Appendix II

Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Secondary) Programme – Course List

Major Subject Studies – Curriculum and Methods
Business Studies #1  
  • Fundamentals of Business Education
  • Teaching and Learning of Accounting and Financial Studies
  • Teaching and Learning of Business and Management Studies
中文  
  • 中學中文教育教學法總論
  • 中學中文教育之語文文學教學
  • 中學中文教育之文化品德教學
English  
  • The Teaching of Language Skills and Pedagogical Grammar
  • Developing Interaction in the English Language Classroom #1
  • Task-based Learning and the Teaching of Language Arts
  • English Language Curriculum
  • PGDE English Language Immersion Programme (PELIP) #2
Information Technology #1  
  • Curriculum and Teaching Methods of Information Technology
  • Learning and Teaching of Selected Topics in Information Technology
  • Supporting Information Technology in Schools
Liberal Studies  
  • Curriculum and Methods in Liberal Studies
  • Self and Personal Development
Optional Courses (Select Two) :
  • Society and Culture: Hong Kong Context
  • Public Health, Disease and the Environment
  • Society and Culture: China and the Modern World
  • Social and Environmental Implications of Technology
Mathematics #1  
  • Learning Theories and Curriculum in Mathematics
  • Learning and Teaching of Selected Topics in Mathematics
  • Problem-solving and Assessment in Mathematics
Music  
  • Practices and Processes of Music Education
  • Creativity and Technology in Music Education
  • Music Performance Teaching and Learning
Physical Education #2  
  • Curriculum and Pedagogical Studies in Physical Education
  • Teaching of Ball Games
  • Teaching of Individual and Aesthetic Physical Activities
Science #1  
  • Foundations of Science Education
  • Teaching and Learning a Specialist Area in Science Education
  • Teaching and Learning Integrated and Applied Science
Visual Arts  
  • Teaching Visual Arts in Secondary Schools
  • Teaching Contextual Studies with Community Resources
  • Current Issues in Art Education

Education Studies
   
  • Foundations and Processes of Learning
  • Philosophical and Sociological Perspectives in Education
  • Curriculum and Assessment
  • Teacher Leadership and Professionalism in Changing Contexts

Elective Studies
Curriculum & Methods  
  • Teaching Through Integration of the Arts
  • Lifelong Physical Activities for Secondary School
  • Teaching Methods and their Applications to Putonghua
  • Principles and Methods of Mathematics Teaching #3
  • Teaching and Learning of Junior Secondary Science #4
  • Teaching and Learning in Civic Education
  • Teaching and Learning of Liberal Studies #5
Education Studies  
  • Integrated Curriculum: Planning, Teaching and Assessment
  • School-based Curriculum Development
  • The Creative Teacher and Creative Teaching Strategies
  • Educational Management
  • Organisation and Management of Extra-curricular Activities
  • School-family-community Partnership
  • Inclusive Education
  • School Guidance and Counselling
  • Adolescent Development and Schooling Across Cultures
Information Technology  
  • Information Technology Supported Learning Environment
  • Multimedia and the Internet in the Classrooms
Language in the Classroom  
  • Classroom Language (Chinese as a Medium of Instruction)
  • Teaching Subjects Through English #6

Field Experience
   
  • Field Experience (8 cps) #2
  • Field Experience I (2 cps) #1
  • Field Experience II (6 cps) #1

Remark: Each course carries 3 cps, except for Field Experience
#1   Offered for part-time only    
#2   Offered for full-time only    
#3   Offered for participants of non-Mathematics Major    
#4   Offered for participants of non-Science Major    
#5   Offered for participants of non-Liberal Studies Major    
#6   Offered for participants of non-English Major