The Cambridge International Certificate in Teaching and Learning (CICTL) is designed to help practising teachers develop their professional thinking and practice, and enhance their teaching and learning quality.
It helps teachers explore and apply new ideas in their context, integrate new approaches in their practice, and demonstrate their professional development as reflective practitioners.
Upon successful completion of the CICTL, teachers will gain a qualification that is internationally recognised and valued for further professional and career development.
The Cambridge International Certificate in Teaching and Learning (CICTL) – Full Run Programme offers you the quickest and most direct path to obtaining the certificate from the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE). The programme is designed to build your knowledge and understanding of teaching and learning based on the spiral approach through a 19-week course.
To qualify for the final e-Portfolio submission, you are required to complete the following three units:
• Unit 1 – Understanding principles of teaching and learning
• Unit 2 – Teaching an effective lesson
• Unit 3 – Facilitating active learning through effective teaching and assessment
Read on to find out the course outliner and requirements for the CICTL – Full Run Programme.
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Syllabus Overview
Unit 1: Understanding principles of learning and teaching
- Explain your understanding of the concept of learning and how people learn.
- Review teaching methods and learning activities you use in your practice that engage and motivate students to learn
- Explain your understanding of the term ‘assessment’ and its purpose
- Identify and explain key features of what you think makes an effective lesson, and evaluate the impact any new learning will have on your future professional practice.
Unit 2: Teaching an effective lesson
- Plan a lesson that has clear aims and objectives and a coherent structure
- Teach a lesson using active learning approaches to engage and motivate students to learn
- Teach a lesson in which student’s learning is regularly checked at suitable stages using appropriate formative assessment methods
- Evaluate a lesson using feedback from your mentor and your own reflections to inform future practice
Unit 3: Facilitating active learning through effective teaching
- Plan a sequence of lessons that are coherent and have well-defined links to previous learning and the learning objectives
- Teach lessons that are effectively managed using active learning strategies and where learning is often differentiated
- Teach lessons using formative assessment methods to support and monitor the students’ learning
- Evaluate lessons to identify strengths and areas for further development in the classroom practice