OISE/UT Bulletin 2000/2001 -- University of Toronto Graduate Studies in Education
Collaborative Graduate Degree Programs
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COLLABORATIVE GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS

COMPARATIVE, INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION

This Collaborative Graduate Program provides the opportunity for students enrolled in any of the four participating departments, while meeting all of the requirements for a degree from that department, to also receive a notation on their transcript identifying their specialization in Comparative, International and Development Education.

The interests of students and faculty involved in this Program range from the development of teaching and learning programs and policies dealing with specific educational, social and economic problems to studies of the role of organized learning in the development of large social systems. The experience and interests of faculty permit students to study comparatively both formal and non-formal educational programs, for children and adults, as they occur in both developing and developed societies, from a variety of different theoretical perspectives.

This program will be of interest to Canadian students who wish to work and live in other cultures or want to better understand the educational and social systems of the many learners in Canada's multicultural society. It will also be of interest to international students who wish to relate their studies at OISE/UT directly to their own societies and learning systems. It is available to students enrolling in the M.Ed., M.A., Ed.D., Ph.D. degrees and the relevant program in each of the four cooperating departments:

• Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology
- Adult Education Program (the Community, International and Transformative Learning specialization)
• Curriculum, Teaching and Learning
- Curriculum Program
- Measurement and Evaluation Program
- Second Language Education Program
- Teacher Development Program
• Sociology and Equity Studies in Education
- Sociology in Education Program
• Theory & Policy Studies in Education
- Higher Education Program
- History and Philosophy of Education Program

Academic coordination is provided by the Comparative, International and Development Education Centre (CIDEC). This Centre also provides a gathering place to connect students and faculty with comparative and international education interests throughout OISE/UT via a seminar series, print and electronic newsletters, a Resource Centre, and a small lounge.

Admission Requirements

Applicants should apply to the appropriate degree program in whichever of the four collaborating departments corresponds most closely to their general background and interests, clearly noting the program code on the Application for Admission Form A(1), section 17. Applicants are also strongly encouraged to forward a copy of the Application for Admission Form - A(1) and A(2) to the Comparative, International and Development Education Program Coordinator (see below).

In addition to meeting the minimum OISE/UT requirements (see Minimum Admission, Program and Degree Requirements section, pages 26 - 34), and departmental requirements as outlined elsewhere in this Bulletin, applicants to this Collaborative Program are ordinarily expected to have had at least one to two years' experience working/living in cultural contexts other than urban southern Ontario (or similar settings), or to have had extensive experience working in multicultural educational settings (for children or adults).

Prospective applicants are strongly advised to contact the Collaborative Program Coordinator in advance of submitting their application, to discuss the relevance of their professional/life experience to their potential admissibility to this program, and its suitability to their own learning goals.

Program Requirements

Individual student programs must meet the requirements of both their home department (as outlined elsewhere in this Bulletin) and the Collaborative Program. Normally, a careful selection of courses will satisfy this requirement without any additional course load.

Collaborative Program requirements include course selections from the Comparative, International and Development Education basic and specialization courses (distributed within and across the collaborating departments), regular participation in, and contribution to the CIDEC Seminar Series, and (depending upon the degree program and department) preparation of a thesis, research paper, or comprehensive paper related to Comparative, International and Development Education, as certified by a participating faculty member from the home department.

Faculty Advisors

Students will be advised principally by faculty from their home department who also participate in the Collaborative Program. They may also seek advice and information from the Comparative, International and Development Education Centre. Core participating faculty include: B.L. Hall and A. Thomas (AECDCP); F.M. Connelly, J.P. Farrell and D.N. Wilson (CTL); G. Sefa Dei, R.B. Folson, D.W. Livingstone, C.P. Olson and N.N. Wane (SESE); R. Hayhoe and D. Misgeld (TPS)

NOTE: In selecting a thesis supervisor, students are not restricted to faculty from their home department.

A complete and up-to-date list of participating faculty and Comparative, International and Development Education courses, plus details of the Collaborative Program requirements, can be obtained from the Program Coordinator:

Joseph P. Farrell, Head
Comparative, International, and Development
Education Centre (CIDEC)
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2361
E-mail: jfarrell@oise.utoronto.ca

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

OISE/UT and the Institute of Environmental Studies (U of T) collaborate in M.A., M.Ed., Ph.D. and Ed.D. degree programs in Environmental Studies. This program is offered out of the Transformative Learning Centre (OISE/UT) and is administered in the departments of Adult Education, Community Development, and Counselling Psychology; Curriculum, Teaching and Learning; and Sociology and Equity Studies in Education.

At the master's level, the arrangement is for students to take between two and four half-credit courses from the courses listed with the Institute of Environmental Studies. Internships for students in this program are sometimes available through the Institute for Environmental Studies. The remaining courses are to be taken from the courses listed at OISE/UT. These courses are to be approved through an Academic Advisor from one of the three participating OISE/UT departments.

The doctoral program consists of eight half-courses. Two to four half-credit courses are to be taken from the courses listed with the Institute of Environmental Studies and the remainder from the three participating OISE/UT departments. The Ph.D. program has a one-year period of required full-time study and the Ed.D. program has a two-year period of required full-time study.

For further information please contact:

Edmund O'Sullivan, Coordinator
Transformative Learning Centre
Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2592
Fax: (416) 923-4749
E-mail: eosullivan@oise.utoronto.ca

David Selby, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 4540
Margrit Eichler, Sociology and Equity Studies
Telephone: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2276
Roger Hansell, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Toronto
Telephone: (416) 978-6409

GRADUATE Collaborative Program in Women's Studies (GCWS)

The departments of Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology; Curriculum, Teaching and Learning; Sociology and Equity Studies in Education and Theory & Policy Studies in Education, as well as other University of Toronto departments, participate in the Graduate Collaborative Program in Women's Studies (GCWS) offering M.Ed., M.A., Ed.D. and Ph.D. degree programs. The GCWS provides a formal educational opportunity for qualification in the field of women's studies through the pursuit of original interdisciplinary research in women's and gender studies and advanced feminist scholarship. The program provides a central coordinating structure to facilitate and disseminate women's studies research through student and faculty research seminars, colloquia, circulation of work in progress, study groups, conferences, and publications. The GCWS contributes to the development of an integrated research community in women's studies at the University of Toronto.

Applicants to the program are expected to meet the admission and degree requirements of both their OISE/UT department and the GCWS.

All programs of study should be planned in consultation with the program advisor in the student's OISE/UT home department and with the Program Director of Graduate Women's Studies. (See GCWS address below.)

Further information is available from:

Graduate Collaborative Program in Women's Studies (GCWS)
The Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies
New College - University of Toronto
40 Willcocks Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1C8
Telephone: (416) 946-5561
Fax: (416) 978-5503
E-mail: grad.womenstudies@utoronto.ca
Website: www.utoronto.ca/womens

NOTE: In addition to this university-wide collaborative program, OISE/UT students have the opportunity to participate in two OISE/UT interdepartmental specializations:

• M.Ed. in Gender Equity in Education
• Women's Studies/Feminist Studies

See pages 221 - 223 of this Bulletin for further details.

OISE/UT Bulletin 2000/2001 -- University of Toronto Graduate Studies in Education
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