This course will acquaint pre-service teachers with the multi-faceted nature of the Caribbean classrooms; sensitize them to the need for careful analysis of personal as well as professional experience; increase their powers of observation and ability to reflect on the nature of teaching; develop their ability to engage in oral and written evaluations of experience and observation.
EDTL1021
The beginning teacher will explore the range of methods and procedures which can be used in teaching; demonstrate skills in unit and lesson planning; develop skills in teaching through team planning and in micro-teaching; reflect and refine methods of instruction; demonstrate skills in oral and written evaluation of their peer’s teaching and their own teaching experiences.
EDTL2020
This course is intended for students without previous teacher training providing opportunities to study key aspects of school life and to gain some initial teaching experience in their specialist fields.
EDTL2807
This course seeks to sensitize participants to the needs and characteristics of adult learners and to examine the implications of these for teacher attitudes, qualities and methodologies
EDTL3026
This is a 6-credt course –taught across 2 semesters. Semester 2 entails a practical component as well as submission of an action research.
This course is designed to aid in the understanding of the role of the teacher as a learner, researcher, self evaluator and reflective practitioner. It provides an opportunity for students to apply their knowledge of the teaching learning process in implementing an innovative teaching experiment to address a problem in their classrooms, to reflect critically on the experience and to write a report which informs their future practice.
