Through the School of Education at UCT, the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED) offers a suite of courses which focus on a variety of aspects of learning and teaching in the higher education context. These can be taken as stand-alone courses or can accrue towards a postgraduate qualification.
These courses are for tertiary teaching staff:
- recently appointed who want a thorough induction to HE teaching practice
- more experienced who are interested in pursuing particular educational issues that arise from the teaching of their discipline
- wanting to diversify their career paths
- pursuing an advanced degree who opt for one of the modules as an elective.
Comments from UCT staff about their experience of HES courses...
"The most significant impact of the Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LTHE) course is that it has challenged and transformed my perceptions of teaching and, more importantly, of learning. Through my participation on this course, I have come to recognize that teaching and learning are not discrete endeavours, but are in fact two sides of the same coin." - Lecturer in Health Science, UCT
"The emphasis on critical reflection of one's own teaching practice, together with tasks that required practical application in teaching situations, has been stimulating, scary (at times) and deeply enriching." - Lecturer in Drama, UCT
"Doing the CHED course turned out to be a very good orientation programme, and is one of the things I've enjoyed the most about being at UCT…With a better understanding of how our curriculum works and an increased sensitivity to learning difficulties, I am now more confident about making arguments to change the undergraduate programme, ranging from course development to staffing, to assessment and access issues." - Lecturer in Architecture, UCT
"Through the course I re-entered the world of the learner in a way which was far more profound than simply enlisting as a student on a course…I was being invited to 'make sense' of a variety of learning experiences - my own and my students, and I was exposed to theories and empirical research that enabled me to do that." - Lecturer at Graduate School of Business, UCT
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