The major focus will be teaching French as a second language. Course topics will be investigated in terms of theoretical foundations and classroom application. This course is normally taught in French.

*Note: This is one of the methods courses for students with French as a teachable area. You will require permission of the instructor to take this course as an elective if French is not a teachable area for you.

Instructor:  (Open Acadia)

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This course introduces students to the fundamentals of the sound system (phonetics, phonology), and the word system (morphology) of English. Although it may be taken by all interested students, it is primarily designed to be taken with Educ 4693 as a foundation course for those who wish to teach English as a second or foreign language.

More information is available on Open Acadia's TESOL website.

Get ready to learn outside the box—and outside the university classroom! This course is fully outdoors and explores how outdoor learning happens in real-world educational contexts, with a particular focus on middle and high school settings.

In this course, which is taught by Dr. Janet Dyment, you'll develop the knowledge and hands-on skills to design and deliver meaningful outdoor learning programs. Along the way, we’ll explore a variety of key educational theories such as place-based education, experiential education, land-based education and wild pedagogies—approaches that view the outdoors not just as a backdrop, but as a critical co-teacher. We’ll consider how these approaches can support community engagement, environmental awareness, and transformative learning.

Expect a blend of practical learning, academic inquiry, and reflection. Topics include lesson planning, instructional strategies, assessment, risk management, and using technology in outdoor contexts. We’ll also focus on how to respectfully incorporate Indigenous perspectives and equity-focused approaches into your teaching practice.

Throughout the term, we’ll use local sites as our learning spaces—these may include school grounds, the botanical gardens, the reservoir, and nearby hiking trails—as we explore how different environments shape how we teach and learn.

Important Notes:

• There is no assigned Acadia classroom—this course happens entirely outdoors and offsite.
• Come prepared for all weather conditions.
• You will be able to walk to some of the locations where classes will occur, but you will also need to arrange your own transportation to some of the locations (the ones you can’t walk to).

Using relevant documents and current research, topics in teaching human geography will include cultural patterns and processes, population geography, urban geography, political geography, agricultural and rural land use and industrialization and economic development. A variety of teaching strategies will be aimed at infusing geography skills and pedagogy into social studies teaching and learning.

NOTE:  Secondary double social studies teachable students will take this course as their third methods course. This course is appropriate for both elementary and secondary students, particularly those who are interested in Social Studies.

This course builds on the philosophical foundations of French as second language education developed in Educ 4103. It offers an opportunity for students to examine carefully the specific curricula they will encounter as teachers in the secondary public school setting.

Prereq: Fran 4403 or Educ 4103 with minimum B- grade

*Note: This is one of the methods courses for students with French as a teachable area. You will require permission of the instructor to take this course as an elective if French is not a teachable area for you.

Instructor:  (Open Acadia)

Course Schedule: Click here

This course is foundational. The focus is on how language is acquired. There will be a sociological and a psychological analysis of language acquisition. Semantics, syntax, phonology and pragmatics will be explored.

More information is available on Open Acadia's TESOL website.