Teaching and Reflective Practice UCL

Overview

The approach integrates academic theory with a well-supported teaching practice. UCL Institute of Education (IOE) is working in partnership with the Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS). 

The IIS offers a Secondary Teacher Education Programme (STEP) to train prospective and practising teachers in Ismaili schools worldwide in the IIS secondary curriculum. 

Applicants for the Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Reflective Practice at UCL shall be required to apply via IIS using the relevant application processes of IIS for the STEP Programme.

Key Facts

At the heart of the Teaching and Reflective Practice PG Dip are the concepts of teaching, reflective practice, practical approaches to teaching as well as scholarship of teaching, learning, and teacher agency.

The Teaching and Reflective Practice PG Dip is designed to promote the idea of a professional learning network in which participants interact in a spirit of critical engagement.

The two main strengths of the Teaching and Reflective Practice PG Dip are a) its capacity to offer student teachers a much stronger teaching practice component and b) incorporation of modules that will provide student teachers with skills and support offered in an initial teacher education course. Although the proposed model does not lead to a qualified teacher certification, it will equip our student teachers with knowledge, skills and experiences very similar to those required by such qualifications. The course differs from traditional teacher education courses with regard to its focus on broader educational practices that will enable graduates to continue their personal professional development beyond the duration of the course.