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Program Requirements
This M.A. program focuses on Educational Leadership with an emphasis on the evidence-based skills, capacities and dispositions needed for effective, collaborative, and quality leadership. The program includes two 6-credit action-oriented projects focused on leadership relating to issues of gender and/or women鈥檚 studies. The Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies option provides students with an opportunity to earn credits of approved course work focusing on gender and women鈥檚 studies, and issues in feminist research and methods.
Research Project (12 credits)
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EDEM 625 Project 1 (6 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Theoretical or practical project under the supervision of a departmental faculty member to explore and analyze an area of interest relevant to the concentration in leadership or curriculum.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Chestnutt, Hannah; Starr, Lisa; Marriott, Carol (Fall)
Fall, Winter
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EDEM 627 Project 2 (6 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Extension of Project 1 or new project.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Harvey, Blane; Marriott, Carol (Winter)
Fall, Winter
Required Courses (15 credits)
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EDEM 609 Critical Perspectives in Educational Theory and Research (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Critical exploration of contemporary issues in educational theory and research, in terms of current scholarship in the field, current educational contexts, and various research paradigms. Educational issues as expressions of social, ethical, political, economic, epistemological and cultural reconfigurations. Students will learn to be critical consumers of educational theories and research.
Terms: Fall 2022, Summer 2023
Instructors: Boyle, Dale (Fall) Tabi, Emmanuel; Boyle, Dale (Summer)
Fall, Winter
**Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
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EDEM 610 Leadership in Action (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Teaches the use of reflective practice to develop theories of leadership action in educational settings. Also provides students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to engage in processes to improve individual and organizational performance. Special emphasis will be given to communication, problem solving and decision-making.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Levitan, Joseph (Fall)
Fall
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EDEM 673 Leadership Theory in Education (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Explores theory and research on leadership approaches (including leadership styles, strategies, and communication practices) and the role of leadership theory in educational settings.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Shariff, Shaheen; Marriott, Carol (Fall)
Winter
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EDEM 690 Research Methods: Theory and Practice (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Overview of the epistemological foundations of a range of research methods, including but not limited to quantitative, philosophical, qualitative, arts-based, and mixed methods. Students will learn techniques to conduct research and to develop a research proposal.
Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023
Instructors: Benoit, Brian (Fall) Bourassa, Nicole (Winter)
Fall, Winter
**Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
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WMST 601 Feminist Theories and Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Women's Studies : Examination of feminist theories and research methods from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Ketchum, Alexandra (Fall)
Complementary Courses (15 credits)
9 credits selected from the following:
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EDEM 606 Educational Leadership Issues (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Focuses on the critical analysis and appraisal of leadership issues across geographic, linguistic, racial, gender and cultural contexts from a comparative perspective. Students will analyze their own experience. This is a co-constructed course designed to speak specifically to students鈥� realities and address areas of learning identified by the practitioner-learners in the class.
Terms: Winter 2023, Summer 2023
Instructors: Bruzzese, Sam (Winter) TENNANT, GARY; Bruzzese, Sam (Summer)
**Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
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EDEM 628 Education Resource Management (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Explores the concepts and skills necessary to manage the human and financial resources of small organizations (schools, NGOs, departments). Among the areas explored are labour contracts, supervision, grant writing and fundraising, use of volunteers, managing site-based budgets.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: TENNANT, GARY (Fall)
Winter
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EDEM 630 Workplace Learning (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Drawing on different theoretical perspectives, research, and policy discourse, this course explores how changes in the contemporary character of work has produced transformations in how workplace learning is conceived and practiced.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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EDEM 635 Fiscal Accountability in Education (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Focuses on accountability in schools and education systems, public responsibility, budgeting, and measures of educational performance.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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EDEM 637 Managing Educational Change (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Explores conceptual approaches to managing school improvement and organizational change with applications such as conflict management, action planning, coaching, shared vision-building and problem solving. Uses relevant case studies to bring theory into practice.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Burke, Noel (Winter)
Fall
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EDEM 644 Curriculum Development and Implementation (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Explores and critiques the processes of curriculum development, implementation and evaluation in relation to the field of curriculum studies. The focus will be on the role of the educator/leader as a curriculum professional in formal and non-formal learning environments.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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EDEM 646 Planning and Evaluation (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Focuses on contemporary approaches to planning, monitoring and evaluating programs across a range of contexts (K-graduation, college, non-governmental organization, adult education centre). Areas of study include adaptive and strategic management, results-based management, log frame analysis, systems assessment, stakeholder analysis, and fourth generation evaluation.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Harvey, Blane (Fall)
Fall
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EDEM 660 Community Relations in Education (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Examines the role of school community relations to foster high quality learning environments. Explores and discusses methods for encouraging public involvement in education, the role of the leader in facilitating community engagement, and issues and dilemmas in community relations.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Marriott, Carol (Winter)
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EDEM 664 Education and the Law (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : The legal and institutional framework of Canadian education systems; legal terminology and the tools and methods of legal research; selected public and private law issues in Canadian education.
Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023
Instructors: Shariff, Shaheen (Fall) TENNANT, GARY (Winter)
Winter
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EDEM 671 Role of the Leader (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Explores the roles, expectations and skills related to the task of the educational leader and the implications for school climate and effectiveness.
Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023
Instructors: Robertson, James (Fall) Colpitts, Steven (Winter)
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EDEM 674 Organizational Theory and Education (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Focuses on contemporary organization theories and their implications for education and the management of learning environments. Also examines how theories of organizational research, strategy, and organizational learning can be applied in practice.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Peter, Patricia (Winter)
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EDEM 675 Special Topics 1 in Educational Leadership (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Explores important current issues in the field of Educational Leadership Studies. (Content varies from year to year).
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Harvey, Blane (Winter)
**Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
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EDEM 677 Special Topics 2 in Educational Leadership (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Explores important current issues in the field of Educational Leadership Studies. (Content varies from year to year.)
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Ehret, Christian; Butler Kisber, Lynn (Winter)
Fall
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EDEM 681 Practicum - Administrative Studies (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Focuses on field studies and applied research, including the preparation of a research report. Using case studies and problem-based learning, students will draw from practical and/or contextual examples to understand educational leadership in context.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Robertson, James (Winter)
Winter
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EDEM 693 School Improvement Approaches (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Focuses on the analysis of action and research approaches used to improve school performance. Explores the collection and use of data to improve decisions making; strategies for creating interventions to improve schools; and political and social facets of making good ideas become good policy and practice in schools.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Marriott, Carol (Fall)
Winter
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EDEM 695 Policy Studies in Education (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Focuses on issues in the field of policy studies with specific reference to the formulation, analysis, and assessment of educational policies. Particular focus on strategic policy implementation, analysis of unintended policy consequences and responsive policy-making.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Fall
3 credits selected from the following courses:
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EDEC 575 Special Topics in Education (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : In-depth study of current topic(s) in the field of education.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Restrictions: Open only to higher-level Undergraduate students and Master's students.
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EDEC 602 Foundations in Curriculum (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : This course introduces the field of curriculum studies, including a historical approach to the discourses, debates and issues that have shaped it. Students will actively explore relationships between curriculum theory and professional as well as pedagogical practice.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Fall
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EDEC 604 Literacy and Learning Across Curriculum (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : Examination of the central role of language in learning across the curriculum: the processes by which pupils acquire information and understanding and the ways in which teaching must take account of these processes: learning through talk, learning by writing, learning from text.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Low, Bronwen (Fall)
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EDEC 606 Autobiographical Approaches in Education (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : This course focuses on understanding the relationship between self and other through autobiography in curriculum studies. Students will explore new approaches and critical engagement with teacher self-study, auto ethnography, life writing, memoir reading, artistic practices, writing the self, and memory studies.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Strong, Teresa (Winter)
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EDEC 612 Digital Media and Learning (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : This course addresses emerging theories, pedagogies, and practices related to youth learning through digital media and online participatory cultures. Through direct engagement with multiple forms of digital media and youth, students will consider implications for teaching and learning within and beyond schools.
Terms: Winter 2023, Summer 2023
Instructors: Peters, Stephen (Winter) Milton, George (Lex) (Summer)
Fall
**Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
Please note: students taking this course as part of a Teacher Education Program leading to certification will also integrate e-portfolios.
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EDEC 620 Meanings of Literacy (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : Investigation of basic issues related to definitions of literacy. Issues include new directions in literacy and education, the need for non-print literacies in contemporary life, and the challenges these changes present for educators.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Ehret, Christian; Deer, Sandra (Fall)
Winter
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken EDEM 620.
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EDEC 625 MA Seminar in Practice-Based Teacher Education 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : Seminar that provides an overview of research in practice-based teacher education, across content areas, and apprenticeship opportunities in teacher preparation contexts.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Restrictions: Open only to students enrolled in the MA in Education and Society; MA in Leadership; MA in Second Language Education; or permission of instructor
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EDEC 628 Literacy - Multilingual/Multicultural Settings (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : This course examines the teaching of literacy in a range of multilingual and multicultural settings in schooling and society, primarily from the sociocultural perspectives of self and group identity as well as empowerment within majority-minority group relations.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Fall
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EDEC 635 Research Writing (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : The course offers a research-led introduction to processes and practices of research writing. Working to develop their research writing projects, students learn to examine, critically reflect on, and participate in the research writing practices in their fields, guided by current research on the discursive construction of knowledge.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Fall, Winter
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EDEC 648 Historical Knowledge and Social Change (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : This course provides a deep understanding of how individuals and societies use history for purposes of giving meaning and acting in social reality. The emphasis is on the workings of historical consciousness for addressing educational and other societal issues of concern. Special attention will be given to exploring how history can be used for fostering positive changes for the betterment of society. The aim is to exercise participants' own historical sense making processes and to help locate their social posture to serve as a springboard for making a difference as future practitioners for improving the quality of a common future life.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Zanazanian, Paul (Fall)
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EDER 600 Globalization, Education and Change (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : The impact of globalization on educational institutions, processes and practices. Topics may include the politics of change, teachers' work, educational reform, technology, environment, educational management and leadership.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Jordan, Steve (Winter)
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EDER 607 Ethics and Values in Education (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : Considers education as a concept and practice influenced by values (ethical, religious, aesthetic, cultural, political, etc.). Includes a critical examination of selected approaches to values education.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: JAFRALIE, SABRINA (Fall)
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EDER 608 Educational Implications of Social Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : An analysis of some of the educational implications of various social and political theories: liberalism, Marxism and others.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Fall
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EDER 614 Sociology of Education (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : Social context of schooling, including education and social stratification and socialization processes within and outside schools.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Winter
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EDER 615 Introduction to Philosophy of Education (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : Explores questions, aims, debates and modes of inquiry that characterize philosophical approaches to studying educational questions. Introduces philosophy of education as a distinctive field of educational research and may focus on figures or themes of contemporary interest.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: McDonough, Kevin (Fall)
Winter
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EDER 617 Aesthetics and Education (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : An examination and critical analysis of selected readings on the topic of aesthetics, with specific reference to their application to educational practice.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: White, Boyd (Winter)
Fall
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EDER 622 Studies in Comparative Education (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : Comparative study of the economic, political and social aspects of education systems.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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EDER 625 Special Topics in Educational Studies (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : Explores important current issues in the field of Educational Studies. (Content varies from year to year.)
Terms: Winter 2023, Summer 2023
Instructors: Low, Bronwen (Winter) King, Geraldine (Summer)
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EDER 626 Theory and Praxis of Ethics and Religious Education (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : Study and critique of contemporary ethics and religious education models with a specific emphasis on Quebec鈥檚 Ethics and Religious Culture program. Introduces a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives on the roles religion and ethics play starting from our personal lives to the classroom. Teaching strategies will be discussed and practiced and participants will develop their own understanding of the impact of religious and ethics education.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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EDER 639 Education and Development (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : Theories of development and the contribution of education to political, economic and social change.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Winter
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EDER 643 Women, Education and Development (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : This course will trace the major theoretical developments in women and development and relate them to educational issues in the formal, non-formal and informal settings. There will be an emphasis on the significance and policy implications of women's education for sustainable developments in the countries of the South.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Nafziger, Rhoda Nanre (Winter)
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EDER 649 Education: Multicultural Societies (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : Majority-minority relations and their implications for educational policy and practice.
Terms: Fall 2022
Instructors: Ghosh, Ratna (Fall)
**Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
3 credits selected from the following, must be either:
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EDER 536 Critical and Ethical Dimensions of Sexualities Education (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : Overview of the recent critical and ethical debates around Canadian sex education curricula and instruction. Special focus will be on: the social implications of the developmental category of 鈥榓dolescent鈥�, sexual citizenship, discourses as a tool of moral regulation and discipline, construction of gender, race and class in sex education, and the ways Canadian laws define issues of consent and abuse in relation to youth sexual activity.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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EDER 643 Women, Education and Development (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : This course will trace the major theoretical developments in women and development and relate them to educational issues in the formal, non-formal and informal settings. There will be an emphasis on the significance and policy implications of women's education for sustainable developments in the countries of the South.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Nafziger, Rhoda Nanre (Winter)
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WMST 602 Feminist Research Symposium (3 credits)
Overview
Women's Studies : Discussion and development of participants' research in gender and women's studies.
Terms: Winter 2023
Instructors: Sandwell, Rachel (Winter)
Prerequisite: WMST 601.
Restriction: Must be enrolled in the Option in Gender and Women's Studies.
or 3 credits, at the 500, 600, or 700 level, on gender/women's issues (may be in the Department or outside).
Elective Course (3 credits)
3 credits at the 500, 600, or 700 level chosen in consultation with the Graduate Program Coordinator or the Graduate Program Director.
Faculty of Education—2022-2023 (last updated Aug. 24, 2022) (disclaimer)
