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| Programme Code |
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C3B003 |
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Town Centre*/satellite
study center at urban locations/Tai Po Campus as
decided by the Institute |
| Programme Coordinator |
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Mr Li Chin Wa |
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Media Report: 「家家有教」of RTHK Radio 5 interviewed Mr Li Chin Wa, the Programme Coordinator on 1 March 2011. During the interview, some students (year 1 Au Hung Ming, year 3 Dennis Lee) and graduates (Carmen Pang and Kevin Chiu) had shared their learning experience in this Programme. Please click「家家有教」to listen. (The interview starts from the sound trace time 31:30)
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| Town Center will be moved to Tseung Kwan O (1 King Yin Lane, Tseung Kwan O) with effect from the 2012/13 academic year. |
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Programme Aims
This programme aims to provide practitioners or intending practitioners in Professional and Vocational Education (PVE) settings with the skills, understandings and aptitudes to work effectively, efficiently and confidently as professional teachers, instructors, trainers, educational designers and change agents. The programme provides participants with the opportunity to build upon their existing disciplinary knowledge, integrating it with the educational learning that is the core of the programme.
Graduates of the programme are expected to demonstrate:
- the ability to design, implement, and evaluate educational and training interventions to meet different learning needs within their field of practice;
- proficiency in designing, managing, and evaluating contextualised, project-based, on-the-job, enquiry-based learning, and competence-based assessment of learning;
- the ability to evaluate critically their own educational practice and to develop and implement means of improving it;
- an up-to-date and critical understanding of both the PVE context in which they work and current practical knowledge, policies, and practices pertinent to it;
- an informed commitment to working ethically and to continuing improvement in their educational practice through lifelong learning; and
- a readiness to respond constructively to changes in the wider educational context and contribute to advances in their field of educational practice.
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Programme Features
- The programme provides the opportunity for teachers in all fields of PVE to obtain a professional qualification with QTS eligibility at Bachelor's degree level.
- It also provides the opportunity for skilled practitioners to obtain a teaching qualification for teaching in Applied Learning and other vocational fields.
- It uses a flexible teaching-learning approach, including face-to-face classes and teaching-learning engagements held on-line and in industry and other workplace settings.
- The Field Experience is contextualised to each participant's area of PVE practice, which enables a tailor-made supervision of each student.
- Elective courses are selected from a range of alternatives, which helps students build up a broad professional knowledge base.
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Programme Structure
This is a 3-year part-time in-service programme consisting of 60 credit points (cps). The programme is delivered through face-to-face teaching, online teaching and individual/small group supervision. Classes are normally held in weekday evenings and/or on Saturdays, while other arrangements will be made when necessary. The programme is structured around 5 domains as follows:
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| Foundation Education Studies |
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1 |
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12 |
| Elective Educational Studies* |
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1-3 |
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6-33 |
| Academic Studies* |
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1-3 |
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0-27 |
| Field Experience |
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2-3 |
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9 |
| Workplace Learning Project |
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3 |
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6 |
| Total 60 cps |
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Foundation Education Studies
Participants are required to take core courses which cover the following areas in PVE:
- Understanding Learning in PVE
- Assessing and Recognising Learning in PVE
- Strategies for Teaching and Learning in PVE
- Instructional Design in PVE
Elective Educational Studies
This domain offers specialised study in the following areas in PVE and related pedagogy:
- PVE in School
- Promoting and Understanding the Development of Young Adult
- Career Counselling in PVE
- Classroom and Workshop Management and Strategies in PVE
- Contemporary Issues in PVE
- Developing and Maintaining Networks in PVE
- Developing Learning Resources in PVE
- Ethical Practice in PVE
- Learners with Specific Learning Needs in PVE
- Managing Learning in a Virtual Environment
- Managing Learning Organisations and Communities
- Problem-based Learning in PVE
- The Critically Reflective Practitioner in PVE
- The Policy Context in PVE
- The Self as a Lifelong Learner in PVE
- Human Resources Development
- Life Skills Education in PVE
- The Researcher-practitioner in PVE
- Enhancing Participation and Engagement in Learning
Certain elective courses will be offered occasionally or on an alternative-year-basis. Other approved elective courses may be selected from those offered by other programmes of the Institute.
Academic Studies
This domain involves the approved studies pertinent to PVE, including curriculum-specific pedagogy, where appropriate, depending on entry qualifications and experience. Participants may be required to study the following courses plus other courses selected from those offered by other programmes of the Institute or other higher education providers.
- Industry Experience One
- Industry Experience Two
Field Experience
This domain provides participants with a range of supervised teaching experiences in appropriate PVE contexts to develop their teaching capabilities, through drawing upon the educational research and theory studied in the other domains. Participants will be able to develop and implement practices to address weaknesses and build upon strengths in teaching performance, and to apply their learning in designing, implementing and evaluating a substantial course of teaching.
Workplace Learning Project
This domain provides participants with the opportunity to draw together the personally important learning from their engagement in and through each of the previous courses studied in the programme.
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Medium of Instruction
The medium of instruction is normally Chinese. English or Putonghua is adopted as the language of instruction for some courses, when necessary.
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Entrance Requirements
To be eligible for admission, applicants should normally:
- hold qualifications pertinent to their field of educational practice to Associate Degree level or equivalent; and
- have at least two years of working experience and workplace learning in and pertinent to their field of educational practice.
Applicants do not possess an Associate Degree but fulfill the following conditions may be invited to attend an interview and be considered on a case by case basis.
- have successfully completed other educational or professional programmes including recognized professional development programmes;
- have extensive professional practice in a related field or discipline; and
- provide evidence on their qualification and experience in the form of a portfolio which may include certificates, statements of service, photographic or video presentation of the artifacts from completed projects, job description, recommendation letter etc.
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