Dep. of Education Curriculum and Leadership

Department of Education Curriculum and Leadership

Program code : MEdL (FEdu)

WELCOME

The Education, Curriculum and Leadership Department (ECL) is based at DWU, Madang campus. It was created in 2013 after the restructure of the former Faculty of Flexible Learning (FFL) to coordinate all education programs offered through the then FFL. The department currently coordinates three programs:

Master of Educational Leadership (MEDL) (Full time and Flexible Learning)
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning (PGCHET&L) (Flexible Learning)
Bachelor of Education Primary In-service (Flexible learning)
Postgraduate Certificate in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Postgraduate Certificate in Online Teaching (PGCOT)

The graduate attributes of scholarship and social awareness are embedded into all our programs covering professional knowledge, analysis and problem solving, research, information technology, personal development, communication, social responsibility and social interaction. We embrace the DWU core values; integrity, academic excellence, community engagement, respect, diversity, hospitality and learning for life in the delivery of the programs. All programs are delivered using blended mode; face-to-face and the Moodle learning management system (LMS).

The MEDL program is run in collaboration with the Postgraduate and Higher Degree Center (PGHD) and it is aimed at developing capacity and ability of its participants to develop and lead the educational systems of the country at primary, secondary or tertiary levels to achieve student, institutional and national goals. The MEDL program provides students with values, attitudes, knowledge and skills that will enable them to lead their systems and organizations with a commitment to the highest standards of administrative and curriculum practices. The emphasis is on the praxis of leadership within a Christian moral and ethical framework.

The PGCHTL program is designed for people with teaching or training responsibilities who hold graduate and postgraduate qualifications, but not in teaching. The program is aimed at skilling those who have demonstrated excellence in content knowledge and workplace experience in their profession, but lack a teaching qualification. The program provides participants with essential knowledge and skills for planning programs and lessons (curriculum), using a variety of teaching and learning strategies, managing learning environments to facilitate productive learning, and designing a variety of tasks to assess learning.

The Bachelor of Education Primary, In-service program aims to improve professional learning and develop awareness of educational reforms, developments in curriculum and pedagogy, and best practice in the classroom and other learning environments. The program offers experienced teachers with a Diploma of Teaching (Primary) the opportunity both to gain such professional learning and to upgrade to a Bachelor of Education (Primary).

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ABOUT DEPARTMENT

VISION & MISSION

VISION

Adopting the vision statement of DWU as its own, the Faculty of Education serves society by educating classroom teachers, preparing educational leaders, providing leadership and support for training and development, conducting educational research and engaging in provincial, national, and international projects.

MISSION

The university shares with all institutions of higher education a triple mission:
The acquisition of knowledge, which is the mission of research
The transmission of knowledge, which is the mission of teaching
The application of knowledge, which is the mission of community engagement.

CORE VALUES

GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES

The foundation for the Learning and Teaching Plan is based on facilitating the experience of DWU students as reflective lifelong learners acting on strongly developed Christian ethical principles. DWU graduates will display personal qualities of scholarship and social awareness at local, national and international levels as evidenced through the following eight attributes:

Scholarships

1. Professional knowledge – achieve levels of knowledge and skills appropriate to entering and maintaining employment and to continuing career development in their chosen professional area through their commitment to lifelong learning.

2. Analysis and problem solving – apply their abilities with academic integrity to identify and define problems, exercise informed critical judgment and acknowledge their own limitations in understanding and solving problems.

3. Research – demonstrate independent analytical, critical, logical and creative thinking in systematically identifying and solving problems to establish or to create appropriate new and ethical solutions.

4. Information technology – have experienced the use of archives and libraries and the application of a range of computer software, particularly software appropriate to their disciplinary area, and established receptiveness to the expanding opportunities for electronic technology Social awareness

Social Awareness

5. Personal development – have been assisted to develop a philosophy of life based on the absolute human dignity of all persons, particularly the disadvantaged, through a commitment to Christian personal and professional ethics

6. Communication – have excellent communication skills, in written and oral language, and understand and use English as the language of international scholarship as well as respecting the linguistic diversity of PNG.

7. Social Responsibility – accept the responsibilities that accompany the privilege of an education and display willingness to serve the needs of society through application of their disciplinary knowledge and professional skills

8. Social interaction – demonstrate the ability to work productively, both autonomously and co-operatively, with tolerance, respect and valuing for human diversity, but also with a passionate commitment to truth.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Standard 1: Know students and how they learn
Standard 2: Know the content and how to teach it
Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
Standard 4: Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
Standard 5: Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
Standard 6: Engage in professional learning
Standard 7: Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community