Table 4: Curriculum Structure of the PGDE (Teaching of CL at Primary Level) Programme for graduates who did not major in Chinese Language/ Literature at university level

Category/ Subject

Module Code

Title

No. of AUs
EDUCATION STUDIES
 

PED503

 Instructional Technology

2
 

PED504

 Social Context of Teaching and Learning

2
 

PED505

 The Psychology of Pupil Development and the Learning Process

2
 

PED506

 Teaching and Classroom Management

2
EDUCATION STUDIES (Select 1)
  PED521 Moral Education across the Curriculum 2
  PED522 Moral Education across the Curriculum 2
  PED523 A New Learning Paradigm for Schools: The Learning Organisation Approach 2
  PED524 Rebels with a Cause! 2
  PED525 Investing in Social Capital: Building Effective Relationships Educational Stakeholders 2
 

PED530

 Teacher as Researcher

2
 

PED531

 Assessment for Effective Learning

2
 

PED532

 Pupil Management in Primary Schools

2
 

PED533

 Helping Pupils with Special Educational Needs

2
 

PED534

 Moral Issues in Cross-curricular Perspective

2
 

PED535

 Message Design and Computer-based Instruction

2
 

PED536

 Strategies for Effective Thinking and Learning

2
 

PED537

 Understanding and Helping Pupils with High Intellectual Ability

2
 

PED538

 Making Learning Interesting

2
 

PED539

 Understanding Social Behaviour in School

2
 

PED540

 Developing Thinking Skills Through Instrumental Enrichment

2
 

PED541

 Assessment to Promote Thinking in Primary Schools

2
 

PED542

 What it Means to be a Teacher: Understanding the Practice of Teaching

2
 

PED543

 Developing Creativity in the Primary Classroom

2
 

PED544

 Strategies for Encouraging Problem-solving Talents in Lower Primary Children

2
 

PED545

 Developmental Perspectives on How Children Think and Learn

2
 

PED546

 The Application of Developmental Psychology in Teaching and Learning

2
 

PED547

 Assessment of Higher Order Learning in Primary Schools

2
 

PED548

 Instructional Strategies and Learning Effectiveness

2
 

PED549

 Using the Project Approach with Primary School Children

2
 

PED550

 The Psychology of Learning and Memory

2
CURRICULUM STUDIES
 

PCC501

 Teaching of Chinese Language 1

3
Chinese

PCC502

 Teaching of Chinese Language 2

3
Language

PCC503

 Teaching of Chinese Language 3

3
 

PCC504

 Teaching of Chinese Language 4

2
 

PCC505

 Teaching of Chinese Language 5

2
CURRICULUM STUDIES
Moral Education

PCZ501

 Teaching of Moral Education 1 (Chinese)

3
(Chinese)

PCZ502

 Teaching of Moral Education 2 (Chinese)

1
ACADEMIC SUBJECT
Chinese

PAC501

 Chinese Grammar

4
Language

PAC502

 Chinese Rhetoric

2
& Literature

PAC503

 Chinese Lexicology

2
 

PAC504

 Chinese Etymology

2
 

PAC505

 Critical Reading and Writing in Chinese I

3
 

PAC506

 Critical Reading and Writing in Chinese II

3
PRACTICUM
 

PPR501v

 Practicum

0
LANGUAGE ENRICHMENT AND ACADEMIC DISCOURSE SKILLS
Use of Chinese

PCU504

 Use of Chinese in Teaching 1

1
in Teaching

PCU505

 Use of Chinese in Teaching 2

1

v Although the Practicum carries zero AUs, a trainee teacher must pass the Practicum before he/she can be awarded the PGDE.