This course is intended for students without previous teacher training providing opportunities to study key aspects of school life and to gain some initial teaching experience in their specialist fields.
EDTL2807
This course seeks to sensitize participants to the needs and characteristics of adult learners and to examine the implications of these for teacher attitudes, qualities and methodologies
EDTL3026
This is a 6-credt course –taught across 2 semesters. Semester 2 entails a practical component as well as submission of an action research.
This course is designed to aid in the understanding of the role of the teacher as a learner, researcher, self evaluator and reflective practitioner. It provides an opportunity for students to apply their knowledge of the teaching learning process in implementing an innovative teaching experiment to address a problem in their classrooms, to reflect critically on the experience and to write a report which informs their future practice.
EDTL8100
Transformative learning involves changing perspectives or frames of reference by critically reflecting on personal assumptions, biases and beliefs and then consciously making and implementing plans that bring about new ways of defining and interpreting beliefs, habits of mind, or points of view. This course provides an overview of transformative learning theory and challenges learners to reflect on how an online education environment might be conducive to
transformative learning. Participants will explore approaches for implementing these theories in online environments whereby the learner is regarded as being actively engaged through critical reflection and discourse to question assumptions, expectations, and context. The course emphasizes the role of the online instructor as facilitator who builds an open environment for meaningful dialogue and reflection.
