Graduate Certificate of Education (International Baccalaureate PYP Early Years)
迪肯大学
机构类型: 大学/高等教育机构
等级: 研究生
CRICOS: 00113B
The Graduate Certificate of Education (International Baccalaureate PYP Early Years) is aimed at providing current early childhood and/or Primary teachers with the specialist skills, knowledge and theoretical understanding of the IB PYP, with a specific focus on the early years (children 3-8 years). Graduates of this course will be able to apply for recognition by the IBO as having met the expected professional learning requirements to teach in an IB PYP school.The Course consists of units which covers Inquiry Learning Through the International Baccalaureate (PYP), which introduces students to the IB PYP from a theoretical and practice-based understanding:The Inquiring Child: The Role of Play in Children's Learning, explores the connections between contemporary, research-based thinking on theories of play and inquiry practice in the early years and the IB PYP, and teachers’ own pedagogical approaches and experiences;Assessing and Documenting Learning in the Global Early Years Context, analyses the role of assessment in contexts of play, relationships, environment and symbolic learning in early years education drawing in global perspectives and contemporary perspectives; andPlanning for Inquiry Learning: Professional Practice and Portfolio is a praxis unit which provides students with the opportunity to connect the theoretical understanding of the IB PYP pedagogy and approaches with practical opportunities to enact planning, teaching and assessment in an IN PYP (Early Years) setting.Through undertaking 15-days fieldwork in an IB PYP (Early Years) students will work in collaboration with experienced IB PYP (Early Years) teachers to plan, teach and assess a unit of inquiry.
