Sessional Lecturer - CTL7072H - Curriculum and Teaching in Social Studies and Indigenous Education

University of Toronto • Toronto, ON

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Curriculum and Instruction in Social Studies and Aboriginal Education course explores the shared histories of Indigenous and settler relationships across Turtle Island and, while recognizing the US/Canadian divisions as colonial constructs, will focus more specifically on the Canadian context. This course provides a practical and conceptual introduction to the teaching of Social Studies (Grades 4-6), History and Geography (7-10) within the context of Aboriginal (First Nations, Metis and Inuit) understandings. This course consists of a series of seminars and workshops designed to emphasize the expectations, pedagogy, methodology and content integrating both Social studies and Aboriginal Studies in the junior/intermediate grades. The course provides opportunities to develop practical understandings relating to instructional methods and skills through unit and lesson planning, including practical assessment strategies, in a variety of classroom contexts as well as the incorporation of Indigenous and Western knowledges and understandings. It seeks answers to questions of identity, meaning-making, complex issues concerning community and nation, past and present. It looks to bring local histories and traditional ecological knowledges- and to provide a template for understanding the complex interplay relating to constructions of identity (personal, local, and national) and sovereignty.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree or other graduate degree
• Relevant teacher experiences in K-12 settings in a relevant discipline
• Demonstrated currency and mastery of the subject area
• Demonstrated knowledge and practice of equity, diversity and inclusion required

Nice To Haves

• Ontario certification as a teacher is an asset

Responsibilities

• Prepare, organize, and teach this graduate course
• Be available to students seeking assistance between classes
• Evaluate and provide students with feedback on their work
• Attend a pre-course planning/preparation meeting with the course instructional team
• Attend MT All-Instructor Meetings (AIM)
• Submit course syllabus as requested by the department

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level