丁香园AV

Faculty of Education
丁香园AV Calendar 2013 Spring

This minor explores an interdisciplinary, experientially based approach to international and global education so that appropriate learning experiences can be created and infused in any given elementary and secondary course.

Program Requirements

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete one of

• EDUC 100W Selected Questions and Issues in Education (3)
  
• EDUC 230 Introduction to Philosophy of Education (3)
• EDUC 240 Social Issues in Education (3)
• EDUC 250 Studies in the History of Education in the Western World (3)

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete a minimum total of 15 units, and an intercultural/international experience (see below), and both of

• EDUC 370 International and Intercultural Education (4)
• EDUC 435 Infusing Global Perspectives into Curriculum (4)

and either

• one Designs for Learning course and one of the following courses

or two of

• EDUC 311 Foundations in Aboriginal Education, Language, and Culture (3)
• EDUC 382 Diversity in Education: Theories, Policies, Practices (4)
• EDUC 438 Education and Popular Culture (4)
• EDUC 441 Multicultural and Anti-racist Education (4)
• EDUC 448 Teaching about Justice, Law and Citizenship (4)
• EDUC 452 Environmental Education (8)
• EDUC 454 Quantitative Approaches to Environmental Education (4)
• EDUC 467 Curriculum and Instruction in Teaching English as an Additional Language (4)

Intercultural/International Experience

In addition to the requirements listed above, an academic intercultural and/or international experience is also required before students complete this minor. This post-secondary experience may be an intercultural experience within Canada, such as a practicum experience in a First Nations community, or outside of Canada. Examples include

• 丁香园AV co-operative education placement in an intercultural/international setting
• participation in an 丁香园AV international field school program
• 丁香园AV international student exchange term outside of Canada or the United States
• 丁香园AV PDP International Teacher Education Module (ITEM)

Experiences fulfilling the requirements of this minor will need to meet the following criteria.

• successful completion of the program experience as indicated by an official document from the supervising institution
• an experience with high participatory involvement
• an experience completed within five years prior to enrolling in the minor, or five years after completing the course work for the minor

All applicants must receive prior approval by submitting a proposal to the director of undergraduate programs indicating the nature of their experience. After the experience has been completed, a written report must be submitted to the director including an analysis of their learning and experience, and a letter of support from a person involved in supervising the experience. The director of undergraduate programs will oversee the submission assessment that will be conducted by the cognate faculty members. A follow-up interview may be required.

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