Course descriptions

ED 6001 Supervision of Instruction I

This course approaches supervision of instruction as the developmental function in schools that improves instruction through direct assistance to teachers, curriculum development, professional development, and group development and action research. Course activities will include involvement with the theory, research and exemplary practices of developmental supervision.

ED 6002 Supervision of Instruction II (ED 6001 is not required as a prerequisite)

The purpose of this course is to use and understand systems in supervision and evaluation as a means to improving instruction and overall teaching effectiveness.  Participants will analyze systems as organizations and determine the most effective way to enhance their effectiveness in promoting student achievement.

ED 6003 Administrative Theory I

Modern theory of the administrative process; group dynamics, decision making, co-operative procedures, communication, leadership and organizational methods as they apply to education and the school.

ED 6004 Administrative Theory II

The application of theoretical concepts introduced in "Administrative Theory I" will be explored through the use of a variety of case study and simulation materials. (Prerequisite ED 6003)

ED 6005 Planning of Organizational Change in Education

Attempts at innovation in education are affected by the organizational setting in which they take place. This course will examine characteristics of educational organizations which influence such undertakings. Through a review of the literature on organizational change, perspectives for the analysis of innovations and strategies for their initiation will be explored and assessed. These concepts will then be examined in the context of a variety of specific settings. Finally, class participants will be expected to apply insights from the course to the development of plans for innovations relevant to their particular areas of interest and responsibility.

ED 6007 Legal Aspects of Education

The constitutional and legal basis for public education in Canada. Denomination, language and aboriginal status as determinants of educational structure. Federal, provincial, and school board roles in education. Legal status of students and teachers. Individual topics covered include copyright, negligence, defamation, student rights, and collective bargaining among others.

ED 6008 Assessment Literacy for School Leaders (formerly ED 6108 offered during WI/11 term)

This course is an examination of the uses of assessment by school leaders.  The course will help you explore the reasons why we assess students, and a variety of strategies including formative and summative.   We will examine the frameworks that underpin the assessment methods used by educators while exploring the practical and ethical issues involved in conducting educational assessment.  We will discuss what constitutes sound assessment practices and explore ways school leaders can support these practices.  The course is a dynamic opportunity to learn through and about assessment and explore assessments impact on learning.

ED 6011 Educational Theory and School Administration

"Reflective practice" will be the primary focus of the course. Teachers and administrators will reflect on their professional experience in the light of current educational and leadership theory. The ethical and moral consequences of administrative behavior will be addressed.

ED 6012 Politics in Educational Administration

This course will examine theories of organization, power, influence and leadership. The focus will be on external forces impinging on educational administration at the school, district and provincial levels. Topics will include: teachers, employee unions, parent groups, community interest groups, media, Boards, the Department of Education and Government.

ED 6013 Elementary School Administration

Such topics as school organization, teacher supervision and evaluation, and the principal's relationship with the community and the central office will be discussed.

ED 6014 Secondary School Administration

The challenges facing the high school principal including his work with teachers, students, and parents will be examined. Patterns of organization for effective teaching will e discussed as will the forces at work in education today.

ED 6015 Quantitative Research Design and Statistics

This course provides an in-depth examination of all stages of conducting quantitative research in education. Topics will include quantitative research designs, development of research questions and testable hypotheses, sampling and sample size, and descriptive and inferential methods of statistical analysis.

ED 6016 Learning Exceptionalities

This course will examine the nature of learning disabilities, as well as current theory and practice for diagnosis and remediation.

ED 6017 – Leadership in Liberal Democracies

School choice, reform and accountability have gained emphasis as various interests look for innovative 'alternatives' to reform 'traditional and public' schooling.  Participants will examine issues around school choice, reform and accountability.

ED 6022 Developing the Middle Level School

This course is intended for experienced teachers and administrators who wish to explore the philosophy behind the Middle School Movement and who want practical strategies to use in changing from a junior high school organizational model to an idle level model. Course content will include a brief history of middle schools, and examination of the characteristics and needs of the early adolescent learner, and a study of the elements of an exemplary middle school. These elements include: school atmosphere, grade configurations, instructional strategies, student-centered orientation, advisor-advisee programs, interdisciplinary teacher teams, and home/community involvement. The course will include a brief look at suggestions for educational change contained in current research literature.

ED 6036 Philosophical Methods in Education

A survey of contemporary philosophical approaches to educational issues, such as social purposes of education, societal attitudes towards childhood, and the role of the family in education.

ED 6042 Philosophical Approaches to Education II

A critical analysis and evaluation of selected philosophical studies in problems central to the theory and practice of education.

ED 6043 History of Educational Ideas

This course will examine the historical, philosophical, and cultural contexts in which educational views have developed and evolved.  It is both a space for framing contemporary educational questions historically and for considering these in light of broader contexts, traditions, and continuities of thought.

ED 6045 The School and Society

Study of interrelationships between community, students, and schools.

ED 6049 Group Procedures in Counselling Psychology

This course aims to explore group process as a counselling endeavour.  Topics to be covered include theory and its place in practice (including the stages of group development, group dynamics, leadership styles and techniques, therapeutic factors in group work, dealing with problem behaviours in group settings) and experiential learning (focus on students' experiences as group members and as group leaders).  Group leadership and group membership will be explored as an interactional process. (Prereq:  ED 6071 and Pre/Coreq: ED 6072).

ED 6055 Principles of Academic Assessment

The intent of the course is to provide students with an in-depth review of test theory, administration, and interpretation of standardized measures and evaluation processes relevant to the professional assessment role of resource teachers.

ED 6056 Evidence-Informed Practices in Special Education

Students will have the opportunity to apply methods in program development and evaluation. Focus will be on prevention and intervention approaches for working with exceptional learners. Prerequisites: ED 6016, ED 6064, ED 6055 and ED 6067

ED 6061 Teaching Gifted Students

An examination of the school wide enrichment model, curriculum differentiation and the social and emotional needs of gifted learners.

ED 6064 Behavioral/Emotional Disorders: Introduction

An overview of various emotional and behavioral disorders of children and young people as well as intervention strategies that can be used in schools. Prerequisite ED 3031.

ED 6066 Advanced Communication Disorders in the Classroom

This course will include a brief review of normal speech, language and hearing development, and will focus on both etiology and intervention of specific disorders. Content will include pervasive development disorders, hearing impairments, central auditory processing, cognitive impairment, stuttering, and articulation disorders.

ED 6069 Appraisal for Counsellors

The purpose of this course is to gain an introduction to issues in psychological assessment and to acquire administration skills with respect to several widely used standardized tests. The principles of appropriate and ethical testing are reviewed with emphasis on psychometric theory, test standards, multicultural competence, and communication of findings. Students gain practical experience with respect to test administration and scoring of a number of tests which are evaluated through the review of completed test protocols and videotaped test administrations. This course is open to counselling students only. (Limited Enrollment) Prerequisite: ED 6902 or Statistics course or permission of instructor.

ED 6071 Theories in Counselling Psychology

This course examines the major theories of counselling psychology and their historical contexts. Theories emerging from the three schools of psychology—Psychoanalytic, Behavioural and Humanistic—will be considered and emphasis will be placed on theory as a basis for practice. For each theoretical approach, the guiding principles, therapeutic process, and the application of this process in counselling settings will be explored.  An additional focus of the course is to have students move toward articulating a beginning personal theory of counselling. Note that ED 6071 is pre-requisite to all of the skill-based courses in Counselling.

ED 6072 Processes and Skills in Counselling Psychology

This practice-based course will focus on the applied aspects of counselling and on how those applications emerge from a variety of theoretical orientations. Students will be introduced to a variety of helping skills and communication styles as well as an integrated model for helping others. Counsellor self-awareness will be emphasized as a key component in the process of developing a personal model for helping others.  The counselling process will be conceptualized as an interpersonal, interactive, dynamic and focused endeavour. Limited to Counselling students. Pre-/co-requisite:  ED 6071

ED 6073 Counselling the Young Child

This course covers issues related to counselling children. The principles and practices of counselling the young child are discussed in the context of both educational and non-educational settings. Theories of counselling as well as modalities of helping are discussed in terms of their relatedness to young children. Ethical and legal issues related to counselling children and the implications for the counsellor/educator are addressed. Lastly, the role of counsellor and counselling in the elementary school are discussed.

ED 6075 Growth Psychology and Human Relations in Counselling Psychology

This course will explore the implications of personal development on the evolution of a personal counselling style. Relational modes of growth and therapeutic practice will be examined. Emphasis will be placed on experiential learning, group process, and self-discovery. This course presumes a reasonably sophisticated understanding of psychotherapeutic theory and practice.  Limited to Counselling Students. Prerequisites: ED 6071, ED 6072, and ED 6049.

ED 6076 Career Counselling Strategies

This advanced course takes the treatment perspective to vocational psychology and career development; that is, the use of strategies and interventions to overcome difficulties and delays in career development. It focuses on the application of counselling psychology principles to career/guidance practice, career-related testing and assessment, and strategies to remediate career development/decision-making problems. Prerequisites: ED6071, ED6078

ED 6077 Interpersonal Process and Practice in Counselling Psychology

This course explores counselling /psychotherapy as an interactive, interpersonal process. Relational models of growth and therapeutic practice will be examined. The therapeutic relationship is the scene of this interpersonal encounter and, as such, therapeutic dialogue and interaction represent the ways in which counsellors respond to clients' suffering. This course examines the counsellor's participation in therapeutic process and explores how therapeutic language, counsellor self-awareness and openness to experience, influence its evolution. This course presumes a reasonably sophisticated understanding of psychotherapeutic theory and practice. Limited to Counselling students.  Prerequisites: ED 6071 and ED 6072.

ED 6078 Vocational Psychology and Career Development

Drawing literature on literature from vocational psychology and career counselling, this course provides an overview of theory and research on human development as it relates to work across the lifespan. The focus will be on established and emerging theories of career development, and career-related issues experienced by individuals with diverse characteristics and needs, at different stages in life.

ED 6079 Gifted Education: Introduction

The identification, development and approach as to the gifted and talented are examined in terms of their intellectual, social and emotional needs.

ED 6081 - Professional and Ethical Issues in Counselling

For members of the helping profession, adherence to ethical standards is central to provision of psychological services for clients. Knowledge of ethnical guidelines and legal ramifications is linked to professional accreditation across Canada. This course addresses these matters and demonstrates a model for ethical decision-making which serves as a standard within the counselling profession.

ED 6082 Issues of Diversity in Counselling Psychology

This course prepares students to attend to issues emerging from client diversity including those related to culture, sexual orientation, and disability.  Diversity issues in identity formation, societal context, and mental health will be considered.  Components of the counselling process and ethical practice will also be examined in relation to matters of diversity.  The role of advocacy in counselling psychology practice will also be explored as it relates to responding to presentations of client diversity.  Enrolment limited to counselling and exceptional learners students.

ED 6083 Human Development and Education

This course surveys the changes individuals go through across the life span including personal, career and relationship transitions. Key aspects of development including biological, social, cognitive emotional, and moral will be covered. The theme of this course is change. The course will examine how the abilities, needs, problems, and concerns of humans change throughout life, and how people are shaped by their experiences throughout their development. Further, the course will examine the implications of such dynamics for learning, teaching, career orientation and curriculum development.

ED 6084 Assessment in Counselling Psychology

This course provides the student with an in-depth examination of the theory and techniques underlying the selection, administration, and interpretation of tests in a counselling psychology context.  Principles of measurement, the role of assessment in practice, and current issues in psychological assessment are discussed from a critical framework.  Students will also become familiar with a range of formal and informal assessment instruments used in counselling psychology.

ED 6085 Crisis Counselling

This is an issues course which deals with crisis counselling. A model for understanding crisis intervention is presented and used to approach topics such as sexual abuse, death, divorce, suicide, teen pregnancy and other traumatic events which may confront children and adolescents. In addition to reactive intervention strategies, an emphasis will be placed on proactive strategies to enhance normal development and growth through small group instruction, peer leadership development, and co-operative team support. Prerequisites: ED 6071 and ED 6072

ED 6092 Practicum in Exceptionalities

Students will participate in an applied experience related to planning for students with exceptionalities.  Emphasis will be placed on intervention and planning.

ED 6096/6097 Independent Studies in Education

Each of these courses provides students, under the supervision of a faculty member the opportunity to study a topic in Education independently.

Note: Specialized study, using self-directed and consultative processes, in a topic of particular interest to the individual student. These courses are not to be considered a convenience. Prior to registration, the student is responsible for identifying relevant learning objectives and activities, formulating a plan for completing and evaluating the study, developing a contract with an advisor, and obtaining approval from the faculty advisor.

ED 6098/6099 Practicum in Counselling Psychology

Each of these courses provides students with a prescribed period of applied field experience in a counselling setting. The courses are arranged on an individual basis depending on the interests and competence of the student. Students must complete a pre-internship meeting prior to arranging an internship. For further information students should contact their program advisors and/or the University Internship Supervisor. Prerequisites: ED6071, ED 6072, ED6049, ED6081. Pre-/co-requisite: ED6077.

ED 6101 Curriculum Development

This course examines issues involved in determining what to teach and how to teach. Topics include content selection, learner needs, goals and objectives, instructional planning, adapting the curriculum, selecting and evaluating materials, and implementing curriculum change. Knowledge of these topics will be applied to analysis of existing curricula and/or development of new curricula.

ED 6102 Program Evaluation

Participants will learn how to plan straightforward small-scale evaluations and to use evaluation work for the improvement of professional practice. The course will address a range of topics relevant to program evaluation: including, goal-based and goal-free evaluation, impact analysis, implementation assessment, curriculum mapping and auditing, formative and summative evaluation, needs assessment, feasibility analysis, cost-benefit analysis and cost-effectiveness. Topics will include discrepancy, adversary, stakeholder and criticism approaches.

ED 6104 Curriculum Theory

A course dealing with curriculum as a field of study with particular reference to New Brunswick. Among the topics to be explored are: the determinants of curriculum, curriculum decision-making, curriculum organization, curriculum innovations, assessing curriculum outcomes, current trends in curriculum development and the role of the public in curriculum development.

ED 6105 Current Issues in Education

Examines current issues in education with particular focus on how they impact the design and development of curriculum as well as school and classroom practice. Topics to be examined include: Outcomes based curricula and teaching; standardized and high stakes testing; second language teaching; multiculturalism; social inclusion; school choice; and governance.

ED 6106 - Seminar in Teaching and Learning

This course is designed to provide the opportunity to give explicit attention to instructional issues as part of an MEd program. Students will collaborate with faculty in the planning and delivery of a curriculum or methods course in an area of instruction relevant to their background and professional work.

ED 6108/6109 Special Topics in Education

Topic to be determined jointly by the student and the faculty advisor with approval of the Associate Dean, Graduate Programs.

ED 6108 Critical Classrooms:  Theory to Practice (Summer 2012)

This course will offer examples, strategies, and suggestions for transferring the concepts of Critical Theory/Pedagogy into practical classroom applications.  Working with multiple and diverse texts, students will explore how to bridge the gap between theory and practice through shared collaboration and examination of strategies that will extend lessons into the critical literacy realm.  Background in critical theory would be an asset, but not compulsory.  The instructor has 10+ years experience implementing critical literacies in high school Language Arts.

ED 6108 Interrogating Science: Implications for Education (Winter 2012)

What does it mean to understand science? Who should participate in conversations about science, especially, about scientists and their work? What is it students should understand about science and what kinds of messages do we send students about science through the culture, curriculum, and classroom? These are some of the questions raised as course participants consider research and writings surrounding such areas as nature of science, public understanding of science, science and technology, science literacy, and student disengagement.

ED 6108: Preparation, Mentorship and Induction of Beginning Teachers (Fall 2012)

This course will help educators increase their knowledge about the challenges and issues surrounding the preparation, mentorship and induction of pre-service and in-service beginning teachers.  The course would begin with an examination of current research on teacher education programs. Students will learn about recent and current reviews of teacher preparation programs going on across Canada. The course will also help students increase their understanding of teacher induction programs and practices as presented in the research literature, as well innovative teacher induction and mentorship programs offered in New Brunswick, Canada and Internationally.

ED 6109 Teaching the History of Canada's World Wars (Summer 2012)

This course introduces educators to the history of Canada in two world wars and the potential for using the subject as a vehicle to foster critical thinking skills and historical consciousness. The course involves a study tour to some of the most important Canadian battlefields and memorials in Belgium and France. The course considers the 1914-1945 period from a variety of perspectives, including the moral, social, political and economic dimensions in addition to the central military problems. A key focus is considering innovative ways to approach these themes and topics in history classrooms.

ED 6109 Writing to Learn in the Content Areas  (Fall 2012)

This course is aimed at developing educators' pedagogical knowledge and practice in writing instruction across all curricular content areas at the middle and high school levels.  The course will focus on understanding how and in what ways writing facilitates deeper learning in any subject; identifying curricular writing opportunities across subject areas; identifying ways for students to collect, analyze, synthesize, and communicate information in writing; and learning how to teach students to draft, compose, and revise a variety of writing for a range of audiences, purposes, and situations.  Educators will be better equipped to integrate writing instruction into everyday classroom practice and establish a classroom writing community that emphasizes in depth subject area learning.

ED 6111 Writing and Publishing in Education

This course is designed to help students hone their academic writing skills for working on documents relevant to their degree study such as: proposals, comprehensives, theses and dissertations, grants, and publications. Students will work on writing material specific to their own program needs and requirements during the course.

ED 6115 Cultural Diversity in the School

This course will examine cultural diversity, in its various forms, as part of the formal educational process. The course would begin with discussions on the traditional understanding of cultural diversity. Students would then have the opportunity to either explore other forms of cultural diversity (for example, the cultures of poverty, politics and sexual orientation), or delve further into the more conventional notions of the concept.

ED 6116 Assessment and Learning

This course affords the opportunity to explore various facets of assessment in education.  The major emphasis will be on classroom-based assessment including such topics as performance, portfolio, and narrative assessment; test construction and use (reliability, validity and bias); assessing English language learners and special needs students; and grading students.  There will also be an examination of large-scale assessment including accountability and readiness testing, provincial, national and international student assessment programs, and the interpretation of standardized testing results.

ED 6131 Research as Critical Praxis

A seminar course in which participants develop critical research agendas specific to their practice with/in particular contexts.

ED 6133 Feminist Theory and Education

This course examines some of the main ways in which feminist thought can disturb and disrupt both its own and conventional assumptions about educational practice. It considers contemporary feminist themes, such as the body, representation, difference, engendering knowledge, and the relation between women and the state. The course explores how this work can inform curriculum, classroom pedagogy, educational policy and research.

ED 6135 Issues in Counselling Psychology I

This course examines specialized issues in counselling psychology practice, such as working with specific populations (e.g., adolescents, post-secondary students), topics (e.g., multicultural, school counselling,) or therapeutic approaches (e.g., family/systems, cognitive-behavioural). Topics may change from year to year. Prerequisite: ED6071

ED 6136 Issues in Counselling Psychology II

This course examines specialized issues in counselling psychology practice, such as specific populations (e.g., adolescents, post-secondary students), topics (e.g., multicultural, school counselling,) or therapeutic approaches (e.g., family/systems, cognitive-behavioural). Topics may change from year to year. Prerequisite: ED6071

ED 6142 - Becoming an Authentic Teacher in Adult Education

Teaching is a specialized form of communication that has as its goal the promotion of learning. Good communication-and therefore good teaching-is based on authenticity. Critical reflection, self-assessment, and group exercises are used in this course to help participants understand who they are as teachers and how they can bring their authentic selves into the classroom.

ED 6143 Adult Education: Origins and Trends

Introduces the field of adult education, its historic and philosophical origins; current trends in organizations, programs, delivery modes and participation patterns; and potential future developments.

ED 6144 Adult Learning

Introduces the characteristics and needs of adult learners; identifies principles and conditions affecting adult learning; and examines teaching-learning interactions.

ED 6145 Program Planning  for Educators

Theory and practice in the development, design and assessment of educational courses, programs, services and resources for educators.

ED 6146 Methods and Strategies for Facilitating Adult Learning

Examines theoretical assumptions and practical applications of methods and strategies used to facilitate adult learning in individual and group settings.

ED 6153 Adult Development

Introduces selected theories and research on developmental changes over the adult's life span; and developmental concepts related to age, stage, transitional and transformative models; and associated learning and educational activities.

ED 6156 Women and Education

Examines the roles and status of girls and women in selected areas of education; sex equity and affirmative action issues; the characteristics and needs of women as learners and as participants in formal and non-formal educational activities; and women's roles as knowledge producers in society.

ED 6163 Educational Gerontology

Examines educational issues related to learning by, for and about older adults; and to the public and private policies, practices and attitudes which affect related educational programs and services.

ED 6165 Adult Education in Community Development

Analyses the process of change through which communities can develop their capacity to address their needs and plan for economically and socially sustainable futures. Particular aspects of such change include asset-based community development principles and strategies and the functions and skills needed by adult educators as agents of community change. Course participants will examine and critique examples of community development and analyze appropriate resource combinations necessary for successful change.

ED 6166 Methods and Resource:  Theory and Practice I (formerly ED 6068)

The purpose of this course is to enhance students' theoretical knowledge and professional expertise in the application of strategies for exceptional learners.  Specific instructional components investigate varied approaches for the promotion of collaboration and consultation processes, and the design of school-based models for delivery of services to students with exceptionalities.  Presentations by key experts are supplemented by applied assignments designed to enhance teacher knowledge and skills in special education.

ED 6167 Methods and Resource:  Theory and Practice II

Building on the foundations established in ED 6166, this course investigates varied approaches for the promotion of collaboration and consultation processes, and the design of school-based models for delivery of services to students with exceptionalities.   Presentations by key experts are supplemented by applied assignments designed to enhance teacher knowledge and skills in special education.

ED 6168 Applied Ethics for the Education and Training of Adults

Various types of conflicting situations and ethical dilemmas relevant to educators and trainers in corporate, workplace, and post-secondary settings. Participants may use their own contexts for analyzing difficult dynamics and reaching a decision using applied ethics strategies.

ED 6169 Flexible Learning: Integrating Learning Services and Technologies

Explores issues, principles and strategies for the design of learning services (includes teaching) and the use of learning technologies appropriate for various learning contexts.

ED 6175 Supervisory Methods for Resource Professionals

The intent of this course is to examine a range of school-based supervisory models and leadership activities relevant to the role of resource teachers.  Application of supervisory methods will be considered in terms of promoting effective student service team processes, and enhancing inclusionary practices in the classroom, school and community contexts.

ED 6221 Instructional Design Theories

This course offers students opportunities to examine and critique some of the theories of instruction which have defined the field of instructional design over the years, and which continue to push it in new directions. Students will explore a range of instructional design theories, consider their relationship to theories of learning, reflect critically upon the values which they embody, and explore the implications of the theories for instructional practice.

ED 6222 Cultural Studies in Instructional Design

This course promotes critical inquiry into the social and political meanings of instructional design. Using a variety of approaches and perspectives (textual analysis, ethnography, feminist critique, etc.), students will explore the ongoing negotiations for meaning and power which underlie the discourses, theories, processes, and products of instructional design.

ED 6223 Instructional Design Processes

This course introduces students to the instructional systems design (ISD) process, as well as to a variety of alternative new processes, such as rapid prototyping and knowledge system design. Students will not only have opportunities to implement the processes but also to explore and discuss the values each process represents and the contexts in which it should and should not be used.

ED 6224 Needs Assessment

Needs assessment is a problem solving process that is used to determine instructional needs in a variety of educational contexts, from K-12 education to organizational training.  This course introduces students to the process of identifying instructional needs, including strategies for gathering data, working with clients and subject matter experts, and moving from needs assessment to instructional design.

ED 6225 Designing Constructivist Learning Environments

Explores the implications of constructivist theories of learning for instructional design and the use of technology in education. Participants will engage in discussions around readings, seminar presentations, and the design of constructivist learning environments.

ED 6228 Designing Instructional Materials

This course is intended for instructional designers, teachers, trainers, and others who want to learn how to resent and structure instructional information in worksheets, manuals, and online lessons in order to promote learning. The course includes an overview of research-based theories and principles, and opportunities to apply those principles to the creation of effective instructional communications for a variety of learners, content areas, and contexts."

ED 6229 Instructional Design for Online Learning (formerly ED 6108)

In this course you will investigate learning style preferences and incorporate them in an online learning design; explore various elements of online design such as navigation, media, and technology; practice methods for engaging the online learner; and develop learning activities and assessment plans that facilitate the attainment of learning objectives.

ED 6254 Children's Literature and Literary Theory

An interdisciplinary course on the application of post-structuralist literary theory to children's literature. Specific children's books will be discussed in the context of reader-response theory, psychoanalytic theory, and feminist theory.

ED 6255 – Aboriginal Education and the Colonial Experience

This course addresses the educational experience of Aboriginal, indigenous and minority peoples in Canada and elsewhere in order to understand the dynamics of teaching and learning practices, administration and management structures, power relations and cultural contexts which are embedded in systems of education.

ED 6314 Literacies and Power

This course will examine the critical nexus between modern theories and practices of literacy and postformal, postmodern literacies. Implications for a range of educational policies and practices will be explored.

ED 6315 Dismantling Educational Discourses

Critical literacies will be used to deconstruct a range of educational discourses that range from traditional subject disciplines to educational psychology and administration.

ED 6366 Challenging the Authority of Texts

In schools, talk about books is typically conducted to emphasize either "affective" responses (feelings), or to emphasize meaning (narrowly constructed in "formalist" terms as theme, structure, point of view, characterization and the like). This course is about challenging the authority of those traditional novel study tactics, and about applying contemporary critical techniques to literary analysis.  Feminist, Marxist,  post-colonial, queer, poststructuralist, race, and cultural studies techniques will be applied to specific print texts, as well as a diverse representation of other texts circulating in and through popular culture discourses.  This course would fit the needs of current and future Language Arts teachers in particular, as well as students with an interest in Media Studies and Gender Studies.

ED 6429 Role of Language in the Teaching of Mathematics

A course to examine how the appropriate use of natural language via speaking and writing can enhance the learning of mathematics.

ED 6446 - Teaching Problem Solving in Mathematics

What is a mathematical problem? How can a course be framed upon problems? The role of problems in mathematics will be informed through discussions and experiences with issues ranging from the definition of problems through to an examination of their role in mathematical teaching and learning. Problem solving and problem posing will be featured as a means of developing mathematical content and pedagogical models suitable for teachers at elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels.

ED 6511 Issues in Education:  Policies and Practices (Summer 07 only)

This course will introduce students to a variety of contemporary educational issues in Canada and other parts of the world.  These issues are examined through various lenses--historical, sociological, philosophical, and administrative.  The overarching purpose is to help students understand and critically assess educational policy and practice.  The issues relate to public (K-12), adult, and higher education in Canada and other countries.

ED 6579 Research Topics in Immersion Education

A review of immersion education in Canada and abroad and of the research and evaluation studies which have been conducted in immersion education.

ED 6614 - Working With Diverse Learners in Math and Science

This course is offered only to registrants of the Crystal Forum. It will consider current theories and practices related to working with diverse learners in the context of math and science. The course has three components:

Part I: on-line during July 2006

Part II: course meetings included in the Crystal Forum

Part III: a practicum to be completed in the fall

ED 6821 Qualitative Methods of Research in Education

An introduction to key theories, principles and strategies in the design of a qualitative research study, data collection and analysis of data. Prerequisite: ED 6902

ED 6901 Doctoral Seminar (6 ch)

This seminar is required for students registered in the doctoral program in Education Studies. The seminar will address educational research issues and current topics in the field of education studies. The content and scheduling will be determined through the needs and interests of the participants.

ED 6902 Introduction to Research in Education (3 ch)

Examines both qualitative and quantitative approaches to educational research including: experimental, descriptive, correlational, historical, phenomenological, ethnographic, action, evaluative and case study methods. Participants will be expected to either develop a research proposal suitable for a master's thesis or conduct and write up a literature review on a research topic of their own choice.

ED 6903 Proposal Writing in Education (3 ch)

Examines the processes involved in writing a research or program proposal.

ED 6904 Introduction to Critical Studies in Education

Provides a range of related contemporary critical perspectives that challenge the relations of power contained in the social and political contexts and practices of education, teaching, and learning.

ED 6905 Educational Praxis

This course allows students a field-based experience to link theoretical concepts to practice in a variety of educational settings.  Students' knowledge and understanding of professional practice and professional development will be enhanced through suitable projects, culminating in the development of an associated research project, reflective paper, and/or the development of a curriculum or program.

ED 6996 Master's Report

ED 6997 Master's Thesis

ED 6998 Doctoral Thesis

ED 6999 - Education Comprehensive Examination

Students in the PhD program, Faculty of Education, will register for ED 6999 in the term they are completing their comprehensive exams.