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Information and Communication Technology, M.A.
University of Limerick, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences
- Informatics & Information Science
- Communications
Quick facts
| Country: | Ireland | Duration: | 12 Months |
| City: | Limerick | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English |
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Programme Description
There is a clear and ever increasing need on the part of teachers to avail of opportunities that will enhance their skills and teaching competencies in the emerging technological age.
The University of Limerick has been committed since the introduction of IT 2000 to ensure that teachers knowledge enhancement is recognised and formally awarded. As the State's only college of teacher education the University ensures that these skills achievements are achieved and delivered according to the specific needs of teachers in the application of these skills in teaching and learning.
Objectives
The main objectives of the programme are to enable participants to:
* Locate ICT in the context of national and international policy in education;
* Learn and apply relevant knowledge of ICT to their teaching in the classroom;
* Critically evaluate their own understanding and attitudes in relation to their own curriculum areas in the context of ICT;
* Develop professionally through experiential learning;
* Conduct research on ICT in teaching and learning;
* Experience learning by means of the latest groupware products;
* Acquire the skills and knowledge to enable them to act as an ICT resource person in schools.
Careers
This programme is aimed at qualified teachers as the course structure is specifically targeted towards the application of ICT in teaching and learning.
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Contents
Year 1 Graduate Diploma
Semester 1
Computer Languages and Programming, Re-conceptualising teaching and learning in the Context of ICT, Research Methods 1.
Semester 2
Application of ICT to teaching and learning, ICT in the School, Management of a Local Area Network (LAN) in schools, Project.
Semester 3
Principles and Practices of Research, Dissertation.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
Applicants must be qualified teachers and will be required to have personal access to the Internet. A distinct feature of the programme is the recognition of prior learning. With this feature the University of Limerick will award credits on the production of verifiable information in relation to in service courses/programmes already undertaken in the area of ICT. It is intended that the course team authenticate such credits at the commencement of the programme.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
As all international students are required to possess sufficient language skills to attend lectures and sit examinations at the University of Limerick, students should be competent to communicate through the medium of English prior to their arrival. Students must have a minimum score of 550 (paper based) or 213(computer based) in TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score in the range of 6.5-7 and not less than 6.0 in any one component.
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