51 faculty education curriculum and instruction jobs found in Toronto

Date Posted:  03/09/2023 Req ID:  30186 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: This course explores issues related to the use of social media in education contexts. There will be a particular focus on K-12 schools but the course will also examine the use of social media in higher education. Some of the topics that will be discussed include: popular social media tools and their application to teaching and learning, policies and practices related to integrating social media into classrooms, student safety in online environments, cyber bullying, elements of digital citizenship, e-professionalism and teachers as models of digital citizenship. Estimated TA support: No Estimated course enrolment:  25 Class schedule: Please see the class schedule on the application website Sessional dates of appointment:...

Date Posted:  03/07/2023 Req ID:  30142 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description:LLE M.Ed. Field in Language Teaching candidates enrolled in this course will work alongside host teachers who are experienced in language instruction. The goal of working alongside host teachers will be to actively participate in all aspects of language instruction including but not limited to: curriculum and lesson planning, assessment development, differentiated instructions, working with individual students, and developing a deep understanding of language instruction to various age groups. The overarching goal of this practicum course is to help all LLE M.Ed. Field candidates to gain clarity in life, valuable teaching experience, connections, and employability through authentic lessons and dedicated support. Estimated TA support:...

Date Posted:  03/07/2023 Req ID:  30140 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: This course deals with the use of computers in schools as tools for students in curricula other than computer studies. The role that technology can play in school restructuring is examined. Also included is a discussion of issues related to teacher training and classroom implementation, and the ways in which technology applications can influence the curriculum content and process. The major emphasis is on determining the specific educational needs (of students, teachers, etc.) that computers can meet. Estimated TA support: No Estimated course enrolment:  25 Class schedule: Please see the class schedule on the application website Sessional dates of appointment: May 2023 - Jun. 2023 Appointment percentage: 100...

Date Posted:  03/07/2023 Req ID:  30135 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: Ce cours a pour objectif de mieux comprendre de quelle façon les interventions humaines sont réalisées sur les dynamiques linguistiques. Nous examinerons en particulier sur quelles bases idéologiques et politiques on en vient à élaborer des politiques linguistiques, quelles en sont les composantes et les principales étapes, et de quelle façon les politiques linguistiques se répercutent dans les pratiques langagières des acteurs sociaux. Idéalement, la politique linguistique devrait permettre à l'école une meilleure prise en compte du contexte qui lui est propre, de façon àharmoniser les rapports entre, d'une part, les langues de...

Date Posted:  03/03/2023 Req ID:  30057 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: Linguistic and cultural diversity have always characterized human societies and have usually played a central role in mediating power relations between dominant and subordinate groups. In recent years, theorists working within the framework of Critical Pedagogy have begun to describe how societal power relations are manifested in schools both through interpersonal interactions and the hidden curriculum. In particular, theory has focused on how language use and language learning interact with dimensions such as class, race, ethnicity, and gender in mediating power relations within the educational system. The course will focus on this body of theory and research and explore its applications to current educational issues related to minority...

Date Posted:  03/03/2023 Req ID:  30061 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: An examination of the nature and function of the study of literature. Children's Literature as a Foundation of Literate and culture in elementary schools. This course is designed for experienced teachers who will develop programs, select texts, explore interpretations, and consider implications and applications for schools. Estimated TA support: No Estimated course enrolment:  25 Class schedule: Please see the class schedule on the application website Sessional dates of appointment: Jul 2023 - Aug. 2023 Appointment percentage: 100 Salary:  As of September 01, 2021, the minimum stipend is $8,489.67 (inclusive of vacation pay) for a half credit course. Salary may be prorated based on the appointment percentage....

Date Posted:  03/03/2023 Req ID:  30055 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: The study and concept of ''culture'' has emerged from a number of different disciplines over the past century. ''Cultural studies'' is a recent synthesis and critical re-evaluation of some of these approaches, one with important implications for educators in the area of the humanities. Through a discussion of key texts and issues generated within this tradition, the course examines struc- turalist, ethnographic, feminist, and postmodern versions of cultural studies in order to understand how these approaches reformulate an educational practice concerned with contemporary culture. Estimated TA support: No Estimated course enrolment:  25 Class schedule: Please see the class schedule on the application website Sessional...

Date Posted:  03/03/2023 Req ID:  30041 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: Only offered in French, L'immersion française: enseignement et recherches (French Immersion: Teaching and Research) is designed for MT students interested in teaching in French immersion. As the course is in French, students should pass OISE's French language proficiency test before enrolling in the course. The course aims to support students in developing appropriate knowledge, skills, and attitudes for beginning a placement or a teaching assignment in French Immersion (Kindergarten to Grade 12). Students will have opportunities to focus on the level of their choice (e.g., Primary/Junior, Junior/Intermediate, or Intermediate/Senior) while gaining a broader understanding of immersion students' learning trajectories across...

Date Posted:  03/03/2023 Req ID:  30045 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: This is a required course for master's students (and doctoral students who did not take it in their masters programs). The aim of this course is to apply theory and research to the study of curriculum and teaching. The course (a) provides a language for conceptualizing educational questions; (b) reviews the major themes in the literature; c) provides a framework for thinking about curriculum changes and change; and (d) assists students in developing critical and analytical skills appropriate to the scholarly discussion of curriculum and teaching problems.ate course concepts to their own language learning and teaching experiences, and will carry out observational/empirical tasks to apply their learning to the real world. Estimated TA...

Date Posted:  03/03/2023 Req ID:  30056 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: This course deals with the appropriate use of immersive technology (virtual reality, augmented reality, 360° video, 3D learning environments) as it pertains to curricula and education. This course examines the novel role of immersive technology as tools for educators and students to engage, enhance, and extend curricula beyond conventional methods. Also included is a discussion of issues related to educational trends and initiatives, theoretical frameworks, as well as subject and classroom integration. The major emphasis is on assessing the specific academic context (of students, the teacher, the learning environment, and curriculum objectives) that immersive technology can address in an educational and safe manner. This course will...

Date Posted:  03/03/2023 Req ID:  30040 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: This courses explores the nature of language: its rule-governed structure, its variety and its universal characteristics, the way it is acquired by native speakers and additional language learners, its role in society, its role in creating, sustaining, and enhancing power, and its role in informal and institutional education. The aim of the course is to consider (i) language awareness and use in first, second, and foreign language education; (ii) the special need for language awareness in L2 contexts; and (iii) the role of language awareness in teacher development and program administration.  Students will relate course concepts to their own language learning and teaching experiences, and will carry out observational/empirical tasks...

Date Posted:  03/03/2023 Req ID:  30039 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: This course brings together research and practice in primary classrooms, introducing sociolinguistic and sociocultural perspectives on young children's oral language and literacy (with a focus on writing and other symbolic representation), play-based pedagogy supporting literacy, and family literacy. In addition to contributing to ongoing online conversations about readings, students will create a non-essay composition on a topic related to young children's oral language and/or literacy development and/or pedagogy supporting young children's language and literacy. Estimated TA support: No Estimated course enrolment:  25 Class schedule: Please see the class schedule on the application website Sessional dates of...

Date Posted:  03/03/2023 Req ID:  30028 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: As educators, we hope to provide the best possible context for students to learn and to thrive. In 2017 The World Health Organization declared that over 300 million people across the globe were suffering from anxiety and depression. Throughout recent pandemic lockdowns nature has become an integral source for physical and mental health. Most of education is conducted while students are seated at a desk in a classroom; the body is left out of the picture. Recent research reveals that the beneficial relationship between nature and learning is no longer in question and it is our whole being that forges a relationship with the natural world. Across disciplines research shows that nature improves attention, leads to stress reduction...

Date Posted:  03/03/2023 Req ID:  30029 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: This course explores ways to bring children, cultural diversity and literature together in an interactive manner. Stories - whether traditional folktales or contemporary multicultural works - not only help define a child's identity and understanding of self, but also allow others to look into, appreciate, and embrace another culture. Class discussions revolve around an annotated bibliography of articles and books concerned with multicultural children's literature prepared specifically for the course and designed primarily for teachers in mainstream as well as ESL (English as a Second Language) and heritage language classes. The practical aim is for teachers to learn how to take advantage of the cultural diversity and interests that...

Date Posted:  03/03/2023 Req ID:  30025 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: This course explores issues related to the use of social media in education contexts. There will be a particular focus on K-12 schools but the course will also examine the use of social media in higher education. Some of the topics that will be discussed include: popular social media tools and their application to teaching and learning, policies and practices related to integrating social media into classrooms, student safety in online environments, cyber bullying, elements of digital citizenship, e-professionalism and teachers as models of digital citizenship. Estimated TA support: No Estimated course enrolment:  25 Class schedule: Please see the class schedule on the application website Sessional dates of appointment:...

Date Posted:  03/03/2023 Req ID:  30027 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: Instructional design is important aspect of education. Today, we see many job postings for instructional designers in both the education and the corporate sectors. This course aims to equip students with both the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to become a successful instructional designer in the 21st century. The course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of instructional design using technology in flex-mode, and fully online delivery modes. Students will have the opportunity to apply their understanding of instructional design principles through the assessed learning experiences. Online discussions will explore current issues in instructional design, and assessed learning experiences will provide...

Date Posted:  03/03/2023 Req ID:  30024 Faculty/Division:  OISE/UT Department:  Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description: The purpose of this course is to introduce concepts and ideas related to processes of colonization and struggles for decolonization. The course seeks to engage in a reflection process of what it means to decolonize and to teach for decolonization, particularly when doing educational work within a settler colonial context. The course will focus on introducing selected foundational texts from decolonial thinkers and considering specific decolonization movements from different parts of the world. The course will gravitate around what Edward Said might call a "contrapuntal" reading of key texts from scholars of color about the topic of colonization and decolonization, which will weave around a process of reflection on how we are all impacted...

Date Posted:  03/14/2023 Closing Date:   04/20/2023 , 11:59PM ET Req ID:  30274 Job Category:  Faculty - Clinical Faculty/Division:  Temerty Faculty of Medicine Department:  Dept of Medicine Hospital Affiliation: Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: The Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Toronto is seeking applicants for the position of a Master Teacher Program Co-Director. Faculty Development is a vital function of the Department of Medicine. Applicants must be eligible for a full-time clinical academic appointment at the rank of Assistant, Associate or Full Professor at the University of Toronto and a Clinician Teacher (CT), Clinician Educator (CE) or Clinician in Quality Improvement (CQI). They must show evidence of accomplishment in teaching and be willing to participate on the on-line Stanford Faculty Development Centre’s Clinical Teaching Seminar course...

Date Posted:  March 16, 2023 Req ID:  3785 Faculty/Division:  Vice Provost, Students Department:  Transitional Year Programme Campus:  St. George Course Description:  Cells and Biomolecules: An Introduction is a new TYP course, designed to introduce  students to the key information on basic cellular structures and biological molecules  including deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), ribonucleic acids (RNA), proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. This is essential information that will help students understand the biological mechanisms associated with evolution and biodiversification. The preliminary knowledge gained will also serve to deliver key principles used in the Molecular and Cell Biology field.  Qualifications: Ph.D. in science-based discipline and in-depth knowledge of Transitional Year Programme (TYP) student supports, curriculum, and culture. Demonstrated commitment to equity and anti-oppressive/social-justice...

Date Posted:  03/22/2023 Req ID:  30391 Faculty/Division:  Faculty of Arts & Science Department:  Dept of East Asian Studies Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course number and title : Sessional Lecturer EAS120Y1Y – Modern Standard Japanese I Course description :   This course is for students with no or a very limited background in Japanese. Students must go through screening process conducted by the Department. See www.eas.utoronto.ca/languages/japanese/ for details. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Estimated course enrolment : 50 students Estimated TA support : 250 hours Class schedule : Lectures: Mondays & Wednesdays 9 am - 11 am, Tutorials:  Tuesdays & Thursdays 9am - 11am and 1 pm - 3pm  **Please note, the delivery method for this course is currently in person. Please note that, in keeping with current circumstances, the course delivery method...