Overview

• Critically evaluate their understanding of and attitudes towards health education and promotion;

• Develop personally and professionally through participative and experiential learning; and through empowerment;

• Develop skills of critical appraisal so as to assess the needs of their own institutions in the context of the communities which they serve;

• Learn and apply relevant knowledge, theory and research findings;

• Conduct research into chosen aspects of health education and health promotion;

• Understand the concepts of empowerment, community development and social actions as they apply within health education/promotion and to apply them to their work practice;

• Gain some experience of alternative working environments through a combination of first-hand experience of alternative working and peer tutoring with a view to reflecting on their own situation.

• To provide teachers with an opportunity to obtain a postgraduate qualification arising from participation in a National initiative in Inservice.

• To enhance the pedagogy and practical skills of teachers in the context of revised curricula.

• To encourage teachers to develop new approaches to evaluation and assessment strategies and to become effective facilitators of learning.

Contact

Department: Education and Professional Studies
Course director: Dr Patricia Mannix McNamara
Tel: 353-61-202722
Email: patricia.m.mcnamara@ul.ie
Web: www.ul.ie/education/

Graduate Profile

Professionals working in health and social care, Health Board administrative staff, teachers at primary, post-primary and adult education levels, initial and further vocational education and training and those working at the interface between school and community.

Programme Content

Estimated Contact Hours:  30 contact hours per module:

     Tuesday 6.30pm - 9.30pm (10 evenings)
     Saturdays per semester 9.30am - 5.30 am (five Saturdays)
     One week summer school - Monday - Friday (usually in June - 30 hours)

Entry Requirements

Candidates are required to possess an appropriate primary degree (Level 8 - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland) or an equivalent professional qualification. Preference will be given to candidates who have post qualification experience.

Garda clearance is also required for this programme.

What to include with your application:

• Full degree transcript and certificates/awards (including English translation if applicable)

• English language qualifications (if English is not your first language)

• A copy of your birth certificate (long document)

 English Language Requirements

Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of either prior successful completion of a degree qualification taught through the medium of English or meet one of the criteria below (no longer than  two years prior to application):

Acceptable English Language qualifications include the following:

Matriculation examinations from European countries where English is presented as a subject and an acceptable level is achieved

• Irish Leaving Certificate English –Ordinary Level Grade D or above
• TOEFL – 550 (paper based), 213 (computer based), 80 (internet based)
• IELTS – Minimum score of 6.5* for Business, Arts, Humanities or Education programmes. Minimum score of 6.0* for Science, Engineering, Informatics or Electronics programmes *with no less than 6 in any one component.
• English Test for English and Academic Purposes (ETAPP) – Grade C1
• GCE ‘O’ level English Language/GCSE English Language – Grade C or above
• University of Cambridge ESOL –Certificate of Proficiency in English - Grade C / Certificate in Advanced English Grade A
• GCE Examination Boards – Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations – Grade C / Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate – School Certificate Pass 1-6 / University of London Entrance and School Examinations Council – School Certificate Pass 1-6

Results in examinations other than those listed above may also be accepted as meeting our English language requirements. Contact the International Education Division for advice.