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Valuing Differences
In keeping with the Policies and Principles for Admission to the University of Toronto, OISE/UT is dedicated to admitting qualified candidates who reflect the ethnic, cultural and social diversity of Toronto, Ontario and Ontario Schools.
Applications are encouraged from visible minorities, differently abled persons, women in non-traditional subject areas, males interested in primary school teaching, aboriginal persons and native speakers of French.
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"The primary obligation of the school system is to the learner. Hence, each pupil has the right to a learning experience that will allow growth and development in accordance with his/her potential. This right is paramount and, therefore, overrides the right of an individual to enter the teaching profession" *.
The objective of teacher education in OISE/UT is to prepare teachers who will be able to meet the needs of the learners in elementary and secondary schools. To this end we seek to admit to our teacher education program those who have notable academic qualifications, life experiences, personal qualities and role model capabilities.
One of the most important needs in our country, our society and our schools is to recognize the value of differences. Our teachers must help students to value differences through information, instruction and example. They also must reflect the changing composition of our society - "Just as students differ, so must their teachers."** Consequently, OISE/UT encourages applications from diverse groups consisting of visible minorities, aboriginal persons and differently abled persons, women in non-traditional subjects, men in primary grades and native speakers of French.
OISE/UT offers individual counselling to those
considering teaching as a career. Prospective diverse applicants are particularly
encouraged to seek such counselling to obtain information on academic preparation,
experience acquisition and application procedures. For further information
and a counselling appointment please call 416 926-4701. Help us to meet
the needs of the students in our schools, now and in future.
* The Report of the Task Force on Admissions to the Teacher Education Council, Ontario, 1991
**Professor Marvin Bressler, Princeton
University.
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