Abstracts
Abstract
Despite the rapid growth in online and distance learning in Canada, there does not appear to be much interest on the part of teacher education programs to evolve to meet the needs of future generations of teacher candidates. While understanding the notion that systemic change in tertiary education takes time, the steady growth of online and blended learning in Canada–and globally–combined with raised awareness of distance learning stoked by the COVID-19 pandemic should make educators and policymakers worry about failing to respond to a rapidly changing educational landscape. This paper highlights the status of distance and online field experiences provided by Canadian teacher education programs. In addition, we review program offerings to support in-service teachers, such as graduate certificate, degree, and diploma programs, as well as MOOCs offering free professional development. This study, a replication of a mixed-method study originally conducted in the United States and published as a technical report by Archibald et al. (2020), found that a minority of teacher education programs offered online or blended field experiences. Further, we found that programs were slow to change these deficiencies due to institutional lack of resources, limited knowledge base, perceived lack of usefulness for their teachers’ future careers, and regulatory bodies discouraging online field experiences. This study highlights the dramatic need for programming in distance and online education.
Keywords:
- K-12 distance education,
- pre-service teacher preparation,
- teacher education
Résumé
Malgré la croissance rapide de l’apprentissage en ligne et à distance au Canada, les programmes de formation des enseignants ne semblent pas suivre la tendance, ce qui permettrait de répondre aux besoins des futures générations d’enseignants et d’enseignantes. S’il est vrai que les changements structurels dans l’enseignement supérieur prennent du temps, la croissance constante de l’apprentissage en ligne et mixte au Canada et dans le monde, conjuguée à la prise de conscience de l’importance de l’apprentissage à distance suscitée par la pandémie de COVID-19, devrait sonner l’alarme auprès des éducateurs et des décideurs relativement au fait qu’ils n’arrivent pas à répondre aux besoins d’un secteur qui évolue rapidement. Cet article fait le point sur les expériences pratiques à distance et en ligne proposées par les programmes canadiens de formation des enseignants. Nous passons en revue les programmes destinés à accompagner les enseignants en exercice, tels que les programmes de certificat, d’études supérieures et menant à un diplôme, ainsi que les MOOC, qui offrent un perfectionnement professionnel gratuit. La présente étude, qui reproduit une étude à méthode mixte menée à l’origine aux États-Unis et publiée sous forme de rapport technique par Archibald et al. (2020), a révélé qu’une minorité de programmes de formation des enseignants offraient des expériences pratiques en ligne ou mixtes. Par ailleurs, nous avons constaté que les programmes ne remédiaient que lentement à ces lacunes en raison d’un manque de ressources institutionnelles, d’une base de connaissances limitée, de la faible utilité que les futurs enseignants et les organismes de réglementation leur accordaient, ce qui décourage les expériences de terrain en ligne. Cette étude met en évidence le besoin considérable de programmes dans le domaine de l’enseignement à distance et en ligne.
Mots-clés :
- enseignement à distance de la maternelle à la 12e année,
- formation initiale des enseignants,
- formation des enseignants
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