Courses of Interest
Program and Registration Information
Below are programs for teachers/new graduates and courses for students. Students please remember to check courses against your Program Sheet, which outlines the requirements of your degree by listing each course/requirement you must complete in order to graduate.
Professional Development of Pre-Service Teachers
Dr. Friesen has developed a superb online program for new elementary teacher graduates (and for any teacher who needs to set up a new classroom) called the “R.E.A.D.Y. for School Academy.” The Academy is designed to be a practical bridge between theory and practice for new teachers.
Through this platform, Lori provides vital, real-world guidance to beginning educators navigating the challenges of today’s classrooms, directly addressing the growing teacher attrition challenges in Canada and beyond. Here is a link to her work that would be of interest to Faculties of Education: https://www.drlorifriesen.com/academy-for-universities
Here is a link to Lori’s podcast (with 650,000+ downloads in 13 countries worldwide), and which was just nominated as one of the Top 3 Podcasts Worth Listening to in 2025 for Elementary Teachers: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beginning-teacher-talk/id1456137677
Posted: April 25, 2025
EDU 563: Supporting the Health and Wellbeing of Indigenous Students &
EDU 595: Special Topics in Educational Theory - Indigenous & Relational Approaches to Assessment
Miyo Ohpikinâwasowin (Good Child Raising) & Pîmôsihtâ (An Invitation to Feel) Indigenous Relational Assessment are courses that Dr. Darlene Auger and Dr. Janice Huber will be co-facilitating from Monday, July 22 - Thursday, August 1, 2024.
The Summer Institute offers professional learning for in-service teachers and school leaders supporting your growth as more effective teachers by deepening your understanding of First Nation, Métis and Inuit ways of being, knowing and doing. This deeper understanding will enhance your ability to address TQS # 5: Applying Foundational Knowledge about First Nations, Métis and Inuit in your classrooms and schools.
Click here for more information on the courses!
Questions? You can direct them to Janice Huber through email (jhuber@ualberta.ca) or phone number (780 492 0902).
CSL 370/WGS 498: Walls to Bridges
(Fall 2024)
Identity of self in relationships with others
In this course we will discuss and make art about how we build communities and social change. Each student will consider how their own gifts strengthen their communities, where their gifts are best put to use for change, and how our gifts complement each other. We will examine Euro-centric community institutions, and consider where they fall short of what we can imagine for ourselves. Kokum Bonny Spencer will share teachings on decolonizing our ideas of social change and reciprocity. Join us as we navigate the possibilities and limits of the idea of "community," and the roles we can play in creating the worlds where we can all thrive.
This course is offered inside a penitentiary involving equal numbers of incarcerated and non-incarcerated students and requires an application process. Please email lprins@ualberta or hbzhang@ualberta.ca for application details.
EDFX 490: Beyond Four Walls
EDEL 495: Musical Creativity Across the Curriculum
EDSE 401: Outdoor Education and Children
Location: Saville Centre South Campus
Time: Mon - Friday 9 am - 11:40am
Dates: May 6 - May 24, 14 classes in total
This course can help any education student in numerous ways and be counted as either an education elective course or open option course.