Introduction to Education: What does it mean to Teach?

3 cr · Undergraduate

This course is an introduction to primary and secondary education, the role of the classroom teacher, and the principal tenets of developing relationships and a sense of belonging with children, youth, families, and communities. Students will learn about education as a career; including developing an understanding of what a teacher does, and why they would choose to become teachers. Students will learn about how teachers support student achievement, value student diversity, appreciate the importance of student engagement in learning and teaching, and recognize how administrative and union responsibilities function in education. Students will learn about numerous disciplinary topics as well as important issues such as Indigenous knowledge and education, and anti-oppressive education. This course will utilize a reconciliatory perspective and foreground social justice, human and more-than human rights, global citizenship, democracy, and the impacts of new technologies/media in education. May not be used for credit in the Bachelor of Education or the PBDE programs. May not be held with EDUA 1790 .