YEAR ONE: SEMESTER I - Foundation
Students acquire the knowledge, skills, and attributes which the profession has identified as being the foundation of successful teaching.
Total: 15 Credits
Education 501: Introduction to Planning in the Elementary School
6 credits
An examination of the principles and practices of program design in the elementary school. This course examines the meaning of curriculum, the influences on program design, and the roles that teacher, student, subject matter, society and school have in program design in the elementary school. Students will have directed, but general, curriculum design projects to complete. This course emphasizes the growth and development needs of children, and the teacher's understanding and application in the classroom of the curriculum as outlined by Alberta Learning.
Education 551: The Organizational Framework of Teaching
3 credits
An examination of the teacher's roles and responsibilities as an administrator. This course examines the partnership among the various stakeholders in education: Alberta Learning, home, school, principal, board of education, colleagues, and teacher associations.
Education 561: Teaching and Schooling in Western Civilization
3 credits
The historical development of philosophies of education. This course examines the great ideas, issues, educational practices, social agencies, and political/economic systems that have influenced Canadian education.
Education 571: Learning, Instructional Psychology and Educational Practice
3 credits
This course examines theories of learning, and the applicability of theories of learning to instruction. Topics that are relevant to learning and pedagogy, including cognition, motivation, assessment and measurement of learning, differentiated learning, instructional science, the context of learning, and factors that facilitate learning in the classroom are included.
Field Experience I
non-credit
The orientation phase of field experience in year one, consists of a minimum of 10 half-day visits to schools from early October to March. Formal evaluation by cooperating teachers is not required during this field experience.
YEAR ONE: SEMESTER II - Instruction
Students acquire the knowledge, skills, and attributes in instruction that the profession has identified as effective in the elementary school classroom.
Total: 15 Credits
Education 511: Curriculum Design and Instructional Methods in the Elementary School
9 credits
Lecture/Lab: 9 weeks - 3 hours per day, 5 days per week
The examination of the structure of each of the main elementary school subjects and the methodologies that best facilitate learning in each subject. This course examines the theory related to the organization of various content areas in the elementary school, the ways to integrate various content areas, the design of plans to facilitate teaching, the setting up of environments that facilitate learning, the skill of task setting and assessment. This course provides students with a directed, in depth experience in how to organize elementary classrooms and help children receive instruction to enable them to learn in all subject areas. Experienced teachers from "partner" schools will assist in the delivery of this course.
Lesson plan templates are available here: Template A Template B
Education 531: Field Experience in the Elementary School II
3 credits
4 weeks - 5 full days per week
This course requires students to gradually assume half-day responsibility for teaching in an elementary classroom. Each student works with a cooperating teacher in a partner school, designing lessons, organizing environments, setting tasks, managing children and assessing children's progress.
Education 541: Reflections on Field Experience I & II: Educational Assessment and Classroom Management
3 credits
Seminar: 9 weeks - 3 hours per week
This seminar is intended to guide students in developing a philosophy of teaching. In preparation for Education 531, students will examine classroom management, assessment of children's progress in learning, models of integration, and critically analyze current education practices.