculum

Understanding of and appreciation for the foundations of each area of study in elementary and secondary schools.

Restriction: open to BA Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) and BSc Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) students who have a minimum of 15.0 overall credits. BA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and BSc (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) students who have a minimum of 20.0 overall credits until date specified in the Registration guide.

EDUCATION SCIENCE

ESCI 1P10

Science for Primary/Junior Teachers

Science instruction and curriculum for the Primary and Junior level. Instruction in individual disciplines provide a foundation appropriate for Primary/Junior science instruction through background, materials, exercises and resources for doing elementary school science.

Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 5.0 overall credits.

Note: open to students intending to apply to a faculty of education and who have not taken university science courses beyond the science context requirements. Designed to meet the science admission requirement for the Primary/Junior Pre-service program of the Faculty of Education at Brock University. For additional information contact the Pre-service Department, Faculty of Education.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SCIE 1P10.

ESCI 3P91

Science for Elementary School Teachers

Focus on teaching the foundations of the science curriculum at the elementary level (grades 4-8). Selected issues in contemporary science education, as well as the application of computer software in the science classroom.

Lectures, seminar, practicum, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BSc Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) students with a minimum of 9.0 overall credits.

Note: school-based practicum is required. For additional information contact the Associate Administrative Director of Concurrent Education, Faculty of Education.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SCIE 3P91.