GMS5301 Principles of Learning & Teaching in the Professions
Date duration
Programme Period
19 Feb 2024 to 22 Mar 2024
Delivery mode
Program Description
This course will give you a framework to develop the skills necessary for course design, teaching, learning, assessments, and facilitating learning within your professional context. You will have opportunities to build your confidence in teaching practice through reflection and participation in a community of practice. With your peers, you will be exploring learning theories, course design and good instructional practices. Finally, this course will provide you with opportunities to put theory into practice in the form of a microteaching activity or portfolio where you will receive feedback from your peers and experts.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Develop a critical and reflective mindset on learning and teaching in professional contexts
- Design courses for adult learners with explicit outcomes aligned to learning activities and assessments
- Use questioning and facilitation strategies to promote effective learning among students
- Evaluate your teaching to determine the impact of your teaching strategies on student outcomes
- Appreciate the value of building a community of practice of educators within your professional environment
As part of the micro-credential initiative, you may choose to take this course alone if you do not wish to take the full Executive Certificate program.
Course Fees [SSG approved course]
| Participants | Singapore Citizens | Singapore PRs | Enhanced Training Support for SMEs |
| 39 years old or younger | 40 years old or older |
| Individual Course Fee | $1,350.00 | $1,350.00 | $1,350.00 | $1,350.00 | $1,350.00 |
| Less: SSG Grant Amount | $0.00 | $945.00 | $945.00 | $945.00 | $945.00 |
| Nett Course Fee | $1,350.00 | $405.00 | $405.00 | $405.00 | $405.00 |
| 9% GST on Nett Course Fee | $121.50 | $36.45 | $36.45 | $36.45 | $36.45 |
| Total Nett Course Fee Payable, Including GST | $1,471.50 | $441.45 | $433.35 | $441.45 | $441.45 |
| Less Additional Funding if Eligible Under Various Schemes | $0.00 | $0.00 | $270.00 | $0.00 | $270.00 |
| Total Nett Course Fee Payable, Including GST, after additional funding from the various funding schemes | $1,471.50 | $441.45 | $171.45 | $441.45 | $171.45 |
Note
- SSG will only fund a course once for each eligible trainee and in the event, you have to retake a course, you will not be eligible for SSG funding again.
- Student Service Fee (SSF): Students are required to pay an additional SGD25.70 (inclusive of GST) per semester. In the event that students do not take any courses that semester, they would not have to pay this fee.
* For students who are supported by SSG funding, please note that if you have taken an SSG-funded course, you would be liable to pay back the SSG training grant plus the prevailing Goods and Services Tax (GST) to NUS if you have received the grant for the course and fall into any of the following categories:
- Failure to fulfil a minimum attendance of 75% for the course
- Premature withdrawal from the course
- Failure to pass all prescribed coursework, examinations and/or assessments for the course
- Please note that the Tuition Fee and Student Services Fee (SSF) are non-refundable and non-transferable.
- All requests for withdrawal must be received 6 weeks before the start of the workshop for the course. Late withdrawals will be subjected to payment of the FULL course fees. Any access to learning materials (online preparatory materials and workshop materials) will be considered as participation and no refunds will be allowed.
Do contact us at
lifelonglearning@duke-nus.edu.sg for any enquiries.