Free Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching in Ashton-under-Lyne. Classes run at Tameside College, part-time during the day over two years.
The course is designed for graduates who are already teaching, or who have secured a teaching placement, in the further education and lifelong learning sector. You'll study how people learn, how to design inclusive lessons, and how to apply current research to your teaching practice. Units cover lesson design, assessment, and your professional role as a teacher.
You'll finish with a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching.
Module 1: This module develops your critical understanding of how people learn in the lifelong learning sector, the role of the teacher and your professional expectations. It introduces the latest research on teaching and learning and develops your ability to apply and critically evaluate this evidence in designing inclusive lessons. The module covers the application of inclusive design principles to teaching, learning and assessment. You will develop the core skills that teachers need to promote learning for all learners, including neurodiverse students and learners with specific needs. You will learn about the role of emerging technologies in learning design. The role of assessment and coaching principles in enabling learning and achievement will also be examined.
Module 2: Becoming a Subject Specialist Teacher: This module involves practice-focused professional development. It introduces the core practices of ambitious subject teaching and develops your ability to apply current pedagogical thinking to practice. It explores the values that guide your pedagogical approach, knowledge of your subject specialism and your critical understanding of how you are learning to teach. You will explore the distinction between subject knowledge and subject pedagogy and critically examine inclusive approaches to specialist teaching, learning and assessment that are grounded in educational evidence. You will critically evaluate your teaching effectiveness and engage in personal and professional development planning against the appropriate professional standards. Subject-specific mentoring is an integral part of the teaching and learning strategy in this module. As well as developing your knowledge about teaching in general, your specialist mentor will support you to acquire experience in teaching your specialist subject, including the development of subject-specialist teaching and learning resources.
The Professional Graduate Diploma in Education is a 120 credit award for graduate teachers who work (or have secured a teaching placement) in the Lifelong Learning Sector and have gained a First Class Honours degree and/or a Masters qualification, desirably in the subject they wish to teach.
Applicants must also hold a GCSE C/4 or above (or equivalent*) in both English and Mathematics and Level three qualifications (usually, but not exclusively in their teaching subject).
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