Education and Training
Course Overview
This Education and Training degree provides a direct pathway into the high-demand education sector, offering excellent employment opportunities across Ireland. The practice-based program equips you with practical knowledge in curriculum design, assessment, and educational policy, while developing essential skills in communication and technology for diverse learning environments.
Key Program Highlights
- Two flexible study paths: a standard 3-year degree or a 4-year option leading to Teaching Council registration
- Gain hands-on, practical skills in key areas like curriculum implementation and educational technology
- Focus on psychological foundations and methodologies for teaching in multicultural and diverse societies
- Choice of full-time delivery modes: traditional university hours or a flexible evening/weekend schedule
- Graduate with a Level 8 honours degree and a firm foothold in a sector with strong demand for educators
Course Overview
This Education and Training degree provides a direct pathway into the high-demand education sector, offering excellent employment opportunities across Ireland. The practice-based program equips you with practical knowledge in curriculum design, assessment, and educational policy, while developing essential skills in communication and technology for diverse learning environments.
Key Program Highlights
- Two flexible study paths: a standard 3-year degree or a 4-year option leading to Teaching Council registration
- Gain hands-on, practical skills in key areas like curriculum implementation and educational technology
- Focus on psychological foundations and methodologies for teaching in multicultural and diverse societies
- Choice of full-time delivery modes: traditional university hours or a flexible evening/weekend schedule
- Graduate with a Level 8 honours degree and a firm foothold in a sector with strong demand for educators
Requirements
Modules
- Academic Writing and Reading
- Citizenship, Diversity and Inclusion
- Communication Skills
- Curriculum Development
- Entrepreneurship
- Human Development
- Sustainable Development
- Teaching Preparation
- Advanced Teaching Strategies
- Assessment and Feedback
- Designing instruction for the training environment
- Mediation Skills
- Policy & Structures
- Psychology
- Professional Skills
- Optional placement year in Further Education and Training setting for Teaching Council Accreditation
- Creating Learning Environments using ICT
- Developing a Research Perspective
- Equality, Access and Inclusion
- HR and Training in a Globalised World
- Leadership and the Learning Organisation
- Philosophy
- Research Project
- Sociology
- Values, Identity and Intercultural Learning
