Curriculum is comprised of four interrelated commonplaces: educators, learners, milieus and subject matter. Curriculum-making is an intentional act of designing, actualizing, and assessing instruction and learning to align with required Ministry of Education outcomes in all subject areas. This course will focus on lesson and unit planning in ELA and support teaching literacy across the curriculum. Specific attention will be given to Indigenous knowledges and perspectives as well as the adaptive dimension of curriculum. This advanced ELA course addresses three of the six semester hours required by the Saskatchewan Professional Teachers Regulatory Board (SPTRB) related to reading and language methodology content for elementary teacher candidates. Weekly hours: 2 Lecture hours and 1 Seminar/Discussion hoursPrerequisite(s): ECUR 309, or EDUC 309, or EDUC 311. Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): Students pursuing the B.Ed. Direct Entry Program must complete EFDT 101.3; ECUR 163.3 or ECUR 164.3 or ECUR 165.3; EFDT 265.3 or ECUR 265.3; EPSE 202.3. Note: Students with credit for ECUR 273 or EDUC 312 or EDUC 498.3: Mathematics and English Language Arts in the Elementary Classroom II will not receive credit for this course.
Curriculum is comprised of four interrelated commonplaces: educators, learners, milieus and subject matter. Curriculum-making is an intentional act of designing, actualizing, and assessing instruction and learning to align with required Ministry of Education outcomes in all subject areas. This course will focus on lesson and unit planning in ELA and support teaching literacy across the curriculum. Specific attention will be given to Indigenous knowledges and perspectives as well as the adaptive dimension of curriculum. This advanced ELA course addresses three of the six semester hours required by the Saskatchewan Professional Teachers Regulatory Board (SPTRB) related to reading and language methodology content for elementary teacher candidates. Weekly hours: 2 Lecture hours and 1 Seminar/Discussion hoursPrerequisite(s): ECUR 309, or EDUC 309, or EDUC 311. Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): Students pursuing the B.Ed. Direct Entry Program must complete EFDT 101.3; ECUR 163.3 or ECUR 164.3 or ECUR 165.3; EFDT 265.3 or ECUR 265.3; EPSE 202.3. Note: Students with credit for ECUR 273 or EDUC 312 or EDUC 498.3: Mathematics and English Language Arts in the Elementary Classroom II will not receive credit for this course.