PGDE Junior College Programme

All student teachers enrolled in the General Track of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) Junior College Programme are required to take one Curriculum Studies (CS) subjects. The three General Paper CS courses offered by ELL in the PGDE Junior College Programme are: QGP54B: Aims and Approaches to the Teaching of General Paper, QGP54A: The Practice of Teaching General Paper, and QGP54C: Experiences in the Teaching of General Paper.

These courses are designed to provide student-teachers with the knowledge and skills to teach the GCE ‘A’ Level General Paper course in Junior Colleges, Integrated Programme schools and the Centralised Institute. It examines teaching approaches and practical strategies for facilitating the development of critical language and thinking skills that are crucial to the student of the General Paper. Customised specifically for the General Paper, these approaches will enable student-teachers to address the demands of the General Paper syllabus, in particular, its interdisciplinary nature. Student-teachers will be given practical instruction on delivering General Paper lessons in different modes, including lectures, seminars, tutorials, and online discussions, and will be taught strategies to carry out both formative and summative assessment.

Course descriptions of the General Paper CS courses are reflected below.

QGP54B Aims and Approaches to the Teaching of General Paper [to be completed in the first semester]
This course is designed to provide student teachers with the knowledge and skills to teach GCE ‘A’ Level General Paper. It examines teaching approaches and practical strategies for facilitating the development of critical language and thinking skills that are crucial to the student of the General Paper. Given its interdisciplinary nature, the course addresses key issues and challenges related to the teaching of the General Paper and examines key approaches and strategies for teaching critical reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Classroom skills like lesson planning, discussion facilitation and resource selection which cover a broad range of topics are also developed. An integrated and holistic approach is taken so that the approaches and strategies for teaching all the key skills in reading, writing and thinking are examined concurrently with discussions on content development and assessment.

QGP54A The Practice of Teaching General Paper [to be completed in the second semester]
This course applies the theory and content acquired in previous courses to a practical real-world context. In preparation for their Teaching Practicum, preservice teachers are required to design and execute an effective and engaging lesson plan culminating in a micro-teaching experience that will draw upon their knowledge of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. This course also provides the opportunities to meet and learn from teachers, school leaders and invited speakers so that they have a stronger teacher identity and commitment to their mission as teachers.

QGP54C Experiences in the Teaching of General Paper [to be completed in the second semester]
This course presents preservice teachers with an opportunity to enhance their practical teaching skills in General Paper. Student teachers will be given practical instruction on delivering General Paper lessons in different modes, including lectures, seminars, tutorials and online discussions and will be taught strategies to carry out both formative and summative assessment. To learn practical and effective teaching strategies for problem-solving through the unit planning process, they will also analyze a problem scenario in the teaching of General Paper, design a lesson unit in groups to address the problem and critically reflect on their learning from this process.

Contact Information

	PGDE Junior College Programme Leader Dr Yeo Kah Sin Dennis  Email: [email protected]
	Administrative Support Mdm Zabrinah Bte Zaini Email: [email protected]