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Education Co-operative Education Program
Program Requirements
This program is for qualified students who wish to combine work experience with academic studies.
Please note that this program is not part of the Professional Development Program and will not provide the training required for a teaching certificate from the BC College of Teachers.
For admission to co-operative education, students must have completed 30 units with a CGPA of 3.0.
and have completed
An introduction to a small but representative sample of basic questions and issues in education. Students will examine questions relating to: the concept or idea of education; learning and the learner; teaching and the teacher; and more generally, the broader contexts of education. This course also introduces students to different ways of exploring educational questions and issues from philosophical and critical analysis, to historical and cross-cultural studies, to empirical research. Cannot be taken for credit by students with credit for 300 and 400 level education courses. Writing/Breadth-Humanities. Prerequisite: REQ-Cannot be taken for credit by students with credit for 300 and 400 level education courses. Equivalent Courses: EDUC100. Writing/Breadth-Humanities.
and two of
A survey of educational research and theories concerning motivation, learning, development, and individual differences in classroom settings. May be applied towards the certificate in liberal arts. Breadth-Social Sciences.
Provides prospective teachers and others interested in education an opportunity to examine a variety of educational problems from a philosophical perspective. The central concern of the course is to elucidate the nature of education as a phenomenon distinct from such activities as training, schooling, and socialization. May be applied towards the certificate in liberal arts. Breadth-Humanities. Breadth-Humanities.
Social functions of the school; education and socialization; social, political, economic and cultural influences on the institutions and practices of education. May be applied towards the certificate in liberal arts.
Transfer students must complete at least 15 units at 間眅埶AV before applying. Arrangements for work terms are made through the co-op co-ordinator, who should be consulted at least one term in advance. For details, see Co-operative Education.
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