The GDTE or Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Education is a qualification that lecturers at Otago Polytechnic are required to work toward. On its information sheet, the programme's stated aim is:
"to develop capable tertiary teachers who are personally effective, future-focused and able to practice sustainably. Graduates will be able to design and facilitate inclusive learning in the tertiary cultural context in which they will be practicing. Graduates will design, develop and deliver high-quality learning experiences using a variety of approaches, reflecting on professional teaching practice, for the purpose of supporting improved learner outcomes".
Other key phrases that it mentions include:
- study flexibly
- stimulating programme
- relevance to teaching context
- a way to study that suits work schedule and family responsibilities
- a way that appeals
- experience-based learning
- critically-reflective
- explore trends
- evidence from research
- future-focused
- effective teaching practice
- inclusive learning
- practice sustainably
- design, develop and deliver high-quality learning experiences
- supporting improved learner outcomes
In addition, our collective agreement states in section 7.1 that:
"the employer has to provide ongoing professional development opportunities and support for staff members . . . [to] facilitate staff members continuing to develop their competencies as educators as well as specialists in their own subject areas".
If that is true, I have no problem.
BREAKING NEWS: I have just learned that two GDTEs are offered at Otago Polytechnic, and they are quite different! But wait, there's more. Wendy Dore claims that they are one and the same. BTW Anne, welcome to the party!
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