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About TPS

As a result of the OISE/UT merger three former departments at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) and some of the faculty from the former Faculty of Education at the University of Toronto (FEUT) now constitute the Department of Theory & Policy Studies in Education (TPS). Graduate programs, specializations and research foci of TPS have been amalgamated from the previous departments.

The TPS Department consists of three graduate programs with four fields of study, two representing cognate disciplines (History and Philosophy) and two representing the application of cognate scholarship to domains of practice (Educational Administration and Higher Education). Each program offers courses of study leading to M.Ed., M.A., Ed.D. and Ph.D. degrees. Certificate and diploma programs are also offered in the Department.

TPS, as well, has an important preservice education function. All departments of OISE/UT take some responsibility for preservice courses. As such, some faculty members in the TPS Department teach preservice courses.