EDEC 247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Fasttrack, Cegep

• School: McGill University
• Department: Curriculum and Instruction
• Course: EDEC 247
• Professor: Tino Bordonaro

Document Summary

It was problematic because teachers would be speaking over each other: the idea was to have a microcosm, their own little community within the school. They eventually added walls: reforms in teacher preparation, programs can be split into two: professional development programs or academic programs. There was also a (cid:862)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al s(cid:272)hool(cid:863), ai(cid:374)t-joseph"s tea(cid:272)hers (cid:272)ollege. These t(cid:449)o s(cid:272)hools (cid:373)erged and in the 1960s, they found their way into a newly built structure, the mcgill. Education moved from training to professional development: two programs were introduced: the b. ed. , which was a three-year program. The first year, you took content courses (main subject area). The second year had an emphasis on pedagogy, and the third year was mostly for practicum. Professional development courses were offered for teachers that were already in the system prior to the 60s: a diploma in education was introduced and was phased out in 1995.