Honestly, I think Ontario needs to add a second year to teacher's college. It's partly teachers not having an adequate foundation in all the subjects they need to teach, and it's partly that some teachers have an appalling lack of knowledge about special ed issues. I was looking at a book of special ed case studies yesterday (in the OISE section of the textbook section at U of T Bookstore), and I was appalled by how much the teachers in that book didn't know--e.g. that girls displaying ADHD symptoms should be referred for ADHD. It just seems like teachers need more grounding in academics, teaching, and special needs before they enter the classroom.
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Date: 2010-07-08 11:01 am (UTC)