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The research and development programs of OISE/UT foster improvement in Ontario education and complement the academic programs of OISE/UT departments. OISE/UT's research and development program is among the largest in education in the world. Most faculty spend a significant portion of their time on research and development projects. Students may participate in research and development projects through graduate assistantships or through joint research designed as a portion of their graduate program.
Findings of completed studies are often published by OISE/UT or by the sponsoring agency, or appear in journals produced by OISE/UT (Curriculum Inquiry, Orbit, Resources for Feminist Research/ Documentation sur la recherché féministe), in international journals or in other publications. OISE/UT Research Reports can be found in the OISE/UT Education Commons Library.
The departments noted in each of the following descriptions currently offer graduate studies programs which are congruent with the research and development work of centre faculty who hold major appointments in the departments concerned. For more information about the work of any of the centres and related courses, please contact the respective centre.
•Centre for the Advancement of Measurement, Evaluation, Research, and Assessment (CAMERA)
Head: Tony C. M. Lam
Department: CTL
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 11-229
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 3225
CAMERA was created in the summer of 1996 within the CTL Department. The Centre is dedicated to the goal of fostering ideas and research that address issues in the areas of theoretical and applied measurement, large-scale and classroom-based assessments, program and system evaluations, research methods, data analysis procedures, and related matters. The centre draws together OISE/UT's faculty and external researchers and practitioners to engage in projects of common interest, to share and exchange perspectives, and to work collaboratively to resolve methodological problems in measurement, evaluation, research and assessment.
•Centre for Applied Cognitive Science (CACS)
Head: Marc Lewis
Department: HDAP
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 9-170
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2443
Through a number of research and development projects the CACS explores cognitive structures and cognitive processes in a variety of content domains. CACS is characterized by attempts to integrate contributions from a number of fields, including psychology, linguistics, philosophy, and computer science, to the study of human development and education. CACS is also involved in the development of instructional approaches based on cognitive theory and computer technology.
The Centre hosts a number of regular research seminars and group meetings, devoted to particular topics, in which students are invited to participate. It is home to principal investigators in a number of large-scale inter-related research programs, including the National Centre of Excellence Program on Telelearning, The Canadian Institute of Advanced Research Human Development Program, and the University of Toronto's Knowledge Media Design Institute.
•Centre for Franco-Ontarian Studies (CFOS)
Head: Normand Labrie
Department: CTL, SESE
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 6-106
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2323
Fax: (416) 926-4714
E-mail: nlabrie@oise.utoronto.ca
Website: www.oise.utoronto.ca/CREFO/
The CFOS conducts research relating to the specific needs of the French-speaking students and educators of Ontario. Current projects focus on curriculum and sociological/
anthropological aspects of Franco-Ontarian education, particularly on critical pedagogy, multilingualism and social differences, social processes of exclusion and inclusion, language planning, and policy issues. In addition, the CFOS provides direct services to schools and boards, and publishes an information bulletin, l'info créfo.
•Centre de recherches en éducation franco-ontarienne (CREFO)
Directeur : Normand Labrie
Department : CTL, SESE
Téléphone : (416) 923-6641 poste 2323
Télécopieur : (416) 926-4714
Courrier électronique : nlabrie@oise.utoronto.ca
Lieu: 252 rue Bloor Ouest, 6-106
Website: www.oise.utoronto.ca/CREFO/
Le CREFO effectue des recherches qui répondent tant aux besoins particuliers des étudiantes et étudiants qu'à ceux des enseignantes et enseignants francophones de l'Ontario. Les recherches portent surtout sur le curriculum et l'aspect sociologique et anthropologique de l'éducation franco-ontarienne, plus particulièrement sur la pédagogie critique, le plurilinguisme et les différences sociales, les processus d'exclusions et d'inclusions, les relations entre école/communauté et les questions ayant trait à l'aménagement et aux politiques linguistiques. De plus, le CREFO publie un bulletin d'information, l'info créfo.
•Centre for Independent Visual Media and Education
Head: Kathleen Rockhill
Department: SESE
Location: Room 12-262
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2393
E-mail: krockhill@oise.utoronto.ca
The central aim of the Centre for Independent Visual Media and Education (CIVME) is to foster critical and innovative connections among educators, cultural theorists and artists working in film, video and a variety of visual and cultural media. During the past fifteen years, the Graduate Interdisciplinary Research Focus in Critical Pedagogy and Cultural Studies has provided a space for exploring the literature of cultural theory in the context of the problematics of education. An increasing number of graduate and teacher education students are linking their work as educators, cultural producers and cultural critics into a new hybrid with rich potential for education.
In the past five years Toronto has secured an international reputation as a hub for independent film, video and cultural work which is now being showcased at festivals such as Desh Pardesh, Festival of South Asian Art, Politics and Culture, the Images Festival of Independent Film, the Inside/Out Festival of Lesbian and Gay Film, and the Planet Africa and Sprockets Children's program of the Toronto International Film Festival. These rapid developments in academic theory, independent cultural production and student interest suggest an important potential for new approaches to education which takes up questions of equity, difference and power.
Objectives:
a) to provide support for work in cultural studies through programs which foster theoretically informed debate about using independent visual and cultural media in education
b) to foster a variety of collaborations which link OISE/UT graduate and teacher education programs with community-based film, video and cultural festivals and resource centres
c) to develop research projects which investigate the problematics of using independent visual media in education which takes up questions of equity, power and difference
d) to foster research on innovative collaborations between preservice and graduate educators, visual artists and cultural theorists
e) to develop networks which facilitate access to visual and textual resources in cultural studies for students, teachers, researchers and cultural workers.
•Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies (CIARS)
Head: George Sefa Dei
Department: SESE
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 12-270
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 Ext. 2513
E-mail: gdei@oise.utoronto.ca
The mandate of this Centre is to initiate a strong teaching, research and development focus that underscores the theoretical underpinning of the department in the areas of race, social difference and equity. CIARS offers an academic and research program directed both to the graduate and pre-service students at OISE/UT. It undertakes a concerted outreach effort, linking its work to scholars in centres within OISE/UT and the University of Toronto, national and international centres with similar concerns and to schools and community organizations. It also serves as a resource centre for consultation on community concerns both inside and outside the immediate realm of formal education: that is education broadly defined to include social welfare, law, media and the arts.
•Centre for Leadership Development
Contact: Vashty Hawkins<
Department: TPS
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 6-186
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2721
Fax: (416) 926-4752
The Centre for Leadership Development engages in research on different aspects of leadership and processes of educational change. Long-term projects are underway with respect to different forms of leadership and their effects, the nature of expertise in the problem solving of leaders, and the relationship between culture, organizational learning and leadership. From time to time, the Centre also engages in research on the effects of various educational policies. This research is usually carried out in the context of major school reform efforts, and is intended to offer guidance to those implementing such reforms, as well as to identify implications for effective leadership.
Another aspect of the Centre's work is the design and implementation of OISE/UT's Principal Certification Program as well as inservice programs for school and district administrators.
•Centre for Studies in Science, Mathematics & Technology Education
Head: Derek Hodson
Department: CTL
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 11-258
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 Ext. 2635
E-mail: derekhodson@oise.utoronto.ca
The Centre for Studies in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, established with the financial support of Imperial Oil, provides major opportunities for faculty members, graduate students and research officers to engage in collaborative research and curriculum development, and enables one serving teacher per year to be seconded to work within the Centre. The diverse activities of the Centre are expected to have immediate and significant impact on science, mathematics and technology curriculum practice both in Ontario and throughout Canada. In furthering its commitment to being a significant voice in international debate on science, mathematics and technology education, the Centre has undertaken a major publishing function (including publication of the Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education) and will seek to develop collaborative research projects with groups outside Canada.
The following Faculty will contribute to the work of the Centre: Larry Bencze, Rina Cohen, Don Fraser, Don Galbraith, Gila Hanna, Jim Hewitt, Derek Hodson, Brendan Kelly, Doug McDougall, Erminia Pedretti, Marlene Scardamalia, Earl Woodruff and Elgin Wolfe.
The Centre website, outlining current research activities and future plans, can be viewed at http://smt.oise.utoronto.ca .
•Centre for the Study of Education and Work
Head: David Livingstone
Department: SESE
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 12-252
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 Ext. 2703
E-mail: dlivingston@oise.utoronto.ca
The Centre for the Study of Education and Work conducts research and policy studies which document relations between informal learning/schooling/further education and paid/unpaid work, identify major social barriers to integrating learning and work, and support new initiatives to overcome these barriers. The centre is associated with the SSHRC-funded national research network for New Approaches to Lifelong Learning (NALL), as well as with the interdepartmental research focus on Learning and Work and the departmental focus in Learning, Work and Change.
•Centre for Teacher Development
Head: Michael Connelly
Department: CTL
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 10-141
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 3085
The Centre for Teacher Development offers a graduate specialization in teacher development, engages in research and development projects, and facilitates initial and inservice teacher education activities. In addition, the Centre supports post-doctoral fellowships for outstanding scholars and encourages visiting professorships. Teacher development integrates personal, collaborative, and organizational experiences in a lifelong pursuit of professional growth. Faculty interests include gender issues, women in education; multiculturalism; teacher development; career development; professional knowledge; action research; narrative and story telling; research on teaching; collaboration; and the contemplative practitioner. The Centre sponsors the publication of Curriculum Inquiry, Canada's leading educational journal and publishes Among Teachers, a teacher based inquiry journal. Students who wish to specialize in teacher development should apply through the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, indicating clearly in their Statement of Intent and by completing the Application for Admission Form A(1), section 17, that they wish to be considered for admission to the Centre for Teacher Development. Those who wish to apply through any other OISE/UT department must first contact the chairperson of that department. For additional information, please contact the Centre Head, Michael Connelly.
•Centre for Women's Studies In Education (CWSE)
Head: Dorothy Smith
Department: SESE
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 12-256
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2237
Coordinator: Paula Bourne
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 2-230
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2368
The Centre conducts, promotes, and distributes research in women's studies. Recent and current projects include: the Women's Educational Resources Collection; the periodical Resources for Feminist Research/ Documentation sur la recherché féministe; the Canadian Women's Periodical Indexing Group; Canadian Women's History; Sexual Harassment Resources for Elementary Schools; A Feminist Critique of Schooling; Redesigning Professional Education for Gender Equitable Schooling; Women and Professional Education, Professional Women Historians in Canada, Canadian Women's Issues, Educational Campaign to Combat Date and Acquaintance Rape on College and University Campuses, Training packages on Violence for Elementary Teachers, BAITWorm (Biology As If The World Mattered). Information on all projects is available at the Centre.
The holder of the annual Dame Nita Barrow Distinguished Visitor position in Women and Development and Community Transformation is housed at the Centre. The CWSE also welcomes visiting scholars and educators who are working in women's studies and consults with educators outside OISE/UT in this and related areas. Speaker series, including the Popular Feminism lecture series, feature speakers from inside and outside OISE/UT, and lunch-bag seminars feature visiting scholars, OISE/UT students' and researchers' work in progress. The Centre's annual Newsletter provides information about activities of interest within and outside OISE/UT.
A complete list of OISE/UT's feminist courses is available from the Centre Secretary, as is a list of CWSE Publications. For further information regarding graduate studies in the area, see Gender Equity in Education ( pages 221 - 222) and Women's Studies/ Feminist Studies ( page 223) in the Interdepartmental Graduate Specializations section; and Feminist Studies and Gender Relations in Education in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education ( page 161).
•Comparative, International, and Development Education Centre (CIDEC)
Head: Joseph P. Farrell
Department: CTL
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 10-139
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2362
The mandate of this Centre, formally established in 1989, is to coordinate, consolidate, and expand OISE/UT's work in comparative, international, and development education through research, field services (both in Canada and in developing nations), and graduate teaching. OISE/UT staff and students engage in a significant amount of international and comparative work in their own specialties (over a third of OISE/UT faculty have had significant international experience) and the amount of such work is increasing. Part of the Centre's mandate is to further such international work, and to organize information regarding the international work of OISE/UT staff and students and make it available to all members of the OISE/UT community and the Ontario education community generally. For information regarding the already existing graduate studies opportunities in this area within OISE/UT, see the Collaborative Graduate Degree Program in Comparative, International, and Development Education, which this Centre coordinates, in the section on Collaborative Graduate Degree Programs, pages 216 - 217.
•International Centre for Educational Change (ICEC)
Co-Directors: Andy Hargreaves and Lorna Earl
Department: TPS
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 6-119
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 Ext. 2426
E-mail: ahargreaves@oise.utoronto.ca
OR learl@oise.utoronto.ca
The International Centre for Educational Change (ICEC) is a group of scholars and field developers within the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, who work together to investigate, initiate, support and speak out with integrity and authority on changes and reforms in education, locally, nationally and across the world.
ICEC contains, brings together and capitalizes on the expertise and reputation of some of the world's leading scholars and researchers on educational change. Centre staff are involved in research and development projects in Canada, the United States, Hong Kong, Australia, Britain and Europe. The Centre is made up of 7 faculty from three departments and 2 field centres, as well as a number of Associates and graduate students, who work collaboratively on overlapping projects. The current project budget attracted to the Centre is $1.17 million. During its short existence, the Centre has produced the International Handbook of Educational Change, launched a new international Journal of Educational Change [www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1389-2843], edited and contributed to the 1997 ASCD Yearbook, Rethinking Educational Change with Heard and Mind which is distributed to over 250, 000 educators, and edited a new book on The Evidence of Educational Change (Falmer Press) involving all Centre staff that will be published in 2000. The Centre staff are involved in collaborative teaching, new courses in educational change, and increasingly integrates graduate students into its research programs.
•International Institute for Global Education (IIGE)
Director: David Selby
Department: CTL
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 10-110
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2863
The Institute, a cross-departmental centre with a principal attachment to Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, was established in 1992 to contribute to the growth of global education in Canada and internationally through teaching programs, consultancy, curriculum development and research. In addition to offering courses at the initial teacher education level and at the graduate level, IIGE faculty provide professional development services for elementary and secondary schools through partnerships with school boards, other universities, national and international non-governmental organizations, United Nations bodies and ministries of education. Research and development projects include the support of global education and national curriculum renewal initiatives in countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East and North Africa.
The Institute promotes dialogue between global educators worldwide and welcomes visiting scholars. Faculty interests include anti-discriminatory education; basic and life skills education; citizenship education; education for development; environmental education, futures education; health education; humane education; human rights education; intercultural and multicultural education; education for peace and social justice; education for international understanding; inclusive, interactive and participatory pedagogies.
The Institute houses a collection of specialist resources on global education. Pamphlets and fliers on IIGE, together with details of courses taught by IIGE faculty and lists of IIGE publications (including activity-based resources for teachers) are available from the Institute Secretary.
•The Dr. R.G.N. Laidlaw Research Centre (LRC)
Director: Richard Volpe,
Department: HDAP
Location: 45 Walmer Road (ICS)
Telephone: (416) 934-4513
As the research division of the Institute of Child Study, the Centre conducts interdisciplinary research on child development. Participating researchers from education, psychology, social work, sociology, psychiatry, family law and other academic fields collaborate on various projects. Current investigations deal with cognitive development, math-science education, integrating children's services, exemplary kindergarten practice, the impact of family conflict on children, the adaptation of refugee children, increasing the effectiveness of reading instruction, the integration of special needs students, uses of television in preparing children for school, children's rights, child abuse, and self-regulatory processes in the classroom. Research facilities, computer support, conferencing, and clerical assistance are provided through the Centre. Post-doctoral fellows and graduate students participate in all aspects of Centre activities. Bimonthly "work in progress" seminars provide members with opportunities to share findings and receive critical feedback. A prospectus describing the priorities, research and publications of the Centre is available upon request.
•Modern Language Centre
Head: Alister Cumming
Department: CTL
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 10-237
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2538
Website: www.oise.utoronto.ca/MLC
The Centre is currently undertaking a number of formal research and development projects, including work related to second-language curriculum, materials development and evaluation, second-language teaching and learning, immigrant settlement and heritage and Aboriginal language issues. The Centre's resource collection on second-language pedagogy, theory and research is located on the ground floor of the OISE/UT Education Commons.
•Transformative Learning Centre (TLC)
Head: Edmund O'Sullivan
Department: AECDCP
Location: 252 Bloor Street West, Room 7-181
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 Ext. 2592
E-mail: eosullivan@oise.utoronto.ca
The Transformative Learning Centre (TLC) is a unique interdisciplinary centre for the study and practice of transformative learning in adult and community education contexts. It looks at ways of combining inter-disciplinary practices, new knowledges, and alternative strategies for local and global change. Faculty interests include the transformation of contemporary educational and social paradigms; the role of learning in local and global change; and university and community partnerships in research and field development. Transformative learning "is a process of learning, whether formal, non-formal or informal which begins with the daily lived experiences of women and men living in communities. Transformative learning relates personal and structural perspectives and seeks understanding of relationships of power and knowledge…Learning implies dynamic, lifelong processes of discovering and re-discovering what we know about nature, and how we teach and learn form one another within our different environments". (Hall and Sullivan, 1994)
Objectives:
1) to strengthen the theory and practice of transformative learning in the fields of Adult Education and Environmental Learning
2) to foster joint community-university partnerships in adult education research and field development
3) to support preservice and graduate instruction in Environmental Adult and Community Education
4) to provide a means for faculty and student participation in specific national and international policy networks requiring membership from a joint community-university base
5) to provide opportunities for student research and involvement in community-based settings both locally and internationally
The purpose of OISE/UT's field development activities is to stimulate and facilitate beneficial change in education in Ontario, particularly to schools. OISE/UT's Office of Research and Field Activities administers seven regional Field Centres. Two of the centres (Ottawa and Sudbury) provide services for francophone clients.
Because of their geographical location and their close association with the schools in their region, the Field Centres provide the main focus of OISE/UT's field development effort. However, OISE/UT as a whole is committed to field development work, and many of its academic departments are heavily involved. Field centres in turn make an important contribution to graduate studies by teaching distance education and off-campus courses, and to research and development through local research projects.
The activities of the Field Centres are determined collaboratively by centre staff and regional representatives, taking into account regional contexts and special needs as well as the individual expertise of the centre staff. Each centre has a small staff, generally not more than one or two people. There are consequently constraints on the assistance which the staff can offer, and they prefer activities that will have widespread influence in their regions. Some examples of field centre activities are given in the descriptions of individual centres below.
The following is a list of the seven Field Centres throughout Ontario. The departments listed with each centre currently offer off-campus courses in that region. For more information on OISE/UT courses, both off- and on-campus, contact the centre in your area.
Head, Field Division and Co-ordinator, Technology-Mediated and Off-Campus Programs:
Wayne Seller, Thunder Bay
Northwestern Centre
Telephone: (807) 475-8110
Fax: (807) 475-8149
•Centre de recherches en éducation du Nouvel-Ontario (CRENO)
Centre communautaire Assomption
360, rue Perreault, Salle 1
Sudbury, Ontario P3B 2M7
Directeur: Denis Haché
Téléhone: (705) 674-5740
Télécopieur: (705) 674-3130
Le CRENO dispense ses services aux éducateurs et éducatrices de langue française du Nord de l'Ontario. Ces services comprennent des cours en sciences de l'éducation aux cycles supérieurs (Études franco-ontariennes en éducation) offerts en français, ainsi que des engagements dans des domaines de recherches qui reflètent les besoins du milieu scolaire. Les secteurs de la formation et du développement professionnel, de la planification stratégique, de la qualité en éducation, de l'éducation à distance, de l'amélioration scolaire, de l'éducation en milieu minoritaire, de la vitalité ethnolinguistique et d'animation culturelle figurent parmi les activités prioritaires du centre.
•Midnorthern/Northeastern Centre Sudbury Office
31 Tuddenham Avenue
Sudbury, Ontario P3C 3E9
Contact: George Burns
Telephone: (705) 674-8442
Fax: (705) 671-1582
E-mail: gburns@oise.utoronto.ca
Department: Sociology and Equity Studies inEducation (SESE)
Located in Sudbury, the Midnorthern Native Focus Cente works in close cooperation and collaboration with other centres comprising the Field Division; The Indigenous Education Network (IEN); the Department of Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology (AECDCP); school boards; First Nations and other Aboriginal organizations. The faculty and research personnel take an integrated approach to graduate studies, research, and field development using the perspectives, concepts, ideas, and methods of classical sociology, the new sociology of education and Native world views. These guide a range of large-scale and small-scale projects relating to equity, relevance and excellence in education pertaining to Native children, youth and adults. Most graduate course offerings are in Sociology and Equity Studies in Education focussing on Native education issues. Centre faculty supervise master's research projects, Qualifying Research Papers, and both master's and doctoral theses.
•Midnorthern/Northeastern Centre North Bay Office
Canadore College
Commerce Court Campus
100 College Drive
North Bay, Ontario P1B 8K9
Contact: Bruce Cassie
Telephone: (705) 474-7600 ext. 6553
Fax: (705) 472-7169
The North Bay office offers expertise in staff development, system-wide evaluation, interdisciplinary approaches to curriculum development and implementation, business/industry/education linkages, leadership/management issues, career decision making, student problem solving, and site-based management. A special focus, in collaboration with the Sudbury office, is the establishing of links with the region's First Nations leaders. The North Bay office also works closely with the Northern Centre for Instructional Leadership (NCIL) in the areas of planned educational change and leadership, with the office providing research in initial and inservice teacher education, fieldwork, and consultation. Where demand exists, faculty teach off-campus courses in their area of specialization.
•Midwestern Centre
51 Ardelt Avenue
P.O. Box 68
Kitchener, Ontario N2G 3X5
Contact: Lynne Hannay
Telephone: (519) 579-0780
Fax: (519) 579-8370
Over the past six years, the Centre has been analysing changing roles of secondary school staff resulting from restructuring. Ongoing investigation of the role of department heads has contributed significant findings to both researchers and practitioners. The Centre has also been involved in facilitating action research through professional development programs based in individual boards and through graduate education.
•Northwestern Centre
Agnew H. Johnston School
145 Churchill Drive
Thunder Bay, Ontario P7C 1V6
Contact: Wayne Seller
Telephone: (807) 475-8110
Fax: (807) 475-8149
The Northwestern Centre focuses on assisting schools and school systems in understanding, planning and implementing change. By conducting research and field development projects with local practitioners, Centre faculty help to ensure that initiatives such as site based management, school councils, and new curriculum policy and programs are implemented in a manner consistent with the context and culture of the local jurisdictions. Through its partnership with the Northern School Resource Alliance, the Centre's work in professional development focuses on the identification and enhancement of skills required by administrators, department heads, teachers and others. Centre faculty teach Curriculum courses via distance education, particularly through computer conferencing.
•Ottawa Valley Centre
60 Tiverton Drive
Nepean, Ontario K2E 6L8
Contact: Marie-Josée Berger
Telephone: (613) 224-0561
Fax: (613) 228-7074
Department: Curriculum, Teaching and Learning; and Sociology and Equity
Studies in Education
The Ottawa Valley Centre serves school systems in the Ottawa Valley and as far west as the Kingston area. Activities include workshops, consultation, and joint research projects with school boards in the areas of learning assessment strategies, program reviews, and research design and data analysis. Topics of interest include alternative learning assessment strategies in the classroom, and stages of writing maturation.
Centre régional d'Ottawa
60, prom. Tiverton
Nepean, Ontario K2E 6L8
Directrice: Marie-Josée Berger
Téléphone: (613) 224-0561
Télécopieur: (613) 228-7074
Department: de curriculum, d'enseignement et d'apprentissage et de sociologie
et d'études de l'équité en éducation
Le Centre régional d'Ottawa offre des services aux conseils scolaires de la région de l'est de l'Ontario. Ces services comportent principalement des ateliers, des consultations, des projets de recherche menés conjointement avec les conseils scolaires dans le champ des stratégies d'évaluation des apprentissages, l'examen de programmes pédagogiques, les schèmes d'expérimentation et l'analyse de données. Parmi les sujets traités, on compte entre autres les pratiques d'évaluation en salle de classe, et l'évolution des habiletés de productions écrites.
•Southern Centre
OISE/UT
252 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6
Contact: Jack Miller
Dennis Thiessen
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2633
Fax: (416) 926-4744
The Southern Centre's work is primarily in three areas: the holistic curriculum, staff development, and curriculum and school change. The Centre is involved in both off-campus and on-campus research, teaching, and projects in these areas.
•Trent Valley Centre
Box 719, 633 Monaghan Road South
Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7A1
Contact: John Ross
Telephone: (705) 742-8827
Fax: (705) 742-5104
The Trent Valley Centre specializes in curriculum processes. Special attention
is given to the improvement of students' ability to learn from peers, student
assessment, professional development programs for teachers and others, and the
design of evaluation for program improvement. The Centre offers off-campus M.Ed.
programs in Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning with a special interest in programs
designed in collaboration with school systems to improve school practice.
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