CIRTL offers a range of postgraduate training modules of 5 ECTS credits which span both semester 1 and semester 2, with the exception of PG6013 which takes place in semester 2 only. These modules are available either for credit or audit.

Important: Not all postgraduate training modules run every year.  Please email the module co-ordinator to confirm a module is running before you register for it online.

How to enrol: Registration is online at research module registration site, login (top right-hand corner) and register. 

Three postgraduate modules in Teaching and Learning are available to postgraduate students responsible for teaching:

• PG6003 Teaching and Learning for Graduate Studies  (S1 and S2)
• PG6012 Historical Perspectives to Scholarship of Teaching and Learning  (S1 and S2)
• PG6013 Critical Trends in Teaching & Learning and My Higher Education Journey (S2)

One postgraduate module is co-delivered with Applied Social Studies and is available to all postgraduate students interested in engaged research and participatory methodologies:

• PG6025 Community Based Participatory Research with Drs Ruth Hally, Catherine O'Mahony and Kenneth Burns (S2)

Further details

Contact CIRTL: cirtl@ucc.ie 

Learning Design

The modules broadly use Problem-based learning (PBL) as a student-centered pedagogy in which students learn about a subject through the experience of solving an open-ended problem found in trigger material. This approach frames the assessments in each module. 

•  View Martin’s video assessment for PG6003 (copyright and permission: Martin Plachetka, 2020).
•  View Isabella’s video assessment for PG6012 (copyright and permission: Isabella Muscolino, 2020). 

Testimonials

“Where Finbarr taught, let Munster learn.”—The Teaching & Learning course is a great example of how University College Cork acknowledges its founding mission up until this day. In the hectic PhD life, this module gave me the rare opportunity to reflect on my teaching methods and study different academic approaches to education. It was a great way to connect with research students from other disciplines and learn from their experiences. I am looking forward to trying out these new strategies in my own tutorials!" 

Anne Mahler, PhD, School of English

"After successfully completing PG6003, I decided to continue my teaching and learning studies and enrolled in PG6012. PG6012 provides those enrolled with a lens through which to analyse their own teaching practice, engaging with the seminal academic context behind theories of teaching and learning. This reflective and exploratory approach has enriched my understanding of pedagogies within my own discipline and within the wider context which in turn has greatly assisted me in routing my approach in the lecture theatre within the academic context, a skill which will stand to me when applying for my first academic position." 

Samantha Williams, PhD, CCJHR, School of Law.

"Not only did PG6027 emphasise the relationship between teaching and learning, but it also concentrated on the significant link between research and education, and how this can augment academic practice. This module gave me the opportunity to further my teaching philosophy, link my teaching methods to the research literature, record evidence of learning moments, continually reflect upon both scholarship and practice, and ultimately embark upon a process of writing up this experience for an academic audience." 

Holly May Walker-Dunseith, PhD student, School of English, UCC.