Diploma in Special and Inclusive Education

On successful completion of this programme, graduates should be able to:

1. Use appropriate language and modes of communication including ICT to engage early childhood, primary and secondary school children effectively (Communication);
2. Facilitate student learning through curriculum design and learning and teaching strategies that are informed by appropriate pedagogies in early childhood, primary and secondary school classrooms (Teacher Specific) – (Creativity);
3. Apply appropriate research-informed approaches and knowledge in teaching and learning within early childhood, primary and secondary school settings that resonate with and are pertinent to the Pacific (Creativity & Critical Thinking/ Pacific Consciousness) – Critical Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning;
4. Demonstrate a high standard of professional and ethical conduct in the early childhood, primary and secondary school context (Professional & Ethics) – (Ethics)
5. Promote safe, inclusive and quality education and lifelong learning for all learners (early childhood, primary and secondary school children) (Teacher Specific) – Pacific Consciousness);
6. Apply a range of appropriate assessment strategies to promote and monitor children and student learning in early childhood, primary and secondary school settings (Teacher Specific)- (Professionalism);
7. Conduct research in teaching and learning in PICs and other contexts from a range of methodologies, approaches and methods in an early childhood/ primary/ secondary education context. Critical Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning.