Faculty
Faculty of Education
Supervisor Name
Dr. Danielle Sirek (UWO), PI & Dr. Terry Sefton (University of Windsor), CI
Keywords
COVID-19, Arts, Virtual, Teacher, Instruction, Preservice, Education, Environmental Scan, Ontario, Canada
Description
The purpose of this research is to construct a detailed picture of teacher education in the arts within Ontario, with a specific focus on the Primary-Junior arts discipline. This project will survey publicly-funded educational institutions in order to create a baseline of information on arts teacher education. This foundational information will allow for differences to be identified between pre-service teacher arts programs, and will also initiate a dialogue as to whether or not arts programs are equitably administered throughout the province. Moreover, this project will examine the professional practices of teacher educators in the arts before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic, making considerable advances in understanding how teacher educators balance institutional and public health demands within their own pedagogical practice. It is the hope that this data will serve to enhance transparency within the practice of teacher education in the arts in Ontario, to the benefit of pre-service teachers, arts classroom teachers, and community arts educators.
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Dr. Sirek and Dr. Sefton for allowing me to collaborate with them on this project. I would also like to thank Chenkai Chi and Fiona Evison for their help with the Environmental Scan data.
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Document Type
Poster
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Art Education Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Higher Education Commons, Higher Education and Teaching Commons, Online and Distance Education Commons, Other Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons
Teacher Education in the Arts Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
The purpose of this research is to construct a detailed picture of teacher education in the arts within Ontario, with a specific focus on the Primary-Junior arts discipline. This project will survey publicly-funded educational institutions in order to create a baseline of information on arts teacher education. This foundational information will allow for differences to be identified between pre-service teacher arts programs, and will also initiate a dialogue as to whether or not arts programs are equitably administered throughout the province. Moreover, this project will examine the professional practices of teacher educators in the arts before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic, making considerable advances in understanding how teacher educators balance institutional and public health demands within their own pedagogical practice. It is the hope that this data will serve to enhance transparency within the practice of teacher education in the arts in Ontario, to the benefit of pre-service teachers, arts classroom teachers, and community arts educators.