Teacher education in Canada

Abstract

Teacher education programmes within Canada are markedly different in structure and duration across the provinces, which affects programme delivery for teacher candidates and their opportunities for clinical practice. This paper provides a brief overview of Canadian pre-service teacher education, a summary of new teacher induction and mentoring activities, and an outline of some issues and factors facing and influencing these teacher education programmes, including declining enrolment, emerging technologies and practices, and equity issues.

Keywords:

• emerging technologies
• equitable access
• pre-service teacher education
• practicum
• teacher education research