Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)

Program Overview

Description

The PGDE program is a one-year, on-the-job program that provides new teachers with the skills necessary to be highly effective educators in their classrooms. The program provides students with general pedagogical skills, tied to the relevant subject-specific teaching skills, and is integrated into practice through an intensive 14 credit hour Teaching Practice requirement. The Teaching Practice requirement ensures that teachers get expert feedback on their teaching in their own classrooms, tied to the content taught within the program. The academic coursework offers a range of instructional experiences and activities, such as lectures, tutorials, group work, role play, interactive communication technology, project work, micro-teaching, peer-coaching, field work, and self-reflection.