摘要:教师是一个神圣的职业,也是培育人才的核心,那么教师人才该如何培育呢,特别是对于那些偏僻的大学,教师人才该如何发掘和留下呢?该论文就美国的安大略大学为例,重点对教师人才的培育进行了调查研究及合格的有资历的教师该具备什么特点呢。
examining their recruiting strategies and aggressively attracting young professionals northern Ontario schools can improve their current and future circumstances.
The paper will begin by providing background information on northern Ontario, its educational system and the current teaching situation in Ontario as a whole. Next, the paper will address and examine the problem of staffing rural schools on an international level. Afterwards, through the use of a questionnaire, developed using applicable theories from contemporary literature, the study will examine the reasons why northern Ontario is unable to attract teachers. The paper concludes by outlining strategies for obtaining and retaining qualified teachers to under-serviced communities. Throughout the study, maps of the northern Ontario region of Kenora will be examined to provide further insight. This region was chosen as it is located North-western Ontario yet has a large enough population to draw some useful census data from.
Background
Before examining the social circumstances of northern Ontario it is first important define the geographical boundaries as it has no legislated borders leaving it open to interpretation. For the purpose of this study northern Ontario will be defined as the Greater Sudbury Division and the following districts: Kenora, Rainy River, Thunder Bay, Algoma, Cochrane, Manitoulin, Sudbury, Timiskaming, Nipissing, and Parry Sound as this is how the federal government currently classifies the region.
Northern Ontario may be characterized as geographically vast yet sparsely populated. It accounts for around 89% of the land mass of Ontario, however, represents only 6.5% of the total population (Census, 2006). The majority of northern Ontario's communities fall within the definition of a 'rural and small town' as defined by
statistics Canada (Southcott, 2006). In recent years out-migration rates have been increasing (Southcott, 2007). Northern Ontario has few migrants compared to Ontario as a whole and almost all migrants come from within Ontario (Southcott, 2007). Moreover, northern Ontario has a highly mobile population (Map 1.1 ' Population mobility status). The mobility of the northern Ontario population is mostly to do with the current economic situation. This high rate of mobility and migration will only further hurt the already struggling economy.
In recent years, the northern Ontario economy has encountered substantial challenges. This is because its economy is largely based in resource industries (mining and forest products) with many communities relying on a single industry. With the strong Canadian dollar and increased global competition many northern Ontario communities have fallen on tough times. They have been particularly hurt by weak demands and soft commodity prices during the recession (Ministry of
Finance, 2010). Furthermore, employment in northern Ontario has fallen significantly, more than twice the rate of the province as a whole (Ministry of finance, 2010). This lack of economic prosperity makes northern Ontario an unappealing place to reside for many individuals.
Due to northern Ontario's challenging circumstances, Ontario has in the past, and is now, implementing a number of initiatives to improve the region's economic and educational conditions. Currently in a 2010 report Ontario's Ministry of Finance stated education is a top priority
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