Learning and Teaching in Higher Education PgCert

Postgraduate

Distance

£ 2,300 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Methodology

    Distance Learning

  • Duration

    1 Year

The course comprises two modules (each lasting 19 weeks) that contextualise your teaching experiences within the wider issues of for instance classroom teaching, curriculum design, learning environment, student learning. Within each module, you will critically examine, reflect upon and develop your professional practice in teaching and supporting learning in higher and further education.

Given the interactive nature of the course, it is important that, from the beginning, you see the teachers as facilitators on the course, but not the primary source of knowledge. Independent reading and reflection on, for instance, books, online journals, internet articles, and collaboration with your colleagues and mentor will all contribute to your learning. Your success on the course will be achieved by making full use of all these resources and integrating them in ways which show that your teaching is aligned with the principles of active learning.

About this course

The flexibility of online learning.
Tutors who are educationalists and who specialise in online learning, in addition to being active researchers in higher education studies.
Active ways of teaching and learning that model the theories and practice advocated by the course.
The use of cutting edge technologies.
Breadth and depth in terms of topics offered and teaching skills to be developed.
A focus on reflection, both group and individual, as a specific way learning.
A full integration of theory and practice.

This course has been designed to be a practical, work-based course in learning, teaching and assessment in higher education. As such, it prepares you for working as a teacher and/or facilitator in higher or further education.

The award of a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education is recognised by most universities in the UK, and increasingly internationally, as necessary qualifications for teaching in higher education institutions.

Additionally the course thoroughly prepares you for every success in applying for the status of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy with the Higher Education Academy, a status recognised by most universities in the UK, and increasingly internationally, as necessary/desirable recognition for teaching in higher education institutions.

a professionally relevant first degree or equivalent qualification;
70 hours teaching per annum; and
a mentor approved by the course team.

The course is designed around the Higher Education Academy UK Professional Standard Framework (HEA UKPSF). The participants who successfully complete the course will have a portfolio of coursework closely aligned to requirements for recognition of Fellowship of the HEA (FHEA), and should they wish they can apply with HEA directly for FHEA recognition.

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Subjects

  • Teaching
  • Design
  • Learning Teaching
  • Teaching practice
  • Active Learning
  • Practice
  • Curriculum Design
  • Learning
  • Learning and Teaching
  • Designed

Course programme

Course structure

There are two modules, each lasting 19 weeks – 16 weeks of structured learning and three weeks of assessment preparation.

Module
  • Active Learning in Teaching Practice
  • Active Learning in Curriculum Design
Modules
  • Active Learning in Teaching Practice
  • Active Learning in Curriculum Design
Key features
  • This course promotes learning and teaching that actively involves students, which is essential for their success. This course supports forms of teaching that encourage students to take centre stage in their learning.
  • The course is designed and run by academics who are experts and active researchers, both in higher education studies and online learning.
  • The course will help you think about teaching in active ways – involving your students and encouraging them to reflect, independently and with others.
  • You will experience active learning and study different teaching methods, learning ways to facilitate active learning and involve your students fully and responsibly.
  • You will be encouraged to think about educational issues in fruitful and inquisitive ways, both on your own and in collaboration with other students.
  • You will examine educational practices such as lecturing, small group work, assessment and feedback.
  • You will be encouraged to reflect on your own experience as a learner to enhance your practice as a teacher. Throughout the course, we help you reflect, ask (yourself and others), find solutions, share and compare thoughts.
  • Kingston University is a large London-based institution which prides itself on its innovative approaches to learning and teaching to a diverse student body, in a number of specialisms, including educational studies.

Additional information

Overseas Fee (not EU) 2018/19 -:  PgCert distance learning £2,600

Learning and Teaching in Higher Education PgCert

£ 2,300 VAT inc.