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Cambridge International Certificate in Teaching and Learning · Syllabus 5881 · Unit 1 of 3
Unit 1 is where the programme begins, and it begins with the question most teachers stop asking once the timetable takes over: what is learning, actually, and how do people learn? Over six weeks you examine the ideas sitting underneath your everyday classroom decisions — the four major traditions of learning theory, the part memory and metacognition play, what distinguishes highly effective teachers, why motivation is a condition for learning rather than a bonus, and what assessment is really for. You are not asked to memorise definitions. You are asked to re-examine what you already believe, test it against established research, and say what it means for your own learners.
The unit is built around your practice, not separate from it. Each learning outcome opens with a classroom scenario, moves through short videos and research reading, and closes with reflection written in your own words. Alongside the online study you observe a lesson taught by an experienced colleague, together with your mentor, and discuss with them what made that lesson work.
Unit 1 has no prerequisite and is enrolled in on its own. What you produce in it — 800 words of evidence of learning, 400 words of evidence of reflection, and the record of your observation visit — becomes the first section of the portfolio that goes to Cambridge external examiners at the end of Unit 3.
Unit materials, tasks and submissions are handled on Oryx Connect, the institute’s learning platform, over the six weeks of the unit.
What you learn online needs to be applied in practice and then included in evidence of learning and practice, according to the tasks required by Cambridge.
You study alongside a cohort of teachers, with a space on Oryx Connect to discuss the tasks and compare practice as you go.
Cambridge sets 150 learning hours for the Certificate: 50 hours of guided learning provided by OIEC, 50 hours of individual and collaborative study, and 50 hours of work-based learning.
You and your mentor observe an experienced teacher together — a group of at least six learners, a lesson between 40 and 120 minutes — then discuss what made the lesson effective. That discussion becomes your evidence of reflection.
The programme leader will support you in developing your portfolio alongside your mentor.
A full or part-time teacher employed in an educational institution — a school, college, university or adult training centre.
You must be responsible for planning, teaching and formatively assessing a group of no fewer than six learners.
Teaching in your current institution over a full academic year, for a minimum of 24 weeks and at least six hours a week.
A mentor who understands the principles behind the qualification and can give you advice and lesson observations throughout.
Cambridge asks for English competence comparable to CEFR Level B2, with IELTS 5.5 recommended as a minimum.
The requirements are the same for every candidate, regardless of school stage or subject taught.
There is no examination. The course is assessed by external examiners from Cambridge on the basis of a submitted portfolio.
The programme leader will support you in developing your portfolio alongside your mentor.
Awarded on completing Units 1, 2 and 3 and successfully submitting the portfolio.
Granted on completing each unit, including this one.
Enrolment runs through the registration form while per-unit checkout is being set up.
The English course carries its own intake dates, independent of the Arabic course.
The Arabic course is approved and identical, except where the suggested readings are aligned to the Arabic reader. It runs on its own intake dates.
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The certificate is delivered as three units across nineteen weeks. Each unit is enrolled in separately and carries an Oryx Institute certificate on completion. The Cambridge certificate follows completion of all three units and successful submission of the portfolio.
Weeks 1–6. No prerequisite.
Weeks 7–13. Builds on Unit 1.
Unit 2 details
Weeks 14–19. Cambridge certificate follows all three units and successful portfolio submission.
Unit 3 details
Each unit is a separate enrolment and carries an Oryx Institute certificate on completion. The Cambridge certificate requires all three units and a successfully submitted portfolio.
Both courses are approved and identical, except where the suggested readings are aligned to the Arabic reader. Each runs on its own intake dates.
What you learn online needs to be applied in practice and then included in evidence of learning and practice, according to the tasks required by Cambridge.
No. There is a portfolio submitted to Cambridge on the completion of Unit 3. It is read by Cambridge external examiners, so what you build over the programme is measured against an international standard and carries a certificate recognised worldwide.
Details to follow.
Registration is handled through the OIEC form while per-unit checkout is being configured on Oryx Connect.
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