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Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning
Transform the classroom and shape the future. This programme is tailored for educators passionate about learner-centered approaches, inclusive practices, and impactful pedagogy. Whether you’re new to teaching or looking to sharpen your craft, this diploma will elevate your practice.
Ready to inspire change through education? Begin here.
To develop a cadre of teachers who are able to work independently and as part of a team to create, administer, and evaluate learning experiences for students so that they can:
- Investigate, analyse, and think critically
- Question assumptions and make informed judgements
- Evaluate solutions and solve problems
- Apply learning and tackle new work confidently
- Work independently and also in a team
- Take account of the views of others
- Appreciate Jamaican culture and take pride in the Jamaican identity while understanding Jamaica as part of a global community
To matriculate to the programme, applicants must fulfil one of the following:
- Holders of a Bachelor of Science Degree with at least a GPA of 2.5.
- Mature entry (Application of Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition – PLAR).
Persons who do not have the required GPA or uses Mature entry may be accepted through an interview process, submission of a portfolio and assigned bridging courses. The potential candidate should demonstrate work experience and additional certification achieved.
Semester 1 |
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Curriculum Courses/ Modules | Hours |
Foundations of Education in the Caribbean * | 45 |
Creating and Implementing Learning Experiences for the 21st Century learner 1 * | 45 |
Research for Informing Classroom Practice | 45 |
Stress Reducing Activity I – compulsory, non-credit | 0 |
Semester 2 | |
Curriculum Courses/ Modules | Hours |
Classroom Assessment I –Performance Testing * | 45 |
Creating and Implementing Learning Experiences for the 21st Century learner II: Technology-mediated learning * | 45 |
Managing the Learning Environment * | 45 |
Teaching Practice I – Classroom Observation (15 hours observing and reporting on the experience) * | 15 |
Stress Reducing Activity II – compulsory, non-credit | 0 |
Semester 3 | |
Curriculum Courses/ Modules | Hours |
Classroom Assessment II – Traditional Assessment * | 45 |
Theories and Skills for Effective Supervision of Pre and In-Service Teachers | 45 |
Stress Reducing Activity III– compulsory, non-credit | 0 |
Semester 4 |
|
Curriculum Courses/ Modules | Hours |
Curriculum Design and Development | 45 |
Teaching Practice II: Field Experience 135 hours (45 hours teaching, 75 hours lesson planning; setting, marking and reporting test scores, 15 hours reflecting and reporting on the experience) | 45 |
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