Diploma in Educational Evaluation

Admission Requirements:

• Persons are eligible to be admitted to study for the Diploma in Educational Evaluation if they have:
1. passed a Senate-recognised Form 7 examination or equivalent or
2. admission with standing.

Programme Requirements:

• The Diploma in Educational Evaluation consists of eight courses.

Courses:

1. ED152 (Issues In Adolescence) - This course is designed to encourage a better understanding of human development, by adopting a perspective that covers the period of adolescence. It will compare various theories of adolescence (e.g., Erik Erikson), as well as discuss the contemporary issues that are experienced by adolescents in the South Pacific. An introduction to research methods is also introduced.


2. ED153 (School & Society) - The principal aim of this course is to establish a foundation for subsequent education courses by introducing students to a wider understanding of education and schooling and the issues relating to it in the societies in which we live. In the Pacific, schooling as a form of education has had a great impact on the lives of the people, thus the focus of the course on school and society.


3. ED154 (Principles of Assessing Student Performance) - This is an introductory in-service course for Primary or Secondary school teachers in assessment.


4. ED252 (Educational Psychology and the Teaching - Learning Process) - This course aims to provide a framework within which teachers, or those intending to be teachers, can identify the contribution of educational psychology to an understanding of how children learn, and formulate a theoretical base from which effective teaching practices can be designed, implemented and evaluated.


5. ED254 (Evaluation In Schools) - This course is meant for both trained and untrained in-service primary or secondary practitioner teachers. In this course students will be provided opportunities for developing teachers` own practice-based theories and models of teaching and evaluation.


6. either of;
• ED319 (Professional Issues in Education) - This course is designed to provide some understanding of two professional areas, namely children with special needs and educational leadership in primary schools.
• ED334 (Values In Education) - This course gives an overview of how values permeate the whole of primary education. The importance of values within the school community and across the curriculum is highlighted. The effective teaching and learning of values is also discussed.


7. ED354 (Assessing and Measuring Student Performance) - This course is designed to build on ED154 Principles of assessing Student Performance. Emphasis is placed on developing professional teachers for academic careers and evealuation personnel for other professions.


8. ED359 (Educational Research) - This course is designed for senior undergraduate students or prospective postgraduate students with a strong interest in educational research. Basic statistical knowledge is desirable, but not necessary.

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