Teacher Education in Ontario: Current Practice and Options for the Future.

Overview & Synopsis

The first chapter of this report describes the events that led up to the report and the methodology used. Main pressures for educational reform in teacher education are identified both internationally and in Ontario. Chapter 2 offers a brief history of preservice teacher education as background to a description of present teacher education in Ontario, and presents a preliminary analysis of the major issues. Chapter 3 sets out a perspective for thinking about teacher education. The report's emphasis on inservice education is captured in a section on the importance and characteristics of schools as places of professional development. The final chapter sets forth proposals for change and provides an assessment of each recommendation made. A bibliography is appended and four charts, two figures, and four tables are included. (JD)