The MEd (General) allows students to study in an area that fulfills their interests and professional needs, and builds upon their current knowledge. The program is designed for working professionals, with online learning being complemented by face-to-face components in July.
Study themes for specific cohorts are developed to reflect new curricula and needs from the field. Study themes include:
- Literacies and Numeracies (2024)
- Teaching, Learning, and Neuroscience (2023)
- Curriculum and Assessment (2022)
- Multiple Literacies in Canadian Classrooms (2021)
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Admission to this cohort is planned for Summer 2024.
To thrive in school, and in life, students need a strong foundation in literacies and numeracies. The MEd (General) in Literacies and Numeracies is designed to help you provide your students with that foundation.
This program is designed for educators who wish to enhance their capacity to understand and teach reading and writing as important literacies and support numeracies development in students. The emphasis of this program is to:
- Understand how language, literacies and numeracies are developed using research-based best practices and how they are applied with oral cultures
- Learn what reading instruction looks like in areas such as decoding, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
- Examine the construct of numeracy and ways of teaching mathematics that promote student confidence, deeper understanding and the development of strong numeracy skills.
- Develop an applied understanding of learning theories from multiple perspectives, including: socio-cognitive, socio-cultural, psychological and neuroscience.
- Critically engage with, collect and use assessment data to support student development in reading and in mathematics
- Learn how to support students as they represent their learning in diverse ways (aural, visual and textual) across multiple disciplines
- Discover how to create rich literacies and numeracies environments and experiences in both in-school and out-of-school settings.
"This program will support teachers in understanding and exploring the science and complexity of literacy to balance decoding, vocabulary, comprehension and fluency skills with a love of reading and writing." -Dr. Robin Bright
"This program is designed to assist teachers in constructing a deeper understanding of numeracies while learning effective instructional and assessment strategies to support students." -Dr. Sandy Bakos
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The MEd (General) study theme in Teaching, Learning, and Neuroscience is a unique collaboration between the Faculty of Education, known for its excellent undergraduate and graduate programs, and the Department of Neuroscience, which houses a vibrant and dynamic scientific community recognized internationally for its cutting-edge research.
As a student in the MEd (General) Learning, Teaching and Neuroscience, you will:
- study the principles of brain development in order to understand the impact these processes have on learning and behaviour
- examine how neuroscience and educational research can inform the design of learning environments and instructional practices
- gain the skills, tools, and knowledge necessary to enhance teaching practice and facilitate better educational outcomes
- become critical consumers of neuroscience findings, particularly as they are applied to educational settings.
"The project has instilled in me the value of teacher as researcher. If I can link behaviour to a structural or developmental issue I can go from there to best assess and move forward to benefit students." -Riley Kostek, BSc'09/BEd'11, MEd'22 Read more
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In the Curriculum and Assessment study theme, Christine Perreaux (BA/BEd '99; MEd '21) developed The 6 Ps of Student-Centred Teaching, innovative programming that departs from traditional memorization, worksheet, drill-and-practice learning, to meet curriculum outcomes through Play, Projects, Peers, Passions, Portfolios and Purpose. "Since changing the approach, we're seeing outstanding growth in academic achievement and independence," says Perreaux, whose forthcoming website walks Kindergarten to Grade 2 educators through the Ps, step-by-step, in a manner they can tailor to their needs. Read more
Students in this cohort-based program are shown research-informed ways to design and enact high-quality curriculum, to design and implement assessments that authentically, meaningfully and ethically inform teaching so that it can better reflect and respond to our diverse and inclusive communities, and to help educators ensure that their classrooms are environments that nurture students' deep understanding, critical thinking, problem-solving, and their personal agency toward self-directed learning.
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