Program Requirements
This 30-credit program provides training to assist mainstream teachers in becoming more effective teachers in First Nations and Inuit communities. It is designed to address subjects of particular interest and need in First Nations and Inuit schools, such as cultural socialization, cooperative learning, second-language teaching, and curriculum development.
Required Courses (18 credits)
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EDEC 220 Curriculum Development (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : This course, introducing Aboriginal educators to the principles and processes of curriculum development, emphasizes the impact of language and culture on the development of materials. Features of the process of curriculum and materials design, which are strategically important in meeting the needs of Aboriginal students, are highlighted.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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EDEC 233 First Nations and Inuit Education (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : Study of First Nations and Inuit schools as diverse social, cultural, linguistic, political and pedagogical settings. Considers school and community minority-majority interactions and their influence on teaching and learning in educational settings. Examines how a teacher's personal practice can be influenced by an understanding of these factors.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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EDEE 240 Use and Adaptation of Curricula (3 credits)
Overview
Elementary Education : Provincial or Nunavut curricula as a basis for planning, materials production and evaluation. Methods of adapting curricula to local needs and of developing local courses of study in First Nations and Inuit community schools.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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EDEE 291 Cultural Values and Socialization (3 credits)
Overview
Elementary Education : An introduction to the educational implications of cultural values and patterns of socialization of children. Topics will include a description of the cultural values of Aboriginal peoples, home styles of communication, learning and discipline and intercultural educational issues.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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EDEE 444 First Nations and Inuit Curriculum (3 credits)
Overview
Elementary Education : An introduction to First Nations and Inuit curriculum: how curriculum needs in Aboriginal communities are similar to and different from mainstream ones, the range of ways in which First Nations and Inuit have responded to curriculum needs based on language, culture, and community perceptions.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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EDSL 247 Second Language Education in Indigenous Communities (3 credits)
Overview
Education in Second Languages : Issues and considerations in the learning of English or French in Aboriginal communities. Emphasis on teaching a second language to Aboriginal children.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Restriction: Limited to students enrolled in off-campus programs delivered through First Nations and Inuit Education
Complementary Courses (12 credits)
12 credits selected as described below.
Language
3 credits of an introductory language course in the language of the community.
Education
9 credits of Education courses selected from the list below or any other suitable course approved by the Director of Programs in First Nations and Inuit Education.
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EDEA 242 Cultural Skills 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Arts Education : Development of First Nations and Inuit skills and knowledge in art, music, handicrafts and other areas both modern and traditional. Topics will vary and be chosen from a range identified by instructors and students. Course is seasonally based and will cover summer cultural skills.
Terms: Summer 2016
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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EDEC 200 Introduction to Inuit Studies (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : An introductory survey of Inuit history, language and culture, and of the social and political issues affecting contemporary Inuit life.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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EDEE 290 Cooperative Learning (3 credits)
Overview
Elementary Education : Principles of cooperative learning and how they may be applied in First Nations and Inuit schools to the creation of team-building classroom activities and to the development of culturally appropriate learning materials.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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EDEM 202 Native Family Dynamics & Supporting Institutions (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Native family dynamics and examination of educational and administrative institutions that support families.
Terms: Fall 2015, Winter 2016, Summer 2016
Instructors: Mueller, Caroline (Fall) Howden, James (Winter)