Our new part-time Postgraduate Diploma has been specifically designed for education professionals working in the field of Mandarin Education in either the UK or international sectors. The PGDip in Mandarin Education is offered on a part-time basis, taking place over three academic terms.
The core aims are to promote:
- understanding of theory and research relating to Mandarin learning among school-aged learners, and effective related pedagogy across the cognitive, social and emotional domains – including analysis of associated methodological approaches, their robustness and the information they provide for informing policy and practice;
- a practical understanding of how to engage in research-informed practice, including seeking and critically engaging with available evidence and designing and conducting ones’ own classroom-based action research;
- an understanding of cross-cutting themes relevant to research-informed Mandarin learning and teaching (e.g. cultural considerations, individual and group differences, engaging with families and communities, pedagogical leadership, and developing communities of practice);
- the application of research and theory to practice through reflection on ones’ own teaching, in order to enhance professional performance;
- the skills of independent critical thought, rational inquiry, and self-directed learning;
- critical engagement with, and reflection on, current issues and debates in the field of Mandarin language research and practice, through the lens of research and theory.
