Program Structure

For Teacher Education Stream Students

This graphic outlines the Teacher Education Stream (TES) pathway towards applying to our 2-year Bachelor of Education program. Whether you achieve guaranteed entrance from the TES or not, all students still need to apply to the B.Ed. program, after completing the 4-year TES.

TES Pathway into the B.Ed. Program diagram 2025

Below are the courses you will be required to take as part of the Teacher Education Stream program.

Year 1

EDUC 1050H: Understanding Teaching and Learning Through Social Justice Lenses

Introduces teaching and learning from the perspective of various social justice lenses. Students begin to develop understandings of the scope of what it can mean to be “a teacher” in a variety of educational contexts, and how issues of socio-ecological justice (and injustice) permeate all aspects of teaching and learning.

Year 2

EDUC 2050H: Non-Formal and Community-Based Education

Students investigate the nature of teaching, making space and place for social justice in education, within and against the context of representations of teaching and learning in society and media. Students will extend their understanding of what it can mean to be “a teacher” in a variety of educational contexts.

EDUC 2051H: Field experience in Teacher Education Stream II

Field experience in the Teacher Education Stream is designed as an opportunity for consolidation and enrichment of educational perspectives and inquiry through placement in an education related setting. This course is designed to augment the learning in the companion course, EDUC 2050H.

Year 3

EDUC 3050H: Literacies, Languages, and Schooling

Considers new approaches to thinking about literacy for twenty-first century educators. Students explore literacy learning and human interaction, challenging the monomodality of conventional school-based forms of learning to read and write as literacy. Students will encounter a range of learning theories related to literacy and language across the curriculum, embedded in the sociocultural turn in literacy education.

EDUC 3051H: Field experience in Teacher Education Stream III

*Students entering Year 3 can similarly enroll in the Study Abroad program available through International Studies at Trent. This is not mandatory, rather an opportunity available to you to gain greater experience and perspective on global issues, before entering your 4th year.
**Students who enroll in the Study Abroad Program for a full year are not required to complete EDUC 3050H nor EDUC 3051H. Students who enroll for one semester are only exempt from EDUC-3051H.

Year 4

EDUC 4050H: A Mathematics and STEAM Driven Classroom

This course considers both subject and pedagogical knowledge related to mathematics and STEAM within the context of the elementary and intermediate ages. Active exploration of the mathematical and STEAM (science/technology/engineering/arts/math) knowledge necessary to effectively support mathematics, science, and technology development for learners. An exploratory approach to teaching and learning is supported through interaction and frequent collaboration.