Postgraduate Diploma Of Teaching In
Higher Education
Coordinator: Dr.Chen Ai Yen
Distinguishing
features:
- To stimulate
individual metacognition about own teaching and
facilitate community cognition of issues in
higher education
- To facilitate
active learning by sharing, dialogue and
discussion
- To cultivate
reflective thinking and problem formulation and
problem solving
- To facilitate
action research into university teaching and
learning
Programme
Description
Aims
This programme attempts to address the pedagogical needs
of lecturers teaching in tertiary institutions in
Singapore. It provides an opportunity for reflection on
their experiences in teaching and for the sharing of
these experiences with colleagues and experiences
trainers.
Participants'
Entry Qualification
Participants in the PGDipTHE programme must have a degree
in a discipline, and they must currently be tutors and
lecturers of universities and polytechnics.
Structure
Five modules of 20 hours each constitute the course of
study. The three core modules, which are compulsory,
focus on the related features of learning and teaching in
higher education, on motivation for effective learning,
and on assessment of learning in tertiary institutions.
The two elective modules are intended to build on the
core to meet the more specific needs of participants.
Modules
DT701
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
DT702 Motivation and
Learning
DT703 Assessment in Higher
Education
DT704 Effective Oral Communication in
Lectures
DT705 Technology-enhanced Instruction
DT706 Instructional Strategies with
Students in Small Groups
DT707 Curriculum Design
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