- Location: Maynooth University, North Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland - Ireland
- Duration: 1 Year
Course details
The Higher Diploma in Further Education is made up of three areas of professional development:
- Foundation Disciplines of Adult and Further Education
- Professional Studies
- Teaching Practice
Registration with the Teaching Council of Ireland
Candidates are responsible for checking their own eligibility to register with the Teaching Council of Ireland separate from their application to Maynooth Universityfor the Higher Diploma in Further Education.
Candidates are required to contact the Teaching Council of Ireland for further information as applicants are dealt with on an individual basis.
Applicants wishing to register as a teacher in the Further Education sector must meet the requirements set out in the
The Higher Diploma in Further Education is a professional teaching qualification in further education. It provides student teachers with the theoretical knowledge and the practical and reflective skills required to confidently work in further education settings. The course includes a 100 hours teaching practice.
Entry Requirements
- A primary degree (level 8) or equivalent
OR
- A primary degree (level 7) or equivalent and an appropriate additional qualification or certifiable RPL as per Regulation Five of The Teaching Council [Registration] Regulations, 2009 Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.
- Minimum English language requirements:
- IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
- TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
- TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
- PTE (Pearson): 62
Module
Year 1
- SOCIOLOGY OF ADULT AND FURTHER EDUCATION
- PROGRAMME INDUCTION
- CURRICULUM STUDIES AND ASSESSMENT METHODS
- INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELLING IN ADULT AND FURTHER EDUCATION
- REFLECTIVE PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL PRACTICE
- TEACHING PRACTICE
- PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
- HISTORY OF ADULT AND FURTHER EDUCATION IN IRELAND
- LEARNING METHODOLOGIES
- PHILOSOPHY OF ADULT EDUCATION
Course Location
About Maynooth University
This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.
Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.
- In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
- Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
- Becoming a Higher Level Teaching Assistant Certification Courses Distance Learning Ltd.EUR 47
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