What is Canadian about Teacher Education in Canada? Multiple ...

What is Canadian about Teacher Education in Canada? Multiple Perspectives on Canadian Teacher Education

in the Twenty-First Century

Lynn Thomas (Ed.)

Canadian Association for Teacher Educators /Association canadienne des formateurs ? l'enseignement CATE/ACFE

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Title page designed by Lynn Thomas with the contribution of the Wordle from the colleagues of the 2011 Working Conference group 2.

Copyright ? 2013 by Authors The copyright for each chapter in this collection stays with the respective author(s). The author(s) assign(s) a non-exclusive right to publication to the Canadian Association of Teacher Educators and a non-exclusive license to educational and non-profit institutions and to individuals to use their piece in this publication for personal use and in courses of instruction provided that the pieces are used in full and this copyright statement is reproduced. Any other usage is prohibited without the expressed permission of the author(s). ISBN-978-0-9919197-4-1

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Ac k nowle d g e m e nts I would like to thank my colleagues Thomas Falkenberg and Hans Smits for their major contributions to research in teacher education in Canada through the creation of the working conferences in 2007 at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. I would also like to thank

them for the inspiration provided for this publication. Our collective thanks go to Alice Pitt, Dean of York University, Toronto, for hosting the

fifth working conference and the first under the auspices of CATE/ACFE.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction Lynn Thomas.......................................................................................... 6

Part I: Is there a common conceptual framework for teacher education in Canada? ........................ 9

Chapter 1 Comparing fundamental conceptual frameworks for Teacher Education in Canada Tom Russell, Andrea Martin, Kevin O'Connor, Shawn Bullock & David Dillon ............10

Chapter 2 What does it mean to be a "Canadian" Teacher? Experiences of Immigrant Teacher Candidates Christine Cho.........................................................................................38

Chapter 3 Toward a national conversation about Teacher Education in Canada: An examination of CATE conference presentations Mark Hirschkorn, Paula Kristmanson & Alan Sears .............................................62

Chapter 4 A conceptual framework for after-degree Bachelor of Education programs in Canada Alexander Antropov.................................................................................86

Part II: Other than geography, what is Canadian about teacher education programmes? .....................112

Chapter 5 "Canada Has No History of Colonialism": Treaty 4 and Teacher Education at the University of Regina Jennifer Tupper.....................................................................................113

Chapter 6 Incorporating the notion of northern "place" into teacher education for Northern Alberta Campbell Ross.......................................................................................130

Chapter 7 Hybridity, Multiplicity and Identification: An Australian University offers `Canadian' Teacher Education Don Jones, Randa Khattar, Will Letts and umar Umangay..................................... 149

Chapter 8 Who Can Be a Teacher? How Ontario's Initial Teacher Education Programs Consider Race in Admissions Ruth A. Childs & Amanda K. Ferguson..........................................................173

Chapter 9 Preparing Canadian teachers for diversity: The impacts of an international practicum in rural Kenya Arlene Grierson & Rick Denton..................................................................188

Chapter 10 Teacher Education and New Conceptions of `Canadian-ness': What is Canadian about Canadian Teacher Education? Lynn Lemisko.......................................................................................212

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Chapter 11 Coherence as a verb: Reconceptualizing coherence in teacher education Kathryn Broad, Leslie Stewart Rose, Ann E. Lopez & Victorina Baxan......................234

Part III: What challenges and advantages does teacher education in Canada share with other countries? 260

Chapter 12 Inclusion and Teacher Education in the Canadian Context Kim Calder Stegemann.............................................................................261

Chapter 13 Teaching in a Global World: International Conversations with Teacher Educators Zhanna Barchuk & Mary Jane Harkins...........................................................276

Chapter 14 Teacher Education in Quebec: A critical examination of a competency-based approach Lynn Thomas & Julie Desjardins..................................................................297

Part IV: What recent innovations can be found in Canadian teacher education? ................................. 322

Chapter 15 Beginning at the Beginning: Early Years Kindergarten Education across Canada and in Canadian Faculties of Education Nancy Maynes & Blaine E. Hatt...................................................................323

Chapter 16 Diverse Perspectives in Teacher Education Nadeem Memon.................................................................................... 359

Chapter 17 An intricate dance: Achieving balance in an emergent Master's degree Teacher Education program Caroline Riches, Fiona Benson & Elizabeth Wood.............................................380

Chapter 18 Reimagining Teacher Education: Our Ongoing Story Paul Betts & Lee Anne Block ......................................................................402

Chapter 19 Thin ICE for pre-service teachers: An examination of imagination creativity education in Canadian teacher education Blaine E. Hatt & Nancy Maynes...................................................................420

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