Students who approach their studies in a systematic and organized manner are more likely to complete the course successfully than those who do not plan a course of action for themselves. Therefore, a suggested study schedule is provided to assist you in budgeting your time and monitoring your progress. You should expect to spend approximately six hours per week in completing all of the work required for this course.

The study schedule for Education 404 presented here is designed to accommodate students who wish to complete the course in about 22 weeks or five months. Although your course contract may allow you six months from your start date to complete the course, we suggest that you try to follow this somewhat accelerated schedule. By doing so, you will have time to deal with any unforeseen interruptions to your studies. Feel free to alter this schedule to suit your personal circumstances.

Be sure to call or email your tutor if you have difficulty with the material, or if you are unable to adhere to the schedule as suggested. If you find yourself falling behind in your course work, contact your tutor immediately. He or she will be able to advise you as to what options are available to you. You may, of course, proceed more quickly than is suggested by this study schedule.

Suggested 22-week Study Schedule for Education 404

Week Study Topic/Activity
1 Familiarize yourself with all of the materials in your course materials package.
  Read the Course Manual through carefully.
  Contact your tutor to make initial contact if he or she has not already called you.
2 Complete Unit 1: Teachers, Professional Ethics, and Ethical Decision Making.
  Contact your tutor if you have any questions.
3–4 Complete Unit 2: Legal Structures and the Legal Context of Canadian Education.
5–6 Complete Assignment 1 and submit it for marking. When submitting an assignment remember to include either an electronic or paper copy of the “Tutor-marked Exercise” form along with your completed assignment.
  Contact your tutor if you have any questions.
7 Complete Unit 3: Teaching as a Profession and a Teacher’s Private Life.
  Contact your tutor if you have any questions.
8 Complete Unit 4: Teachers and the Duty of Care.
  Contact your tutor if you have any questions.
9–10 Complete Assignment 2 and submit it for marking. When submitting an assignment remember to include either an electronic or paper copy of the “Tutor-marked Exercise” form along with your completed assignment.
  Contact your tutor if you have any questions.
11–12 Complete Unit 5: Legal Rights of Students and Student Rights in Relation to Teachers.
  Contact your tutor if you have any questions.
13 Complete Unit 6: Discipline and Punishment.
  Contact your tutor if you have any question.
14–15 Complete Assignment 3 and submit it for marking. When submitting an assignment remember to include either an electronic or paper copy of the “Tutor-marked Exercise” form along with your completed assignment.
  Contact your tutor if you have any questions.
16 Complete Unit 7: Controversy in the Classroom.
  Contact your tutor if you have any questions.
17 Complete Unit 8: Diversity, Equity, and Fairness.
  Contact your tutor if you have any questions.
18–19 Contact your tutor to discuss your readiness to take the final examination.
  Complete Assignment 4 and submit it for marking. When submitting an assignment remember to include either an electronic or paper copy of the “Tutor-marked Exercise” form along with your completed assignment.
  Contact your tutor if you have any questions.
20–21 Make arrangements to take the Final Examination (see “Requesting an Examination”).
  Review Units 1 through 8 and reflect on the feedback received on all assignments in preparation for the final exam.
  Contact your tutor if you have any questions.
22 Write the final examination.
  Congratulations on completing this course!
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