In this two-term, final year capstone course, students synthesize theoretical and practical learning over their time in the program in relation to the School of Education’s outcome statement and the contemporary context of teaching and learning at the Secondary Level. They consider teaching as an intellectual pursuit and social responsibility by exploring how education in Quebec is framed and positioned, the manner in which multiple stories and different ways of knowing, being, and doing can and do circulate together in teaching and learning, and how leadership begins with change and action at the very local level. Students take up the meanings of commitment to “transformation through education” by individually and collaboratively designing formal and informal approaches to fostering change through their professional practice, some of which are taken up during the internship practicum. Students return to the university after practicum, at which time they discuss their emerging professional identities, synthesize their learning, and provide evidence of the capacity of ongoing critical reflection and commitment to the transformative power of education in service of a more equitable and sustainable world for all our relations.
- Teacher: Cris Barabas
- Teacher: Vidhi Gupta