Message from the Chair

Dear Visitor:

Welcome!

My name is Doug McDougall and I am the Chair of the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning (CTL) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. In this brief welcome, I’d like to introduce you to the faculty, staff and students who work in CTL.

Our Faculty

With 50 faculty members, researching, writing and teaching about a wide variety of subjects concerning children, youth and teachers both in and out of schools, CTL is an extremely exciting Department to visit and study in.

Here’s a short list of our faculty’s research and teaching interests:

• Anti-homophobia education
• Anti-oppression education
• Arts in education
• Assessment and evaluation in education
• Conflict resolution and peace building education
• Critical thinking
• Computer supported learning
• Cultural studies and education
• Curriculum theory
• Drama and theatre education
• English as a second language education
• English language, literacy and multiliteracies education
• French/Francophone minority education
• Global education
• Holistic education
• Mathematics education
• Muslim education
• Professional ethics in education
• Research in education: action research, arts-based research, critical ethnography, practitioner research
• Research in education: qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods
• Science and technology education: promoting well-being
• Science education: access, equity and retention
• Science-technology-society-environment (STSE) education
• Spirituality in education
• Teacher education and development
• Technology and education
• Urban and inner-city education

Our Staff

There are 19 administrative staff members in CTL who support the Department’s graduate programs and OISE’s initial teacher education programs by providing administrative and policy expertise to students and faculty. They also support the research work of faculty and students and contribute to the governance work of the Department.

Our Students

CTL students include practicing teachers, principals, vice-principals, superintendents, nurses, social workers, community workers and other professionals engaged in curriculum development and implementation.

There are over 700 registered graduate students in the Department and a substantially higher number of students who are “active” in the Department making CTL the second largest graduate department at the University of Toronto. The student body includes both part-time and full-time students who are engaged in the academic life of the Department in a number of ways: the CTL Student Association (CTLSA) sponsors co-curricular activities on conducting research, writing a thesis, and creating an academic life through three kinds of programming: Information Sessions, Doc Talks, and MA Talks.

Graduate Programs and Research Centres in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning

CTL students enroll in one of three different graduate programs in CTL:

• Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development
• Second Language Education
• The Master of Teaching program, which provides students the opportunity to obtain an Ontario Teaching Certificate.

CTL students also have the opportunity to enroll in one of the five collaborative graduate programs in which CTL participates:

• Comparative, International and Development Education Collaborative Program
• Educational Policy Collaborative Program
• Knowledge Media Design Collaborative Program
• Sexual Diversity Studies Collaborative Program
• Women’s and Gender Studies Collaborative Program

Finally, CTL is the home to four research centres, which, in turn, provide an academic home to faculty and students who are doing research in these areas:

• Centre for Studies in Science, Mathematics & Technology Education

• Centre for Urban Schooling

• Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology

• Centre for Research in Language and Literacies

As you can see, there is a large variety of vibrant academic communities in CTL and a large range of areas to study in! I invite you to surf our website and see for yourselves!

All the best,
Doug