Colours Blue and white Province Ontario | Phone +1 416-978-0005 Parent institution University of Toronto | |
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Type Public teachers' college Established 1847: Provincial Normal School (1847-1979)
1920: Ontario College of Education, U of T (1920-1972)
1973: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (1973-present) Affiliations University of Toronto Schools, Institute of Child Study Laboratory School, AUCC, IALEI, IAU, COU, CIS, CUSID, OUA, OCGS. Website Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Address 252 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6, Canada Hours Closed today SaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday7AM–9PMTuesday7AM–9PMWednesday7AM–9PMThursday7AM–9PMFriday7AM–9PMSuggest an edit Notable alumni Kyo Maclear, Chris Spence, Filomena Tassi, Neethan Shan Similar University of Toronto, York University, Ryerson University, University of Guelph‑Humber, University of Toronto Scarborough Profiles | ||
Ontario institute for studies in education
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT) is Canada's only all-graduate institute of teaching, learning and research, located in Toronto, Ontario. It is located directly above the St. George subway station, with the OISE Jackman Institute of Child Study located on Walmer Street by the Spadina station.
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History
OISE/UT traces its origins to the founding of the Provincial Normal School in 1847. The Normal School evolved into the Toronto Teacher's College, whose facility was expanded in 1924. It merged into the Faculty of Education in the University of Toronto in 1979.
The current OISE/UT institution was founded in 1996 as a merger of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and the Faculty of Education in the University of Toronto (which from 1920 to 1972 was known as the Ontario College of Education, U of T). In 1951, the Ontario College of Education offered the first adult education graduate course in Canada. FEUT was the preservice teachers' college offering first professional degrees in teaching. OISE was the graduate and research institution. OISE was a freestanding public degree-granting school before the merger. In 1965, the OISE introduced a masters and doctoral program in adult education. In 1967, OISE introduced the first graduate course in comparative studies in adult education, which was taught by J. R. Kidd.
In 1979 OISE hosted the founding meeting of the Feminist Party of Canada.
Academics
OISE/UT offers graduate programs in teaching, psychology, educational theory, history and administration, and Honours Specialist, technical education diploma, and Additional and Principal Qualification programs. Master of Education and Doctor of Education degrees as well as Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees are available. Master of Teaching degrees are also offered. OISE also offers a concurrent education program.
As a result of the government's decision to extend teaching degree programs from existing one year into two years province-wide, OISE announced that they would shift towards graduate programs. By 2015, undergraduate teaching programs were eliminated and OISE became an all-graduate school.
Partnerships
OISE is a founding member of the prestigious International Alliance of Leading Education Institutes, which is an international organization of premier education institutes whose focus and mandate is to explore educational issues of global consequence, particularly in matters of teacher education and educational policy. IALEI membership is selective, limited, and by invitation only, based on a member's status as both a world-leading institute, including its "strength in breadth and depth of staff with exceptional publications and significant impact", and as a regional/national centre of excellence in teacher education and consonant educational research, amongst other criteria.