6-6-0

In this course, students explore the meanings of transformation through education by designing interdisciplinary learning situations [unit plans] that lead learners to explore concepts such as peace and human security, sustainable urbanization, gender equality, and poverty reduction. Students are required to collaboratively plan the learning situations, thereby increasing their awareness of the conceptual and textual features of disciplines other than their own. This course also provides the context for students to integrate their learning, as their unit plans must show evidence of understanding of a range of concepts, methods, and strategies for other courses taken as part of the program. This course is scheduled over two semesters; when the internship practicum is complete, students return to the university where they synthesize their learning and provide evidence of the capacity of ongoing critical reflection and commitment to the transformative power of education.