Background

East China Normal University (ECNU) is one of the most prestigious universities in China. As the first normal university founded in the country after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, ECNU has kept teacher training as one of its main features since its establishment.

ECNU attaches great importance to innovation, internationalization, interdisciplinary and ICT-integration as its development strategies. Based on the philosophy of creativity, character and community, ECNU seeks to educate qualified, responsible and enterprising community builders, who are both national-minded and international-mind.

Adhering to the motto of “seeking truth, fostering originality and living up to the name of teacher”, ECNU has been a leading force of the reform and development of China’s teacher education in support of the sustainable development of the cause of education in China.

At present, ECNU is making great efforts to develop towards an internationally famous high-quality university with several first-class disciplines, coordinated multi-disciplinary development, and excellence and leadership for China’s education for teachers.

ECNU’s Mission

Establishing ECNU as an internationally renowned high-level research university, with a number of first-class disciplines and a well coordinated discipline development, with also taking the lead in the development of China's teacher training.    

ECNU’s Philosophy

Sticking to the university’s ideology of “Creativity, Character & Community”, ECNU has made enormous achievements in talent-training, scientific research, community service and international exchanges. It has significantly contributed to the development of Chinese basic education and teacher training, both locally and nationally.

Aim of Developing this Certificate Programme

This initiative aims to promote the development of IB teachers as internationally-minded and reflective practitioners who have a deep understanding of how children learn and how educators can effectively support this.

1. Programme Information

1.1 Programme Title: Graduate Certificate of International Education (IBDP)

1.2 Mode of Study: Full time

1.3 Completion Timeof the programme: 1 year

1.4 Medium of Instruction: English or Chinese on needed basis

1.5 Contact Information(Inquiry):

nTel: 021-62233217 

nEmail: gcie_ib@ecnu.edu.cn

1.6 Application

nOnline Application: http://www.gcie.ecnu.edu.cn

nApplication Deadline: N/A

1.7 Entry Requirements

nAn approved Bachelor’s degree or an approved teaching qualification,

nEnglish proficiency (IELTS 6, TOEEL 70)

nOther equivalent qualifications

1.8 Contact Hours

Each course consists of 12 session/lecture weeks, with 36 hours in total (entire programme requires 16 credit points, 216 hours in total). Besides lectures, participantswill be given individual study time.

1.9 Timetable Arrangement

Lectures of this programme are scheduled during Monday to Friday at 8:30am –8:00pm.

Participants can visit http://www.gcie.ecnu.edu.cn for individual timetable and updated information of lecture arrangement.

1.10 Course Registration

Participants should complete course registration before attending course activities, including lectures and assessments. Participants who execute course registration through e-GCIE should ensure registration procedure is successfully completed. Participants who are unable to complete course registration would not be allowed to attend any class activity, and their assignments will not be graded and credit points will not be recognized.

1.11 Student Website, Email Address, Intranet

Participants are encouraged to frequently visit the website: http://www.gcie.ecnu.edu.cn, and the email box: gcie@ecnu.edu.cn for updated programme information.

1.12Procedure for Obtaining IB Educator Certificate

nParticipants should complete course registration before attending course activities

nCompleted the programme courses

nConducted the 6-week practicum experience in an IB World School

nAll graduates of the GCIE must hold a licence to teach

nECNU will pass the list of students who have fulfilled the above requirements to IBO

nEligible to apply for the IB Educator Certificate

2. Programme Objectives

GCIE is a one-year full-time taught postgraduate programme, which is intended to enable participants to register for a specific IB educator certificate. It is offered to applicants who aim to engage in teaching IBDP courses.

nThis programme provides fundamental philosophy and concepts underlying the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme including processes and classroom practice;

nIt provide professional pedagogy training as well as pedagogical content knowledge of IB math or IB Chinese, in which theories are integrated with practical skills, especially for classroom teaching;

nLearning activities involve lectures, seminars, visits and field experience, toinvestigate the contents of subject learning and effectiveness of teaching principles, to deepen the theoretical knowledge and to apply theory into real-life teaching.

3. Programme Structure

To be eligible to register for the IB certificate in teaching and learning, participants are required to complete 16 credit points (cps). Each course contains 2 cps, except that teaching practicum contains 4 cps.

The programme is made up of four modules:

nPhilosophy of IB Curriculum (3 core course); 

nModule Two is IB Chinese (3 elective course) ;

nModule Three is IB Math (3 elective course) ;

nModule Four is Teaching Practicum (core course).

Core courses: IB Philosophy and teaching practicum

nGCIE001-IB Curriculum Philosophy

nGCIE002-IB Teaching, Learning and Assessment

nGCIE003- IB Seminar

nGCIE010-Teaching Practicum

Core courses develop participants’ understanding and skills in relation to the philosophy and concepts underlying the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme including processes, culture and classroom practices.

Participants are required to complete three core courses (10 cps).Participants are required to complete a 6-week teaching practicum in local or overseas IB World schools in Semester II. Each participant will be assigned a professional tutor/mentor who is an experienced IB practitioner by the practicum school. No lectures will be delivered during teaching practicum.

Elective courses: IB Chinese and IB Math

IB Chinese

nGCIE004-Second Language Acquisition

nGCIE005-Evaluation and Design of TCSOL Material for IBDP

nGCIE006-Language and Literature Pedagogy

IB Math

nGCIE007-IB Math English

nGCIE008-IB Math Pedagogy

nGCIE009-IB Math Contents Analysis

Elective courses cater specific needs or interests of participants, depending on their majors, their specialized subject which individual participant intends to teach in IBDP courses.

4. Programme Attendance Requirement

Generally, this programme requires participants to meet 80% attendance for each course; otherwise, participants need to retake the course.