Overview
This course is designed to provide you with a broad understanding of the major legal and ethical principles and issues that relate to teaching in Canadian schools, and to have you gain a familiarity with the important ethical and legal dimensions that are likely to affect an educator's professional life.
Outline
EDUC 404 is divided into eight units listed below.
- Unit 1: Teachers, Professional Ethics, and Ethical Decision Making
- Unit 2: Legal Structures and the Legal Context of Canadian Education.
- Unit 3: Teaching as a Profession and a Teachers' Private Life
- Unit 4: Teachers and the Duty of Care
- Unit 5: Legal Rights of Students and Student Rights in Relation to Teachers
- Unit 6: Discipline and Punishment
- Unit 7: Controversy in the Classroom
- Unit 8: Diversity, Equity, and Fairness
Evaluation
To receive credit for EDUC 404, you must achieve a minimum grade of D (50 percent) on each assignment, and a minimum grade of D (50 percent) on the final examination. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:
| Activity | Weight |
| Assignment 1 | 10% |
| Assignment 2 | 15% |
| Assignment 3 | 15% |
| Assignment 4 | 20% |
| Final Exam | 40% |
| Total | 100% |
The final examination for this course must be requested in advance and written under the supervision of an AU-approved exam invigilator. Invigilators include either ProctorU or an approved in-person invigilation centre that can accommodate online exams. Students are responsible for payment of any invigilation fees. Information on exam request deadlines, invigilators, and other exam-related questions, can be found at the Exams and grades section of the Calendar.
Materials
Physical course materials
The following course materials are included in a course package that will be shipped to your home prior to your course’s start date:
Crook, K. & Truscott, T. (2007). Ethics and law for teachers. Toronto: Thomson Nelson.
Strike, K. A & Soltis, J. F. (2009). The ethics of teaching (5th ed.). New York: Teachers College Columbia University.
Other materials
The course materials include a course manual and assignments, study guide, and a reading file
Challenge for credit
Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.
Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
To receive credit for EDUC 404 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent) on the examination.
Challenge for credit course registration form