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Master of Education (M.Ed.)
COLLABORATIVE DEGREE IN WORKPLACE LEARNING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Department
of Adult Education & Counselling Psychology
Department
of Sociology & Equity Studies in Education
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The program caters to students interested in developing their
understanding of work and learning trends in
Canada and
internationally, with a focus on social change. Students learn to situate
workplace learning within broader social trends such as globalization,
neo-liberalism, and organizational restructuring. The program introduces
students to learning strategies that work to foster social change through
greater equality of power, inclusivity, participatory decision making and
economic democracy.
Upon graduation, students receive an annotation on their academic
transcripts in addition to their M.Ed. degrees. The requirements of the
collaborative program can be met without extending the length of the degree
program.
All students who have been admitted to an M.Ed. program in Adult
Education & Community Development (AECD) or Sociology and Equity Studies in
Education (SESE) are eligible to participate in this exciting new collaborative
program.
CORE FACULTY
MEMBERS
Faculty associated
with this collaborative program have particular expertise in issues related to
workplace learning amongst immigrant workers, foreign trained professionals,
marginalized workers, as well as workers embedded within progressive
organizational structures. Faculty do research in the areas of social and
workplace policy, organizational development, skills development paradigms,
technological change, industrial relations, labour market analysis, and
school-to-work transitions.
Nancy Jackson
(AECP)
Marilyn Laiken
(AECP)
David Livingstone
(SESE)
D'Arcy Martin
(SESE)
Kiran
Mirchandani (AECP)
Shahrzad Mojab
(AECP)
Roxana Ng (AECP
and SESE)
Jack Quarter
(AECP and SESE)
Peter Sawchuk
(SESE)
CORE COURSES
This course is
cross-listed and will be counted towards regular home department requirements in
SESE and AECP.
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WPL1131H
Masters Seminar in Workplace Learning
and Social Change |
K. Mirchandani |
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This
course will introduce students to work and learning trends in Canada and
internationally, with a focus on the relationships between workplace
learning and social change. There are three intellectual objectives of this
course. The first objective is to situate workplace learning within broader
social trends such as globalization, neo-liberalism and organizational
restructuring. Second, the course allows for an exploration of the
connections between learning as an individual phenomenon and learning as a
social/organizational and social policy phenomenon. Finally, a third
objective of the course is to highlight the learning strategies that seek to
foster social change through greater equality of power, inclusivity,
participatory decision-making and economic democracy. The course will also
provide students with exposure to the work of faculty members involved with
the Collaborative Program in Workplace Learning and Social Change.
The course is a required course for Masters students (M.Ed. and MA) enrolled
in the Collaborative Program in Workplace Learning and Social Change. The
course can also be used to fulfill a course requirement for your home
department if you are a student in AECD or SESE.
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ELECTIVE COURSES
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AEC1113H
Gender and Hierarchy at Work |
K. Mirchandani |
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AEC1119H
Creating a Learning Organization |
Staff |
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AEC1131H
Workplace Literacies:
Theory, Policy and Practice |
N.
Jackson |
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SES2942H
Education and Work |
P.
Sawchuk |
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The purposes of this course are to engage critically with issues involved in
the interrelations of learning and work, and to explore alternative
explanations of these relationships. Learning and work will be broadly
defined. The sphere of learning encompasses formal schooling, continuing
education courses and training programs, informal education, group and
self-directed learning and tacit learning throughout the life course. The
sphere of work may include paid employment as well as other activities such
as union activism, schoolwork, unpaid household labour, community volunteer
work and so forth. We will critically analyze current dominant ideologies
and contending theories of education-work relations, review relevant
research literature on socio-economic and educational changes and on
education-job matching, on-the-job learning, and we will study alternative
models of future learning-work relations. Practical implications will be
considered throughout the course. Special attention will be devoted to
building awareness of different disciplinary and methodological traditions
in the study of education, learning and work. |
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AEC1107H
Developing and Leading High-Performing Teams |
M. Laiken |
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AEC1182H
Teaching, Learning, and Working in Nonprofits
and Public Sector Organizations |
Staff |
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AEC1266H
Career
Counselling and Development:
Transition from School to Work |
C. Chen |
PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS
Students must
complete 10 half-courses for their M.Ed. degrees. In order to fulfill the
requirements of the collaborative program, students must take one core course
(WPC1131) and one elective course from the list provided. The remaining eight
courses will be those required for the fulfillment of the degree requirements of
the program of admission. There is no thesis requirement for this degree
program.
ADMISSION PROCESS
Students may apply
to the collaborative program either at time of application to OISE or after they
have been admitted to AECD or SESE. To apply, please submit a short statement of
interest which includes relevant personal or professional experiences,
motivation for seeking advanced training in Workplace Learning and Social
Change, your student number and degree program. Upon acceptance, students will
be registered in either of the home departments (AECP or SESE) as well as in the
collaborative program in Workplace Learning and Social Change. Continuing
students can also enter the collaborative program by submitting an application
and taking the required course. If students have already taken a suitable course
on workplace issues, that course may be counted as their elective.
Centre for the
Study of Education and Work
Students in this
collaborative degree program will have the opportunity to participate in the
intellectual field of Workplace Learning and Social Change through involvement
in activities organized by the Centre for the Study of Education and Work.
Students are encouraged to use the CSEW online library, join a working group, or
attend the speaker series.
FOR MORE
INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Kiran
Mirchandani,
Director
Collaborative Program in Workplace Learning and Social Change
Department of
Adult Education and
Counselling
Psychology
OISE, the
University of
Toronto
252 Bloor Street West,
Toronto
ON, M5S 1V6 Rm. 7-111 |
Peter Sawchuk
Centre for the Study of Education and Work
Department of
Sociology & Equity Studies
OISE, the
University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street
West
Toronto
ON,
M5S 1V6
Telephone:
416-978-0518
E-mail: psawchuk@oise.utoronto.ca |
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