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Course Objectives
- Understand the important role teachers play in both primary and secondary education (K-12 grades).
- Learn how to build strong relationships and create a sense of belonging with students, families, and communities.
- Recognize why teachers should serve as positive role models and contribute to extra-curricular activities that benefit the school and larger community.
- Gain knowledge about Indigenous education, how to support 2SLGTBQIA+ students, and promote anti-racist education.
- Explore strategies for helping students succeed, appreciating their diverse backgrounds, encouraging their active participation in learning.
- Approach education from a perspective of reconciliation, focusing on social justice, human rights, global citizenship, democracy and the impacts of new technologies/media in learning.
* Did you know? This course is a Recommended Introductory Course and may be used as a free elective towards your first degree.
"If you have ever caught yourself wondering about being a teacher, I would highly recommend taking EDUB 1790: “Intro to Education: What Does It Mean to TeachThis class has taught me so much that I would have never known about the education system, and gave me more insight about whether teaching was the career for me. I have never felt so welcomed, cared for, and appreciated in a classroom before I took this course. And if you are lucky enough to have Dr. Jennifer Watt; you will, without a doubt, have the best time in this course." - Fall 2024 EDUB-1790 student
Information for Access Program Students
Are you an Access Program student thinking of a career in teaching?
Current Instructors
Dr. Jennifer Watt, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education
Recipient of the Olive Beatrice Stanton Award for Excellence in Teaching 2024.
Dr. Watt is particularly interested in exploring teacher education through life writing and other arts-based ways of teaching and researching. She is also interested in exploring how flourishing literacies both inside and outside of schools contribute to students', families', teachers', and communities' well-being and well-becoming.
Past Instructors
Dr. Marti Ford, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education
Dr. Ford is of mixed heritage with Inuit and settler roots. She is the Past President and Board Chair of the Manitoba Inuit Association. She is an educator and has been a teacher, principal, Director of Education, School Superintendent at Frontier School Division, and Dean of Indigenous Education at Red River College. Dr. Ford most recently worked for Frontier School Division recruiting teachers. Dr. Ford has worked locally throughout the province of Manitoba in First Nations and Métis communities. She has worked internationally in Botswana as a school principal, and with community-based projects with Mapuche in Chile, and Indigenous communities in Roraima and Macieo in Brazil. She received her Doctorate in Education in Teaching and Learning at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Dr. Ford volunteers with United Way's Community Indigenous Relations Committee, The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada, and the Canadian Forces Liaison Committee.
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