Degrees for Education

This course is for students who already have a Certificate or Diploma in education from overseas, as well as some teaching experience. It offers opportunities for further studies in relation to the early years and/or primary age range (3-11). During the autumn semester, you will be placed in a school to which you will make day visits in order to build knowledge of the school, meet staff and children and begin to plan and teach. From these visits you will gain experience of how the English National Curriculum is organised and delivered in primary schools. In the spring semester, there will be further visits where you will be able to explore teaching and learning which may support your project.

School of Continuing Teacher Education (SCTE)

The School of Continuing Teacher Education (SCTE) is responsible for the in-service training of under- and unqualified teachers, as well as further training of already qualified teachers through the following programmes:
The National Professional Diploma in Education (NPDE) : for teachers without a three-year teacher qualification, with at least 5 years teaching experience.
The Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) : for teachers with a three-year teacher qualification.
The Honours Degree in Education (HonsBEd) : for teachers with a B.Ed Degree or a four year education qualification.

Currently, the SCTE has 25,000 students across South Africa and Namibia. An Open Learning System is followed. Students may enrol throughout the year. All study material is provided. Contact classes are presented twice a month, as well as during vacation schools, at 30 Tuition Centres throughout South Africa. The SCTE is also the home of the Centre for Education in Traffic Safety (CENETS).

The Bachelor of Science & Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) allows students to focus their degree in the area of Science that inspires and interests them while simultaneously studying for a teaching qualification. Graduates are able to choose a range of career outcomes that includes, but is not limited to teaching.

Major areas of study available:
Behavioural Science
Biology
Environmental Science
Geography
Human Biology

Birzeit University is a non-profit institution. Students’ fees are kept at the minimum and constitute, on average, only 35% of the student actual cost. To enable the University to maintain an adequate level of academic standards and proper facilities the University is dependent on donations from individuals, alumni and organizations based in Palestine, the Arab world or abroad.

TUITION FEES PER CREDIT HOUR
Faculty/Bachelor Program
New Students

2006-2007
2007-2008
New Students

2008-2009

JD per credit hr.
JD per credit hr.
JD per credit hr.

Faculty of Arts
23
23
28

Media
30
30
35

Diploma in Education (Undergraduate)
23
23
28-35

Diploma in Education (Post-Graduate)
25
25
50

Faculty of Commerce & Economics
23
23
30

Faculty of Engineering
28
28
35

Faculty of Science
26
26
32

Faculty of Nursing & Allied Health Professions

Nursing

45
45

Nutrition & Dietetics

40
40

Faculty of Information Technology

Computer Science
33
33
36

Computer Systems Engineering
37
37
40

Faculty of Law & Public Administration

Law
35
35
35

Public Administration
30
30
30

Political Science
30
30
30

Special Students
50
50
50

Listeners
50% of the semester’s fees

Faculty/Master Program
New Students

2006-2007
2007-2008
New Students

2008-2009

JD per credit hr.
JD per credit hr.
JD per credit hr.

Remedial; Courses for Graduate Students
50
50
50

Faculty of Arts

MA in Contemporary Arab Studies
67
67
67

MA in Education
67
67
67

MA in Arab & Muslim History
67
67
67

MA in Sociology
67
67
67

MA in Geography
87
87
87

Faculty of Commerce and Economics

MA in Economics
77
77
77

MA in Business Administration
90
90
90

Faculty of Engineering

MS Urban Planning & Landscape Architecture
87.5
87.5
87.5

Faculty of Law & Public Administration

MA in Law
77
77
77

Faculty of Science

MS Mathematics

85
85

MS Applied Chemistry
90

Faculty of Information Technology

MS Scientific Computing

87
87

Faculty of Nursing & Allied Health Professions

MS Clinical Laboratory Science
87
87
87

Faculty of Graduate Studies

MS Water & Environmental Engineering
87
87
87

MS Water & Environmental Sciences
87
87
87

MS Community & Public Health
87
87
87

Higher Diploma in Primary Health Care
87
87
87

MA Gender & Development Studies
67
67
67

MA International Studies
67
67
67

MA Democracy & Human Rights
67
67
67

MS Applied Statistics
87
87
87

The Master of Education in Educational Foundations is a day / evening full-time study program lasting at least a minimum of two years (four semesters) and a maximum of four years.

The program has three major categories of courses:

Core Courses:
Qualitative Research Methods
Introduction to computers
Quantitative Research Methods
Research and Dissertation
Data Analysis

Specialty Courses:
comparative Education
Educational Administration and Planning
Economics of Education
History of Education
Philosophy of Education
Sociology of Education

Elective Courses

These are chosen from within the above specialty courses.

Note: The degree course in Educational Administration and Planning offered under the M.Ed. Educational Foundations is the most ideal for candidates who are Head Teachers, Deputy Head Teachers, Principals of Primary Teachers Colleges and those teachers who aspire to become Head Teachers and Principals.

This program should not therefore be confused with the MA in Educational Management, which is meant for administrators in tertiary institutions and other fields.

Admission Requirements

Applicants to the program must hold a Honours Degree in Education (BA/BSC with Education or BA/BSC and current Diploma in Education or BA/BSC and PGDE at least class II) from a recognized university

Career education in Spanish and Communications, International University SEK, teachers are trained to perform in various educational contexts, focused on improving and developing the educational system in relation to their learning subsector. The graduate of this race has a strong background in literature and linguistics, areas that handle an active and critical in order to promote meaningful learning in the classroom. Moreover, Professor of Spanish Language and Communication will be able to manage their business-oriented development of understanding, the achievement and innovation effectively.
Our Academics:

José Enrique Quiroga Schröder Professor of History, University of Chile, Business Administrator, Doctor in Education © University of Sevilla, Spain. Professor and graduate at various universities and a visiting professor at the University of Itapúa – Paraguay and Ricardo Palma in Lima – Peru. Author of the book Education in the History (Articulated fragments) as well as numerous articles and publications on education and history director of the Association of Deans of Education, Private Universities and current Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University International SEK.

Jorge Teran Edison Hair: Graduate Education and Professor of Castilian by the Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences, Master of Arts, Literature endorsement by the University Adolfo Ibáñez, University Diploma in Education from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Professor at several universities. He has published numerous books on his specialty, such as oral and written expression. Volume I-II-III, Methodology Manual for Research, a Guide for Effective Communication, Writing, Public Speaking Handbook, Practical Dictionary, Vices language, has written Mediation also numerous essays in national magazines. Is the Head of Career Education in Spanish Language and Communication UISEK.

César García Álvarez: Castilian State professor, University of Chile, PhD Thesis Literature General. Professor at several universities. He has published numerous books on his specialty, such as History of ancient Greek literature: History, Texts, Commentaries, Greek Tragedy (Estudio. school adjustment), Lessons on the Greek tragedy, Giorgos Seferis (the poet-essayist), in collaboration Miguel Castillo Didier, Kavafis Essential Poems, Homero De Cervantes, Great Christian writers of the twentieth century dictionary of words about the tragedy filológicos, Poetry of three worlds: Chile, Greece, Spain, Chilean literature and medieval literature, Spanish, Chilean literature and medieval Spanish literature, Cervantes and other tests. Is a member of the Ibero-American Studies Neogriegos (Headquarters University of Granada-Spain), Member of the Friends of Kazantzakis (Headquarters Switzerland), Member of the Chilean Society of Classical Studies (Sede Santiago), Member of the Society for the Study Medieval (Headquarters University of Bío-Bío) and Board Member of the Chilean Institute of Culture Hispánica.Ha also publish more than thirty essays on literature in various national and international journals.

Maria Isabel Saenz – Sanchez Villarreal: Professor of Castilian by the Pontifical Catholic University, MA in Education Curriculum endorsement by the Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences, Doctor of Education program © Didactics of Language and Literature from the University Complutense of Madrid . Academic Secretary of the Department of Castilian, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación. Study co-author of the book Growing up with the Word (7, 8 I °, II °, II ° ° I and IV) has published also numerous essays in national and international journals

Manuel Peña Muñoz: Professor Castilian, U. Católica de Valparaíso an expert in Latin American Children’s Literature and Youth and by the Institute for Foreign Cultural Hispánica in Madrid. © Doctor in Spanish Philology at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Gran Premio de Novela Angular. Fundación Santa María, Spain, Marta Brunet Prize for Children’s Literature, National Book and Reading Municipal Prize for Literature, Municipality of Valparaiso, Oscar Castro Prize for Literature, Municipalidad de Rancagua, Critics Circle Award for Art Valparaiso Art Critics Circle Award for Valparaiso literary career, Universidad Mayor, the Literary Prize Foundation Jose Nuez Martin, Jose Nuez Martin Foundation and Centro Cultural de España. Author Yesterday I dreamed of Valparaiso, Memorial of the earth long, Cafes literature in Chile, Valparaíso, the city of my fantasies, the child passenger, Magic southern Spain I lived. Is Executive Director of the Instituto Chileno de Cultura Hispánica

Mario Baeza Cartagena: Professor of Castilian by the Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences and MA in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Chile

Christopher Izquierdo Misla: Bachelor of Arts and Literature from the University of Development. He has served as Editor of the Journal of Education Discipulus (UDLA) and is currently in the magazine exemplum (UISEK). He has published essays and articles in various academic journals in the country. Postgraduate studies in French language and culture at l’Université Michel Montaigne – Bordeaux III, France, © Master in Literature from the University of Chile and is studying MA in Linguistics at the University.

Cristián Rodríguez Meza: Castilian State professor from the University of Chile. Doctor of Philosophy and Philology in Spanish UNED, Spain. Professor at several universities. Author of numerous essays and writings in journals of education, domestic and foreign. Director of the Department of Literature at the Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación.
Field Work:
The Pedagogue in Spanish Language and Communication at the Universidad Internacional SEK may serve as:
• Professor of Spanish Language and Communication in primary and secondary education in private or public.
• Teaching and / or researchers in institutions of higher education (technical training centers, professional institutes and universities).
• Development of teaching material in schools for the development of education institutions and educational counseling.
• Professor of Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE) in language schools.
• editors and copy writers in the publishing and advertising companies.
• Free exercise of the profession.

Introduction

The Post-Graduate Diploma in Education is a one year professional course offered to those graduates who intend to teach but have not undergone any professional training. A Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) is awarded to candidates who satisfactorily complete the one-year course in the School of Education and pass the stipulated university examinations at the end of the study period.
Rationale

Largely because of limited initial opportunities for school leavers to secure admission on the professional Bachelor of Education course, many degree candidates who would have wanted to make teaching a career end up doing a general course, either in the Arts or in the Sciences.

After graduation from University, many holders of the general degrees in the past, have found their way into the teaching profession. These people were employed as untrained graduate teachers.

A second crop of graduates with non-professional degree qualifications comprise those students who seek university education outside Kenya after completion of their secondary education locally. Upon completion of their studies, these graduates have in the past been taken up as untrained teachers in the school system in Kenya. To improve their career prospects and to enhance their individual professional, personal and vocational growth they need further preparation to become full-fledged professional teachers. This is best achieved by a spell of professional preparation through the PGDE Programme.

To help meet educational demands for well trained graduate teachers in the various disciplines at secondary school level, there is need for a comprehensive professional course that would give the generalist Bachelor of Arts, Science graduate the additional vocational preparation to help meet the demands of the teaching career at the relevant level one may be operating. Such a course will also give purpose to the efforts of those untrained graduate teachers who have no career prospects. It is for these reasons that PGDE in Education course will be appropriate in giving the necessary skills and tools of the trade to these teachers.
AIM OF THE PROGRAMME

The Post-Graduate Diploma in Education course is aimed at providing the broad training requisite for:

Providing an opportunity for general graduates who wish to take up teaching as a career, to get professional training in education.
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The Post-Graduate in Education course is a one year professional training in Education which aims at turning a general graduate into a professional teacher in the various disciplines of professional education. At the successful completion of the course, the teacher will have been provided with skills to enable him/her to:
Teach competently at school or other learning institutions.
Prepare and develop teaching plans, schemes of work, notes, teaching aids and be able to use such other resources and facilities that will promote learning as well as contribute to the planning, development and implementation of school curriculum.
Organize appropriate opportunities and environment for the promotion of the teaching/learning process.
Diagnose individual students learning strengths, difficulties and problems of social adjustment and be able to give counselling on a remedial level.
Acquire skills for effective management.
Admission Requirements

A candidate must fulfill the following minimum qualifications for admission to the PGDE Programme.
Have a minimum qualification of a first degree from a recognized university.
Should have studied at least two subjects or their equivalent, taught at the secondary school level in Kenya.
Duration

The programme shall be completed in one calendar year, including Teaching Practice.
Course Structure

Candidates admitted to the PGDE Course will take their courses in the School of Education, covering all the under listed professional areas of Education.
Educational Foundations
Educational Psychology
Educational Administration, Planning and Curriculum Development
Educational Communication and Technology
Each candidate shall take a subject methods course in the subjects offered by the candidate as teaching subjects preparing him/her to teach in two school curriculum subjects such as:
Fine Arts Mathematics
Biological Sciences/biology Geography
Religious Education Physics/Physical Sciences
Economics/Commerce Chemistry
English History
Home Science Agriculture
French Kiswahili
Computer Education Technology Education
Commercial Subjects Music
Literature in English German
Social Education and Ethics

Projects

During his/her course for the PGDE, the student will carry out one project in addition to course work which will:
constitute a requirement for the partial fulfillment for the award of the PGDE in Education.
be selected in consultation with a supervising member of staff.

For the project the student will identify a problem for investigation, research the problem and make recommendations in the form of a report. The final report will be presented in bound form.
The Teaching Practice

To provide the students with practical experience, each student will undergo supervised Teaching Practice in his/her two subjects of specialization.

This practice will be carried out in a recognized Secondary School selected in consultation with University staff in charge of the Teaching Practice. The Teaching Practice will come at the end of the academic year. It will be for the duration of one secondary school academic term. The PGDE students will do their Teaching Practice and be supervised concurrently with the third year B.Ed students.
Distribution of Courses

1st Semester Code Course Title Units
PSY 710 Educational psychology 2
ECT 710 Methods of Teaching, Media and Resources 2
EDF 710 Philosophy of Education 2
EDF 711 History of Education 2
PAC 710 Educational Admin. & Management 2
PAC 711 Curriculum Development 2
EDU 710 Project (To be continued in 2nd semester) 1
ECT 711 Educational Media & Resources 2
Total loading for 1st semester 15

2nd Semester Code Course Title Units
EDF 710 Sociology of Educ. & Comparative Educ. 2
PAC 720 Educational Planning and Economics 2
PSY 720 Guidance and Counselling 2
PSY 721 Educational Measurement and Evaluation 2
ECT 721 Subject Methods (Each subject 2 units) 4
EDU 720 Project (To be completed) 1
ECT 760 Media Practicals & Microteaching 2
ECT 730 Teaching Practice (after course work) 4
Total Loading for 2nd Semester 20

Third Term Teaching Practice will come at the end of the second semester. It will be for the duration of one secondary school term.
Examinations Regulations

University regulations shall apply.
Project Evaluation

The students project will be evaluated on the guidelines provided in University Regulations pertaining to projects, theses and dissertations. Two supervisors shall determine the Grade of the project. The project shall not be externalized and there will be no defense by the candidate.

The format and rubric of the project will follow that recommended by the School of Graduate Studies. Supervising staff will use these guidelines to evaluate and assess the students project reports.
EVALUATION OF THE STUDENTS

Assessment at the end of a course shall consist of:
A written examination which shall normally constitute 60% of the total marks in each course.
Continuous assessment based on essays, laboratory assignments and such other tests as may be prescribed by the department. This will normally constitute 40% of the total marks.
Regulations Governing Examinations and Final Grading for the Award of the Certificate At the end of each Semester, students will write an examination in the courses they will have covered. The examinations will be of 3 hours duration in each paper of the course.
The final grading of the students for the award of the Post-Graduate Diploma in Education will be apportioned as follows: Distinction pass 75% to 100% (A)
Credit pass 65% to 74% (B)
Pass 50% to 64% (C)
Fail 49% and below (E)

Applicants for enrollment to M.Sc. Degree should pass special diploma in education degree from the Egyptian universities or another recognized institutes. They should pursue the diploma study program for one year according to the Faculty statute

Accreditation Information :
Pre Requisite Courses :
Qualifying Exams :

Tution Fees :
Financial Aid / Scholarship Offered :
Courses :

In one of the following specializations:

1- Basics of education

2- Way of studying

3- Comparative Education and Educational Management

4- Educational Psychology

5- Mental Health

Applicants for enrollment to special diploma in education should pass General diploma in education degree or professional diploma from the Egyptian universities or another recognized institute. They should pursue the diploma study program for one year according to the Faculty statute

In one of the following specializations:

2- Special education

3- Psychiatry dimension

4- Adults education

5- Educational planning and economics of education

6- Psychiatry and educational measurement

7- Teaching one of the academic subject

8- Psychology

Applicants for enrollment to professional diploma in education should pass General diploma in education degree or licentiate degree in arts and education or bachelor degree in science and education or licentiate in arts or bachelor in science from the Egyptian universities or another recognized institutes. They should pursue the diploma study program for one year according to the Faculty statute