About Us

The University of Calgary's Faculty of Education students and faculty invite you to attend and participate in the Western Canadian Association for Student Teaching – WestCAST – Conference to be held February 22 – 24, 2012, in Calgary, Alberta.

Throughout the years, WestCAST has been an important annual teacher education conference. The Conference is rotationally hosted by faculties of education across the four western provinces. The Conference, with its relevant, scholarly and pedagogic themes, attracts diverse and committed participants, such as:

• Students – Undergraduate and Graduate,
• Teachers and Teacher Educators,
• Administrators – School-based and Office-based,
• Ministry of Education and Teacher Professional Association Representatives, and
• Educator Professional Development Providers.

 

Conference Theme:	Engaging New Ideas in Education
Conference Challenge:	How might we rethink the focus and practices of teacher education to explore emergent insights into learning?
Conference Invitation:	The field of education has become truly trans-disciplinary, with multiple voices engaged in conversations about learning, ability, creativity, collectivity and human possibility.  The Conference challenges us to (re)think together the implications of these expanding conversations for teacher education.