Curriculum & Instruction: Imaginative Education MEd

This program will be held in Surrey. This MEd program is based on two aspects of the Imaginative Education Research Group’s (IERG) work. The first involves coming to understand how students’ imaginations develop during their school years. The second aspect involves exploring ways to enable teachers routinely to engage students’ imaginations in better learning the material of the curriculum in everyday practice.

This program draws upon the theories and foundations of the Imaginative Education program while emphasizing the innovative theories and practices of "Learning in Depth".

It seeks to accomplish this by:
(1) Exploring some alternative and innovative ideas about education;
(2) Engaging teachers in the active reworking of subject matter so as to capture learners’ imaginations;
(3) Working with teachers to plan, implement and evaluate their use of these innovative ideas in practice.

The faculty members teaching in the program are all members of the IERG group. They are committed to working with teachers in the study of their practice and in collaborating with them in bringing about more imaginative learning situations.

This MEd degree in Imaginative Education is a cohort program that extends over six terms, beginning in Fall 2010 and concluding in Summer 2012 and is awarded following the successful completion of six courses and a culminating Comprehensive Examination.

Students must complete:

EDUC 823-5	Curriculum and Instruction in an Individual Teaching Specialty
EDUC 816-5	Developing Educational Programs and Practices for Diverse Educational Settings
EDUC 820-5	Current Issues in Curriculum and Pedagogy
EDUC 879-5	Lev Vygotsky’s Theories in Education
EDUC 830-5	Implementation of Educational Programs
EDUC 811-5	Fieldwork I
EDUC 883-5	MEd Comprehensive Examination

Dr. Kieran Egan

Faculty Sponsor

Contact Dr. Egan for academic inquiries regarding this program.

Admission Information:

Additional information about this program can be found below. If this is a program you would like more information, please send us an inquiry.

Program Application Deadlines:

MEd programs are generally offered for admission in the Fall with application deadlines in March. Please visit our site again soon for information regarding application deadlines.

Program Prerequisites:

Applicants must meet SFU master's admission requirements.

A bachelor's degree with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 from a recognized university, or the equivalent. In exceptional cases, where the applicant has followed an alternate educational path that the applicant has extensive experience in an educational or professional setting.
Submitted evidence that the applicant is capable of undertaking advanced work in the area of interest. This is usually judged from letters of reference from qualified referees and an academic writing sample.
Several years of exemplary and varied educational and professional experience, preferably in the area of interest. Of particular value will be evidence that the candidate manifests an interest in the study of the human mind in its cultural and historical contexts.

Students whose native language is not English may be required to satisfy the University and the graduate program committee as to their capability in English (i.e. TOEFL / IELTS scores).

Admissions Contacts:

For admissions/course registration, contact Linda Millum (lmilum@sfu.ca; 778-782-5951). If Linda is unavailable, contact other staff in the Surrey Graduate Programs office.

Program Format:

The Master of of Education (MEd) program is designed for practicing educators in the K-12 and post secondary systems. This two-year degree in Curriculum and Instruction, offers the opportunity to obtain a high quality Masters degree in your local community through a schedule geared to the working professional.

Focused on improvement of practice through the study of educational theory, philosophy and practice.
The program is co-designed so as to flexibly accommodate the demanding lifestyles and schedules of today's educational professionals.
Cohort-based with seven 5-unit courses over six terms.
Classes meet every second or third weekend on Friday evening and Saturdays at the program location.

Program Fees:

Tuition $2,584.70/term

Other Fees
Recreation/Athletics          $66.96
Student Activity                 $60.65
Student Services               $40.18
Graduation(first 3 terms) $12.00
Universal Transit Pass      $120.00 (Applicable only to students who live in Metro Vancouver)

Extended Health/Dental – for information please go to www.ihaveaplan.ca. If students have existing extended health and dental coverage, an opt out process is required if no further coverage is wanted.

Tuition is reduced to $1292.35/term from the 7th term onwards for MEd students. All other costs remain the same each term.

On leave fee $203.70/term

Fees are subject to change annually. Please refer to the SFU Calendar for further information.
http://students.sfu.ca/calendar/for_students/grad_tuition_fees.html

Information about financial support is available from the Dean of Graduate Studies Office.

Additional information can be found on our Frequently Asked Questions page as well as in the Student Calendar.

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