Education: Secondary

UBC’s BEd degree is globally recognized, and open to international students. The BEd Secondary option prepares pre-service educators in curriculum, instruction, and foundational coursework with a focus on teaching one or two subjects: Art, Business Education, Culinary Arts Education, Computer Science, English Language Learner Education, English, French, Home Economics, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Music Education, Physical Education, Science (Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics), Social Studies (History, Geography, and Social Science), Technology Education, and Theatre.

As well, UBC offers the only International Baccalaureate Educator program. Teacher candidates who successfully complete the requirements for the BEd Secondary program are recommended to the BC Teacher Regulation Branch for a professional teaching certificate. UBC’s BEd degree is globally recognized, and the program is open to international students.|Inquiry

All UBC teacher candidates participate in an inquiry seminar in each of the three terms on campus, developing the habit of asking critical questions about their pedagogical decisions and practices.

Practicum

The practicum includes a full day in schools each week starting in September or October, followed by a two-week school placement in November, which is also the setting for the 10-week extended practicum in the spring.

The teaching practicum is an exciting part of the Bachelor of Education program because it is the time when teacher candidates put theory into practice alongside an experienced teacher.

Community Field Experience (CFE)

Following successful completion of a school-based extended practicum, all teacher candidates participate in a three-week Community Field Experience.

Some field experiences take place in a school context that is very different from the extended practicum site, and others take place in non-school-based contexts such as museums, science centres, environmental ed camps, Indigenous communities, daycares, and more.