Teacher traning system development in the USA and Canada: a comparative study

The purpose of the article is to investigate the system of teacher training in the United States and Canada (Ontario, Saskatchewan), to describe similarities and differences that teacher training systems, follow the regulations concerning inclusive education (from 1954 to the present). Historical and retrospective methods have been applied for consistent disclosure of the teacher training system development; comparative method has been used to compare and contrast the periods of inclusive education development, laws and regulations that caused the teacher training system in the USA and Canada. The analysis of a teacher training system in the US and Canada proved different approaches to prepare a highly qualified teacher able to realize state initiatives. While in the USA the teacher training system started responding to the inclusive school needs in 1986, all provinces in Canada continued to ignore laws and regulations until 2010 and provided teacher training in two separate systems. The US federal government expects U.S. primary school teachers to be responsible for teaching children with disabilities. The differences in the development of Canadian teacher training system has been described using the example of Ontario and Saskatchewan, two provinces that illustrate quality learning and teaching. The research novelty is in the outlining stages in the inclusive education development in the USA and Canada, describing the causes and ways of achieving results in both countries. The practical significance of these research findings is determined by the research problem relevance, the novelty, and conclusions of general theoretical and practical value. The results can serve as a theoretical and methodological impetus for comparative pedagogical research. The understanding of correlation between inclusive education development and corresponding changes in teacher training system are likely to provide researchers in Ukraine with necessary tools.