IfE Prospectus 2024-2025

WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING
Work Integrated Learning
The IfE’s aspiration is that Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) is embedded as a formal component into its
undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Therefore, degree programmes addressed towards educators’
development and initial teacher training have embedded within them a WIL component; this is reflected
primarily through the teaching practice and the micro-placement modules. The WIL Department offers
course participants the opportunity to apply the theoretical knowledge gained from their academic settings
to a work-based scenario.
Teaching Practice
Teaching Practice is a vital component of initial
teacher-training programmes as it provides an
opportunity for the learners to put theory into
practice and to self-reflect on teaching and
assessment methods employed in the classroom.
Furthermore, this module is an integral part of the
programme, which will also contribute towards
partially fulfilling the requirements outlined by the
Council for the Teaching Profession with respect
to applications for a teacher’s warrant.
The IfE offers Teaching Practice placements within
the following degree programmes:
Practice Placements are also featured in short
programmes for education, namely the:
• Award in Supporting Learners with
Individual Educational Needs
• Introductory Course for Supply Teachers
(Award)
• Award in Assisting the Childcare Educator
For more information on the timing and duration of
Teaching Practice and practice placements, please
visit:
• Bachelor of Education (Hons)
• Master of Education
• Master of Education Teaching Students
with Disabilities
Please review the TEACHING PRACTICE FACT
SHEET for further information on Teaching Practice
placements.
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