EDU 560 - Honouring Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Being, and Doing in Literacy Learning

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

This course is designed to transform understandings of Indigenous ways of nurturing literacy learning. Students will have the opportunity to participate in diverse experiences designed to deepen understanding of the potential of Indigenous knowledges and pedagogies for transforming understandings of Literacy and how we can inspire and nurture literacy alongside our next generations of children and youth.

EDEL 412 - Teaching Language Arts in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Contexts

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

This course is designed to help prepare teachers to develop learners' oral and written language skills in elementary classrooms, particularly for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis (FNIM) students. It offers an overview, within the Canadian context, of the linguistic, psycholinguistic, and sociolinguistic backgrounds, strengths and needs of FNIM children in elementary classrooms. Topics include language acquisition, bilingualism, bidialectalism, linguistic diversity, language maintenance and loss, teaching Standard English as a second language or dialect, and materials evaluation and development. Prerequisite: EDEL 305 or consent of the Department.

EDEL 495 - Seminar in Group Projects in Elementary Education II

1 unit (fi VAR)(EITHER, VARIABLE)

Prerequisite: consent of Department. Sections may be offered at an increased rate of fee assessment; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations sections of the Calendar.