Bachelor of Primary Education Studies - Ontario

CANADA COHORT

Foundation Education Studies

These subjects provide theoretical, social and educational contexts for students, make links between them and school structures and classroom practices, and focus more generally on issues of professional practice.

Subjects in this area are:

EED 450 Foundations 1: Child Development and Classroom Management
EPT 450 Foundations 2: Practicum Seminar
ESS 450 Foundations 3: Inclusive Education and the Law
EPT 451 Foundations 4: Practicum Seminar

Curriculum Studies

These subjects link discipline knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, curriculum statements, planning educational experiences and the procedural knowledge associated with implementing these experiences to a diverse range of students. Students take a subject in each of the six curriculum areas in the primary school - language and literacy, mathematics, science and technology, social studies, health and physical education, and the arts.

These subjects are strongly linked, through the problem-based approach used, to the on-going in school experience that is provided throughout the program. This structure not only adds to the depth and authenticity of the professional experience, it also provides the students with the opportunity to develop a strong rapport with a cohort of children over an extended period of time thereby increasing the likelihood of the development of rich learning tasks that cater for the needs of individual students in their classes.

Subjects in this area are:

EML 450: Language and Literacy
EMM 450: Mathematics
EMR 450: Health and Physical Education
EMA 450: The Arts
EMH 450: Social Studies
EMS 450: Science and Technology

Practicum

The Practicum provides professional opportunities to learn about and apply the range of theoretical, conceptual, and procedural knowledge developed in the other courses in the program. The practicum is the opportunity for candidates to make explicit their capacity to discern connections between theory and practice e.g. their praxis.

Students will complete a minimum of 45 days of Block Practicum experience, split into four weeks in Term 1 in one school/division and five weeks in Term 2 in an additional school/division. They will also spend 2 days of every additional week of the semester in their Host Schools. This time in schools provides an opportunity for students to explore concepts, resources and strategies introduced in the academic component of the program.

Importantly, the students will complete block Practicum experiences with the same class they visit during the weekly program. This structure adds to the depth and authenticity of the professional experience program, and provides the students with the opportunity to develop a strong rapport with a cohort of children over an extended period of time - increasing the likelihood of the development of rich learning tasks that cater for the needs of individuals in these classes.

Curriculum Subjects

EMA450 The Arts
EMH450 Social Studies
EML450 Language and Literacy
EMR450 Health and Physical Education
EMM450 Mathematics
EMS450 Science and Technology
Foundation Education Subjects
EED450 Foundations 1: Child Development and Classroom Management
ESS450 Foundations 3: Inclusive Education and the Law
EPT450 Foundations 2: Practicum Seminar
EPT451 Foundations 4: Practicum Seminar

Key Subject/s

The Key Subject effective from 201015 is:

EML450 Language and Literacy

Enrolment pattern

CANADA COHORT

Term 1

EML450 Language and Literacy
EMR450 Health and Physical Education
EMM450 Mathematics
EED450 Foundations 1: Child Development and Classroom Management
EPT450 Foundations 2: Practicum Seminar

Term 2

EMA450 The Arts
EMH450 Social Studies
EMS450 Science and Technology
ESS450 Foundations 3: Inclusive Education and the Law
EPT451 Foundations 4: Practicum Seminar

Professional recognition

To be offered in Ontario Canada, the separate approvals of the relevant Ontario Ministry and the Ontario College of Teachers were required.

The Ministry gave its approval on 24 December 2004 for CSU to operate as a university in Ontario. This approval was for 5 years. A renewal of consent has been initiated including a self-study of the Bachelor of Primary Education Studies (Canada Cohort). The relevant documentation of the current iteration of the course was submitted to the Ministry of Training, Colleges and University in March 2009.

The Bachelor of Primary Education Studies was initially accredited by the Ontario College of Teachers for a two year term in the spring of 2004. Accreditation was successfully renewed for a five year term through a very rigorous process in May of 2007. The OCT Standards of Practice and the Ethical Standards as well as fifteen specific requirements were used as the basis for this accreditation. The evidence of data was collated and triangulated by the OCT accreditation panel and resulted in a successful process that accredited the course with no conditions or recommendations. The Review Panel Final Report concluded that the '..Bachelor of Primary Education Studies offered in Ontario fully satisfies the requirements for accreditation' (Accreditation Panel Final Report, May 14, 2007, P32). Current accreditation is for a 7 year period to 31 May 2014.

The Bachelor of Primary Education Studies program is offered under the written consent of the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities for the period from 17 June 2010 to 17 June 2015. Prospective students are responsible for satisfying themselves that the programs and the degrees will be appropriate to their needs (e.g., acceptable to potential employers, professional licensing bodies or other educational institutions).