TRENDS IN TEACHER PREPARATION CURRICULA IN CANADA

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  • Geraldine Channon Canadian Teachers' Federation

Abstract

When I first began to study teacher education programs some ten years ago, it was still more or less possible to memorize the typical programs. For example, in the teachers' colleges, students took child development, school management, a smattering of art and music, general methods and a fairly heavy dose of remedial work in the 3 R's. The university graduates in the colleges of education received a complementary offering of adolescent psychology, school law and methods in academic subjects as appropriate. Those destined by their credentials for higher things also got crash courses in such weighty matters as ordering supplies. A few institutions were offering those new-fangled B.Ed.s, which were of course looked upon with that dark suspicion which Canadian educators reserve for most American inventions. Since that time, a great deal of interest has been shown in the reform of teacher education. Teacher associations, both in Canada and the United States, have shown some leadership in organizing study projects and conferences in this area. The institutions themselves have become engaged in study and revision of their programs.

Author Biography

Geraldine Channon, Canadian Teachers' Federation

Geraldine Channon is Executive Assistant in the Canadian Teachers' Federation. Her paper is adapted from one presented to the AERA Annual Meeting in New York, February, 1971. A full report of the study on which this material is based is being published by C.T.F. as Innovations in Teacher Education in Canada.

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1971-09-01

How to Cite

Channon, G. (1971). TRENDS IN TEACHER PREPARATION CURRICULA IN CANADA. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 6(002). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/6833

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