Program Overview

Faculty of Education

The Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University offers a wide range of programs for students interested in pursuing a career in education. These programs are designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and experience needed to succeed in the field of education.

Programs

The Faculty of Education offers the following programs:

• Undergraduate Studies
  • Bachelor of General Studies
  • Minors
    • Counselling and Human Development Minor
    • Curriculum and Instruction Minor
    • Early Learning Minor
    • Educational Psychology Minor
    • Learning and Developmental Disabilities Minor
    • Social Justice in Education Minor
  • Certificates
    • French and Education Certificate
  • Courses
    • Foundations of Academic Literacy
• Teacher Education
  • Professional Development Program (PDP)
  • Professional Linking Program - Lower Mainland (PLP-LM)
  • Professional Linking Program - Peace Region (PLP-PR)
  • Helping Ease Access for Returning Teachers (HEART)
  • Alaska Highway Consortium on Teacher Education (AHCOTE)
  • Bachelor of Education as a Second Degree
  • BC Education System Familiarization Program
  • Programs in French
• Professional Diplomas
  • Graduate Diploma in Education
    • Indigenous Education: Wholistic Teachings and Transformative Pedagogies
  • Post Baccalaureate Diploma
• Graduate Studies
  • Masters Programs
    • MA, MEd in Arts Education
    • MA, MEd in Counselling Psychology
    • MA, MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Educational Theory and Practice
    • MA, MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Equity Studies in Education
    • MA, MEd in Educational Psychology
    • MA, MEd in Educational Technology & Learning Design
    • MA, MEd in Teaching English as an Additional Language
    • MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Children’s and Young Adult Literature
    • MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Contemplative Inquiry & Approaches in Education
    • MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Digital and New Media Literacies
    • MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Ecological Education
    • M.Éd. dans Curriculum & Instruction: Enseigner et apprendre en français: plurilinguismes, francophonies et éducation
    • MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Imagination in Teaching, Schooling and Place
    • MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Innovations in Mathematics Education
    • MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Place- and Nature-Based Experiential Learning
    • MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Post-Secondary
    • MEd in Curriculum & Instruction: Science Education and Communication
    • MEd in Educational Leadership: Expanding Possibilities in K-12 Education
    • MEd in Educational Leadership: Post-Secondary (Surrey)
    • MEd in Educational Practice
    • MEd in Educational Practice: Indigenous Pedagogy and Indigenous Inquiry
    • MEd in Educational Practice: Practitioner Inquiry
    • MEd in Teaching Languages in Global Contexts
    • MSc, MEd in Secondary Mathematics Education
  • Doctoral Programs
    • EdD in Educational Leadership: Leading for Educational Change in the Yukon
    • PhD in Arts Education
    • PhD in Educational Psychology
    • PhD in Educational Technology & Learning Design
    • PhD in Educational Theory and Practice: Curriculum and Pedagogy Stream
    • PhD in Educational Theory and Practice: Philosophy of Education Stream
    • PhD in Languages, Cultures and Literacies
    • PhD en langues, cultures et littératies
    • PhD in Mathematics Education

Doctor of Education

EdD in Educational Leadership: Leading for Educational Change in the Yukon

The EdD in Educational Leadership: Leading for Educational Change in the Yukon is a program designed for educators who occupy positions of influence in schools, colleges, universities, and health and community services. The program provides a blend of rigorous coursework and original research that meets the needs of educators in the Yukon.

Program Overview

This program is ideal for instructors, senior administrators, and professional staff in the public education and other related sectors, community leaders, researchers, and policy analysts who reside in the Yukon Territory.

Program Format

• 40 units of coursework plus Doctoral exam and thesis
• Most classes held on alternating weekends
• Includes an extended canoe trip along the Yukon River

Program Design

The program is designed to support the supervision and research trajectory of the cohort, with a course-cohort-based structure that takes students beyond their comprehensive exams.

Program Goals

The EdD Program is intended to provide participants with structured and supported opportunities to:

1. Develop a critical understanding of the current educational landscape and associated concerns in a variety of settings in the Yukon
2. Develop a critical awareness of assumptions and theories informing current and proposed educational leadership practice
3. Understand, apply, and articulate educational leadership theories, knowledge of historical and socio-cultural conditions, and a personal philosophy for land- and community-based decision making
4. Apply principles of land- and community-based education to inform policies across multiple levels
5. Articulate and advocate for organizational and leadership cultures that are critically reflective of their practices and conducive to student learning and development in response to community imperatives
6. Use knowledge of education and leadership theories in consideration of the knowledge of historical and socio-cultural conditions to influence educational development
7. Facilitate the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of land- and community-based education
8. Create and conduct a line of research that has the potential for contributing important new understandings and trajectories for educational leadership in the Yukon and broader field of education

Courses

Students complete the following courses:

• EDUC 964-5 SEMINAR IN EDUCATIONAL THEORY
• EDUC 961-5 EDUCATIONAL GOVERNANCE, REFORM, AND DIVERSITY
• EDUC 950-5 APPROCHES TO EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
• EDUC 816-5 DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES FOR DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS
• EDUC 962-5 LEADERSHIP, ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST
• EDUC 840-5 GRADUATE SEMINAR
• EDUC 904-5 FIELDWORK III
• EDUC 905-5 FIELDWORK IV
• EDUC 983-5 Doctoral COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION

Faculty

Faculty members are recognized for their work in developing, advancing, and enacting knowledge that makes a difference in public education. The faculty includes:

• Michelle Pidgeon (Faculty Sponsor)
• Sean Blenkinsop
• Rebecca D. Cox
• Daniel Laitsch
• Michelle Nilson

Areas of Study

The Faculty of Education offers programs in the following areas of study:

• Arts Education
• Counselling Psychology
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Educational Leadership
• Educational Psychology
• Educational Technology & Learning Design
• Equity Studies in Education
• Languages, Cultures & Literacies
• Mathematics Education
• Programs in French
• Themes in Community

Program Comparison

The Faculty of Education offers a range of programs, each with its own unique features and requirements. Students can compare programs to find the one that best fits their interests and career goals.