A Guide to the Diploma in Teaching and Related Qualifications: Level 5 and Beyond

This one-stop resource for trainee teachers within the Further Education and Skills Sector (FES) incorporates all the core requirements of the new Diploma in Teaching (DiT) for FES. Also, fully linked to the occupational and professional standards developed for the FE teaching landscape.

This book provides both new and existing teachers with information and support for a career in the sector, as it is fully aligned with the latest government requirements. It emphasises what it means to be a teacher, the centrality of the learner, and the need for teaching to be less about the process and more about the personal.

Content delves into a greater focus on subject-based pedagogy and on placements, as well as in-depth coverage of topics related to SEND, digital and online pedagogies, planning teaching and learning and the final assessment/viva.

For readers to engage in critical reflection and apply knowledge to practice, the text is packed with critical thinking tasks at level 5 and extension tasks for those working at levels 6 and 7. Evidence-informed practice and research also underpin each chapter.

Key features:

• Covers all level 5 and beyond qualifications for the sector, incorporating the Diploma in teaching and the Level 5 apprenticeship standards
• Maps to the sector’s occupational standards and professional standards and includes information on placements and the final assessment / viva
• Responds to the new emphases on subject pedagogy and the centrality of the learner in the learning process
• Built in development with extensions to levels 6 and 7
• Fully embraces digital and online pedagogies

Lynn Senior has held a variety of teaching and management roles in further and higher education. She was the Director of the Education and Training Consortium, University of Huddersfield, for four years and has a total of over 30 years’ experience within the sectors.

Neil Barnes is the Head of Professional Accreditation and Quality in the Faculty for Education, Health and Human Sciences at the University of Greenwich.

Joyce I-Hui Chen has worked in a range of educational sectors for more than 20 years, abroad and in the UK. She is a quality enhancement manager at the College of West Anglia, managing initial teacher education programmes, a LSRN co-convenor for East Anglia and one of the co-founders of CWARIF (the College of West Anglia Research and Innovation Forum).

Scott Clarke is the centre manager and programme leader for teacher education at the City of Liverpool College where he leads and teaches on both the pre-service and in-service Cert Ed and PGCE.

Heather Sherman has over a decade of experience working in the secondary and further education and skills sectors, starting her career as a secondary history teacher.