Introduction
This course guides participants in the analysis and evaluation of existing curricula and curriculum practices. This includes critical discussions of how educational objectives, subjects, programmes, and teaching approaches (e.g., differentiated instruction, formative assessment, inquiry-based learning, project-based learning, e-padagogy, etc.) are typically understood, selected, designed, and applied. Participants will explore the various factors and considerations that influence curriculum decisions and examine curricular consequences beyond those immediately related to explicitly stated educational objectives, such as the inevitable and often inadvertent shaping of teachers’ and students’ beliefs and attitudes about education and learning. They will come to appreciate curriculum designing as fundamentally a situated cognitive activity.
- Master of Teaching
Learners must complete the following courses to attain the Graduate Certificate in Advanced Pedagogical Practices (12 AU):
- MTC902 Designing Curriculum: Theory and Practice (or MTC902A-C)
- MTC903 Assessment for Learning: Theory and Practice (or MTC903A-C)
- MTC904 Facilitating Learning in the Digital Age (or MTC904A-C)
Upon completion of the fourth course, MTC901 Nurturing Learners and Learning (or MTC901A-C) , learners will fulfil the AU requirements to attain the FlexiMasters in Advanced Pedagogical Practices (16 AU).
Through this course learners will:
1. Be able to understand the relationships between the various elements of curriculum.
2. Be able to critically analyse and evaluate the various factors and considerations that influence curriculum designing and enactment.
3. Be able to critically analyse and evaluate the various consequences of curriculum designing and enactment.
To meet the requirement of SkillsFuture Singapore, assessment(s) will be conducted during every course. The assessment(s) include:
- Group Project
- Individual Essay
Standard Course Fee: S$1,122.70
SSG Funding Support | Course fee | Course fee payable after SSG funding, if eligible under various schemes | |
BEFORE funding & GST | AFTER funding & 9% GST | ||
Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs) (Up to 70% funding) | S$1,030.00 | S$336.81 | |
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS) | S$130.81 | ||
SCs aged ≥ 40 years old |
- Standard course fee is inclusive of GST.
- NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information.
Course Title (Bite sized) | AU | Course Title (Corresponding intact 4AU course) | AU |
MTC901A Enhancing Learner Wellbeing, Positive Education Purpose and Practice* | 1 | MTC901 Nurturing Learners and Learning* | 4 |
MTC901B Enhancing Learner Wellbeing, Character Strengths and Mindfulness* | 1 | ||
MTC901C Enhancing Learner Motivation* | 2 | ||
MTC902A The Teacher and the Curriculum* | 1 | MTC902 Designing Curriculum: Theory and Practice* | 4 |
MTC902B The Elements of Curriculum and Curriculum Designing* | 1 | ||
MTC902C Teachers as Curriculum Designers* | 2 | ||
MTC903A Assessment for Learning: An overview of theory and practice* | 1 | MTC903 Assessment for Learning: Theory and Practice | 4 |
MTC903B Assessment for Learning: Deep dive into issues and possibilities* | 1 | ||
MTC903C Assessment for Learning: Putting it together* | 2 | ||
MTC904A Facilitating Learning in the Digital Age: Part 1 Digital Learning – The tripartite relationship* | 1 | MTC904 Facilitating Learning in the Digital Age* | 4 |
MTC904B Facilitating Learning in the Digital Age: Part 2 Digital Learning – Theory-practise nexus* | 1 | ||
MTC904C Facilitating Learning in the Digital Age: Part 3 Digital Learning – Critical perspectives and deepening understanding* | 2 |
*SSG funded and SkillsFuture Credit approved.
The courses listed are:
- Credit-bearing and stackable to Graduate Certificate in Advanced Pedagogical Practices (12 AU), FlexiMasters in Advanced Pedagogical Practices (16 AU) and Master of Teaching (30 AU).
- The 4AU courses are also offered in bite sizes of 1AU or 2AU each.