Postponed due to weather - In Conversation event to provide insight into teacher education in Simcoe County
Dr. Frances Helyar
January 9, 2017 – Orillia, ON
This talk has been postponed due to weather. Lakehead Orillia’s popular speaker series, In Conversation, begins the new year with a talk on Tuesday, Jan. 17 by Dr. Frances Helyar about the evolution of teacher education in Simcoe County.
Since the inception of common schooling in Ontario, attitudes toward teacher training have shifted. Recurrent themes include the tension over theory versus practice. In this talk, Dr. Helyar will present an overview of the history of teacher education in Ontario and provide insights about the present and future of teacher training in Simcoe County.
Dr. Helyar is the Chair of Education at Lakehead Orillia and teaches courses about the history, philosophy, and sociology of education. She is an educational historian and is currently writing a book about Acadian education from 1900 to 1940.
Dr. Helyar’s In Conversation talk takes place at the Orillia Public Library on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 6:15 pm.
All In Conversation events are free, but registration is required. Register by email to info@orilliapubliclibrary.ca or by phone at 705-325-2338.
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Photo: Dr. Frances Helyar, Faculty of Education with Lakehead University, will be the featured speaker at the upcoming January 17In Conversation event at the Orillia Public Library. The event is free of charge, but registration is required.
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