Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
Established	1847: Provincial Normal School (1847-1979) 1920: Ontario College of Education, U of T (1920-1972) 1973: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (1973-present)
Type	Public Teachers' college
Academic staff	136 tenured/tenure stream 13 lecturers Sessional instructors: 23 seconded, 130 contract, 450 Additional Qualifications
Undergraduates	1,300 teacher education students 6,500 continuing education students
Postgraduates	1,800 graduate students, with 750 PhD and EdD and 675 MEd
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Colours	Red and white
Affiliations	University of Toronto Schools, Institute of Child Study Laboratory School, AUCC, IALEI, IAU, COU, CIS, CUSID, OUA, OCGS.
Website	Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT) is a teachers' college in Toronto, Ontario.

History

OISE/UT traces its origins to the founding of the Provincial Normal School in 1847. The Normal School evolved into the Toronto Teacher's College, which merged into the Faculty of Education in the University of Toronto in 1979.

The current OISE/UT institution was founded in 1996 as a merger of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and the Faculty of Education in the University of Toronto (which from 1920 to 1972 was known as the Ontario College of Education, U of T). In 1951, the Ontario College of Education offered the first adult education graduate course in Canada. FEUT was the preservice teacher's college offering first professional degrees in teaching. OISE was the graduate and research institution. OISE was a freestanding public degree-granting school before the merger. In 1965, the OISE introduced a masters and doctoral program in adult education. In 1967, OISE introduced the first graduate course in comparative studies in adult education, which was taught by J. R. Kidd. It is located directly above the St. George Subway station.

Academics

OISE/UT offers preservice Bachelor of Education degrees as well as graduate programmes in teaching, psychology, educational theory, history and administration, and Honours Specialist, technical education diploma, and Additional and Principal Qualification programmes. Master of Education and Doctor of Education degrees as well as Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees are available at the graduate level. Master of Teaching degrees are also offered. OISE also offers a concurrent education programme. Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree to be admitted to the consecutive BEd.

Controversy

OISE has been accused of promoting radical Marxist activism in its programs such as Sociology and Equity Studies in Education while calling the institute's academic standards into question (http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/12/12/jonathan-kay-the-jenny-peto-scandal-shows-that-its-time-to-clean-house-at-oise/). In 2010 a major controversy erupted when an OISE thesis was denounced as anti-Semitic in the Ontario Legislature by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/903408--minister-slams-student-thesis-on-holocaust-education).

Notable faculty and alumni

• Charles Pascal
• Robbie Case
• Jim Cummins, Canada Research Chair: Language Learning and Literacy Development in Multilingual Contexts
• Keith Stanovich
• Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández
• Benjamin Levin, Canada Research Chair: Educational Policy Studies
• John Portelli
• Karen Mundy, Canada Research Chair: Global Governance and Comparative Educational Change
• Roger I. Simon
• Elizabeth Campbell
• George Dei
• Shahrzad Mojab
• Barrie Bennett
• Christopher Spence
• Charles Chen, Canada Research Chair: Life Career Development
• Kathleen M. Gallagher, Canada Research Chair: Theatre, Youth, and Research in Urban Schools
• Katreena Scott, Canada Research Chair: Family Violence Prevention and Treatment
• Jim Slotta, Canada Research Chair: Education and Technology
• Rosemary Tannock, Canada Research Chair: Special Education and Adaptive Technology
• Marc Lewis

Student campus groups

OISE/UT has two major campus groups, the Student Teachers' Union and the Graduate Student Association, a course union of the University of Toronto Graduate Students' Union.

Partnerships

The Institute is affiliated with two laboratory schools, the University of Toronto Schools and the Institute of Child Study Laboratory School.

OISE is a founding member of the prestigious International Alliance of Leading Education Institutes, which is an international organization of premier education institutes whose focus and mandate is to explore educational issues of global consequence, particularly in matters of teacher education and educational policy. IALEI membership is selective, limited, and by invitation only, based on a member's status as both a world-leading institute, including its "strength in breadth and depth of staff with exceptional publications and significant impact", and as a regional/national centre of excellence in teacher education and consonant educational research, amongst other criteria.

External links

• OISE website
• Self-archived works available on T-Space