Course Descriptions

In this course, first year direct entry Education students will meet as a Learning Community once per week over the course of the fall term. Students will be guided by Peer Mentors (upper year Education students) who will help to co-create a sense of belonging to the College of Education and to the wider campus community. This 0-credit course will encourage Education students to develop their local understandings of differentiated learning and professionalism in the context of their local learning environment at the University of Saskatchewan. To achieve these ends, each Learning Community will learn about and engage with educational partners, staff, and faculty members who will connect conceptual ideas with examples and innovations that exist in schools.

Weekly hours: 1 Seminar/Discussion hours
Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the College of Education, Bachelor of Education, Year 1.
Note: A materials fee will apply.

In this course, first year direct entry Bachelor of Education students will meet as a Learning Community once per week over the course of the winter term. Students will be guided by Peer Mentors (upper year Education students) who will help to co-create a sense of belonging to the College of Education and to the wider community of Saskatoon. This 0-credit course will encourage Education students to expand on their local understandings of teacher leadership, curricula, instructional strategies and culturally relevant pedagogy.

Weekly hours: 1 Seminar/Discussion hours
Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the College of Education, Bachelor of Education, Year 1.
Note: A materials fee will apply.

In this course, second year direct entry Bachelor of Education students will meet as a Learning Community once per week over the course of the fall term. Students will be guided by Peer Mentors (upper year Education students) who will help to co-create a sense of belonging to the College of Education and to the wider province. This 0-credit unit course will encourage Education students to develop their understandings of social justice, human rights, and related issues that impact educational outcomes for K-12 students in rural, urban, northern, and First Nations communities.

Weekly hours: 1 Seminar/Discussion hours
Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the College of Education, Bachelor of Education, Year 2.
Note: A materials fee will apply.

In this course, second year direct entry Bachelor of Education students will meet as a Learning Community once per week over the course of the winter term. Students will be guided by Peer Mentors (upper year Education students) who will help to co-create a sense of belonging to the College of Education and to the international community. This 0-credit unit course will encourage Education students to expand on their understandings of international education, treaties, teaching in culturally diverse settings, newcomer education, and English as an Additional Language learners by extending their learning into the international context. To this end, each Learning Community will gain a deeper understanding of educational issues around the world.

Weekly hours: 1 Seminar/Discussion hours
Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the College of Education, Bachelor of Education, Year 2.
Note: A materials fee will apply.

In this course, teacher candidates will think critically about the role of peer mentor as a leader in the College of Education. Peer mentors, through training and experience, will reflect on the broad issues of education that they have explored through a minimum of three terms of peer mentoring.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
Restriction(s): Course only open to students in the College of Education, final year of the program.
Prerequisite(s): Two terms of Peer Mentoring in the College of Education for Education Learning Communities. Completion of the B.Ed. Extended Practicum (EXPR 422.15 or EXPR 423.3 and EXPR 425.12 or EXPR 424.3 and EXPR 425.12).
Corequisite(s): Peer Mentoring for Education Learning Communities for the term in which this course is taken.
Note: Departmental approval is required. Students with credit for the Special Topics EDLC 498: Peer Mentoring: Leading to Teach will not receive credit for this course.

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.