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Online Teacher Education Professional Diploma 2021-2022
The TEPD is a 24-credit hour, nine-month accredited diploma.
The Diploma combines theory and an extensive school practicum for teachers In General Pedagogies of Teaching and Learning or in Subject Specific ones.
The program is offered in two modes of delivery, blended learning and online learning. In order to transfer new skills and knowledge gained, professional practice is planned for within the program as the practicum experience is one of the core pillars of the TEPD which ensures transferring
theoretical frameworks into practice to develop teachers’ skills. This takes place with support from online learning through an electronic platform which consolidates the
teaching and learning of participantsBy the end of the Teacher Education Professional Diploma, participants will have met the following learning outcomes:
· Possess a good understanding of key aspects of learning and teaching in Jordanian schools from Early Grades 1 to 3 and Later Grades 4 to 10, including pedagogic and subject content knowledge.
· Have developed a good understanding of pedagogical content knowledge as it applies to students in schools in their specialist subject.
· Demonstrate an ability to analyze and critically reflect on professional practices, particularly their own teaching and learning practices
· Evidence a critical understanding of learning and teaching, enabling them to devise and sustain cogent arguments and reflect on the professional challenges faced by teachers.
· Have developed a conceptual understanding of their own professional teaching practice and that of others in relation to current research in teaching, learning, pedagogy and practice education including an ability to articulate this clearly through relevant artefacts.
· Have demonstrated the ability to manage their own learning and reflect on their professional practice in light of scholarly reading and discussion to improve educational outcomes for their learners.
· Consistently demonstrate professional competences set out in the QRTA Teachers’ Standards.
· Demonstrate the ability to be creative, independent and successful in the application of knowledge in teaching and related activities with both learners and colleagues