Program Description The Faculty of Education provides an empowering, learner-centered environment. Our mission is shaped by a commitment to equity and social justice. Our professors’ goal is to promote your professional and scholarly growth as a reflective, caring, competent and innovative educator.
We are dedicated to helping teacher candidates, graduate students and in-service teachers learn to: Think critically about the nature of teaching and learning Conceptualize teaching as a lifelong journey of learning Develop the dispositions and habits of mind to adapt to the changing nature of the classroom. Bachelor of Arts (General) in Visual Arts/Bachelor of Education Program prepares individuals to teach at the intermediate and senior levels (grades 7 – 12), with a particular emphasis on teaching Visual Art and a second teachable. Intermediate Senior candidates choose two teaching subjects. Options for Concurrent Visual Arts second teachable: English, History, French (ten courses required for second teachable), Health and Physical Education, Music – Vocal or Instrumental (ten courses required for second teachable), Social Sciences. Graduates of this program will receive two degrees and will acquire the necessary skills and knowledge for teaching Visual Art in the English language school system (Public or Roman Catholic school system) and fulfill the requirements for recommendation for certification to the Ontario College of Teachers. Offers students the opportunity to begin working towards teaching certification early in their academic careers. Students can qualify for the Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art) degree while concurrently studying education and doing practice teaching in schools. Practice Teaching courses begin in Year One of the program.
