Education Institute
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EDUC-5703. Contemporary Math Concepts for Elementary Educators
This course will focus on the Big Ideas of how children in grades K-5 develop mathematically, with a primary focus on Number Sense and Operations. Throughout the course, participants will develop a greater level of mathematics concept and content knowledge and a wider array of teaching strategies for the specific topics and units of interest to them. Emphasis will be placed on the development and implementation of a Balanced Mathematics program in elementary classrooms.
EDUC-5713. Contemporary Mathematics Concepts for Middle Level Educators
This course will focus on the Big Ideas of how students at the middle level develop mathematically, with a primary focus on Number Sense and Operations. Throughout the course, participants will develop a greater level of mathematics concept and content knowledge and a wider array of teaching strategies for the specific topics and units of interest to them. Emphasis will be placed on the development and implementation of a Balanced Mathematics program in middle level classrooms.
EDUC-5723. Contemporary Science Concepts for Elementary Educators
This Education Institute course is intended for practicing elementary school teachers and focuses on the science-related instructional units of the K-2 You and Your World Curriculum as well as the instructional units from the Atlantic Canada Science Curriculum for grades 3 to 5. The intent of the course is for participants to develop the content mastery, pedagogical skills and the confidence necessary to foster engaging, inquiry-based science lessons for their students.
EDUC-5733. Contemporary Science Concepts for Secondary Science Educators
This Education Institute course is intended for practicing middle level and early high school science teachers and focuses on the instructional units of the Atlantic Canada Science Curriculum for grades 6 to 10. The intent of the course is for participants to develop the content mastery, pedagogical skills and the confidence necessary to foster engaging, inquiry-based science lessons for their students.
EDUC-5743. Middle Years Math & Science
This course provides teacher candidates with pedagogical strategies and planning tools for effective instruction in Grades 6-8 mathematics and science. Emphasizing curriculum-based, student-centered, and inquiry-driven approaches, the course models best practices in interdisciplinary teaching while also supporting discipline-specific instructional methods. Teacher candidates will explore visual and kinesthetic learning tools, engage in collaborative lesson design and reflect on practice through structured assignments aligned with the New Brunswick Mathematics and Science Curricula.
EDUC-6113. Introduction to Classroom Action Research
This is a first of two action research courses. Participants in the course will examine the use of action research methodology to investigate problems of professional practice and their solutions.
EDUC-6123. Conducting Classroom Action Research
Each participant will conduct classroom research to answer questions posed in EDUC 6113 and to produce a formal, written document which describes the research question, the research on similar topics, the methodology used, and the results and conclusions. Prerequisite: EDUC 6113.
EDUC-6133. Shared Leadership
This course examines the evolution of school administration and the roles expected of the principal as a school leader. Students will examine the requirements for school improvement and the disjunction between current leadership and improvement goals. Cultural, social, and institutional barriers that prevent teachers from building leadership capacity in schools will be discussed. Students will apply the leadership skills of trust building, team building, conflict resolution, change agency, and decision making to the development of teacher leadership. The capstone assignment will focus on a practical plan to improve leadership capacity within the school district.
EDUC-6143. The Professional Learning Community
This course examines schools as learning organizations. It focuses on the philosophical and operational changes essential for the transformation of schools from the traditional bureaucratic paradigm to a learning community model. Topics include teacher collaboration in lesson planning, instructional practices and assessment. Students will be expected to complete an analysis of their own school in