Courses for Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Course image LHE9144: Research Supervision
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education


The module deals with supervision of academic research at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It will deal with processes of supervision, the constitution of a productive research environment, approaches to supervision, ethical roles and responsibilities of the supervisor and the expectations in terms of research supervision (relationship) and management of conflict in research process.


Course image LHE9145: Specific Teaching Methods in Higher Education (Social Sciences and Humanities)
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

This module aims at equipping students with knowledge, skills, attitudes and values related to specific teaching and learning methods in higher education focusing on humanities and social sciences. With reference to competence based education, the module explores various active teaching and learning methods / techniques in humanities and social science subjects in higher education.


Course image LTHE9145 Teaching and Learning within Disciplines in Higher Education ( Arts and Languages)
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

This module aims to  introduce you to  theories in arts and language teaching; Methods and approaches to arts and language teaching/learning; Resources in language learning and teaching; storyboard development,  and assessment activities for Big 5 skills (Speaking, writing, reading, listening and viewing).


Course image LHE9145: Teaching and Learning Within Disciplines In Higher Education (STEM)
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

This module aims to equip participants with knowledge, skills and attitudes required to critically engage with current trends in STEM education, contribute to curriculum development, and apply research insights to enhance educational practices in the STEM field in higher education. With reference to competence-based education (CBE), various themes including storyboard development, lecturing methods, classroom management, developing learner-centered methods, developing scientific reasoning and problem solving, contemporary issues in STEM, interdependence of STEM subjects  and society,  principles of science teaching and learning will be discussed. 


Course image LTHE 9141:Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Higher Education
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

This module aims at equipping students with knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to learning, teaching, and assessment in the higher education context focusing on competence-based learning and assessment as well as learner-centered pedagogy. Some of the topics to be covered include higher education context and graduate profile, theories of learning, concepts, principles, and techniques of competence-based teaching, learning, and assessment.