Make urban education a focus of new MT program at OISE
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Cara Caesar
12 years ago
WE NEED ICO TO STAY AT OISE!!!!!!!!!!!
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Kathryn Meisner
12 years ago
As one of the largest teacher education programs in Canada, OISE has the opportunity and responsibility to impact youth directly through programs with an urban education focus!
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Shelley-Ann Brown
12 years ago
The CRRP approach to education is not just important, but IMPERATIVE to promote and practice in Ontario. Urban education matters for the well-being of our children! !
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Timothy Martin
12 years ago
here here!
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Toby MJ Bowers
12 years ago
Inner city matters
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James Lim
12 years ago
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ICO is unique in fostering CRRP, Equity, and Social Justice in education. ICO is the counterbalance to instiutionalized disequity and socio-economic classism. It would be wilfully ignorant to presume teacher candidates are any different than the cross-section of society; removing ICO is akin to assimilation of TC's into the mainstream mindset.
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Johanna
12 years ago
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It is so important that urban education, in the style of the former Inner City Option, continue to be the focus of teacher education. It is a crucial piece in preparing teachers to support students of very different backgrounds than their own, to understand the reality for all oppressed and underprivileged groups. I know from talking to students of the other options that they did not have a deep, real understanding of this reality or how they should respond to it.
Teacher candidates with a strong background in social justice and equity is crucial in this age of social upheaval. Students are coming from a wide variety of situations and perspectives that we as teachers are generally not privy to. Economic, social, cultural diversity cannot be respected by a profession if these kinds of programs are eliminated.
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Anonymous
12 years ago
Social justice education at OISE means that teachers candidates become professionals that teach students rather than subjects. That point of view is crucial to meaningful connections between students and teachers, which is the only way there can be meaningful learning.
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Emma Stewart
12 years ago
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Equity based pedagogy is the foundation of good teaching and urban education is a fundamental focus of equity based education in Canada. Our students are faced with challenges and come with gifts that many educators know nothing about and our understanding of these perspectives is incredibly important to our effectiveness as educators and the outcomes for all of our students. Please implement these changes, there is nothing more important and talk without action will simply not be enough.
This cut has and should have more implications than simply cutting and pasting its practices/theories among other programs. Please preserve its value as plans for the new MT program is finalized.
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Andrew Rogers
12 years ago
Why are we moving backwards?
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Chelsie Figueira
12 years ago
This is such a crucial component of teacher education.
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Iram
12 years ago
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It is a known statistic that 1 in 3 child lives in poverty in Toronto, Canada. By making urban education a focus in the Master of Teaching program at OISE/UT (a place known worldwide for research and training the greatest teachers), we make it possible for educators to understand and realize the politics of inner city communities.
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Anna Southall-Millward
12 years ago
As a student in the 2013/2014 inner city option, I can not stress more the importance of this area of focus in teacher education programs.
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Anonymous
12 years ago
The IC program provides teachers with ways to be sensitive to and address social justice. Without it, education will regress into the apathetic role it played for too long.
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Sandra-Christine Girouard
12 years ago
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As an OISE- Inner City Option graduate who did a placement at an inner city school, I know that my in-class education as well as my placement has equiped me with the tools to teach in an equitable and effective manner.
WE NEED ICO TO STAY AT OISE!!!!!!!!!!!
As one of the largest teacher education programs in Canada, OISE has the opportunity and responsibility to impact youth directly through programs with an urban education focus!
The CRRP approach to education is not just important, but IMPERATIVE to promote and practice in Ontario. Urban education matters for the well-being of our children! !
here here!
Inner city matters
ICO is unique in fostering CRRP, Equity, and Social Justice in education. ICO is the counterbalance to instiutionalized disequity and socio-economic classism. It would be wilfully ignorant to presume teacher candidates are any different than the cross-section of society; removing ICO is akin to assimilation of TC's into the mainstream mindset.
It is so important that urban education, in the style of the former Inner City Option, continue to be the focus of teacher education. It is a crucial piece in preparing teachers to support students of very different backgrounds than their own, to understand the reality for all oppressed and underprivileged groups. I know from talking to students of the other options that they did not have a deep, real understanding of this reality or how they should respond to it.
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Teacher candidates with a strong background in social justice and equity is crucial in this age of social upheaval. Students are coming from a wide variety of situations and perspectives that we as teachers are generally not privy to. Economic, social, cultural diversity cannot be respected by a profession if these kinds of programs are eliminated.
Social justice education at OISE means that teachers candidates become professionals that teach students rather than subjects. That point of view is crucial to meaningful connections between students and teachers, which is the only way there can be meaningful learning.
Equity based pedagogy is the foundation of good teaching and urban education is a fundamental focus of equity based education in Canada. Our students are faced with challenges and come with gifts that many educators know nothing about and our understanding of these perspectives is incredibly important to our effectiveness as educators and the outcomes for all of our students. Please implement these changes, there is nothing more important and talk without action will simply not be enough.
I strongly support this campaign
[email protected]
This cut has and should have more implications than simply cutting and pasting its practices/theories among other programs. Please preserve its value as plans for the new MT program is finalized.
Why are we moving backwards?
This is such a crucial component of teacher education.
It is a known statistic that 1 in 3 child lives in poverty in Toronto, Canada. By making urban education a focus in the Master of Teaching program at OISE/UT (a place known worldwide for research and training the greatest teachers), we make it possible for educators to understand and realize the politics of inner city communities.
As a student in the 2013/2014 inner city option, I can not stress more the importance of this area of focus in teacher education programs.
The IC program provides teachers with ways to be sensitive to and address social justice. Without it, education will regress into the apathetic role it played for too long.
As an OISE- Inner City Option graduate who did a placement at an inner city school, I know that my in-class education as well as my placement has equiped me with the tools to teach in an equitable and effective manner.