When & Where: November 5-7, 2015 at OISE/University of Toronto
What Should Canada’s Teachers Know? Teacher Capacities: Knowledge, Beliefs and Skills
If you are interested in participating in the conference, the focus questions this year are:
- How does the global teacher education context influence what capacities Canadian teachers are expected to develop?
- How are the capacities essential for new teachers identified and cultivated within teacher education programs? How do the capacities that are developed by teachers prior to and following their education program influence the education program?
- How are teacher education programs held accountable for the capacities their teacher graduates possess? How are teacher capacities measured at any stage in their development?
- Are the capacities of current teacher graduates serving the needs of an increasingly diverse, technologically immersed body of K-12 students? How are traditionally marginalized students influencing the capacities new teachers need?
Interested scholars are invited to prepare a three page summary of a paper that addresses one of the listed focus questions. Please identify which focus question you have chosen to address. These summaries will be circulated among participants to provide the basis for discussion within small working groups.
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