Mount Saint Vincent University's Faculty of Education offers a dynamic and progressive two-year teacher education program. Students from across Canada and around the world contribute to the vibrant, multicultural learning environment. Suggestions from teachers, schools and community organizations are incorporated into the program while maintaining the elements of our core curriculum. The program prepares creative and reflective teachers.
The Mount is also widely recognized, regionally and internationally, for its graduate programs in Education. We offer graduate programs that creatively combine theory and practice. We provide opportunities for teachers to gain the expertise they need to succeed in the classroom and become leaders in our schools.
Mount Saint Vincent University, Acadia University and St. Francis Xavier University collaboratively offer a full-time PhD in Educational Studies. The PhD program focuses on six fields interrelated areas of study: curriculum studies, educational foundations and leadership, inclusive education, lifelong learning, literacies, and the psychological aspects of education. These areas of study reflect the cumulative,ongoing foci of faculty research at the three participating universities. Within a community of learners, the program prepares doctoral students to become an educational researcher.