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About Montessori Education BA (honours) in Cork Institute of Technology

Course summary

CIT, in partnership with Cork College of Commerce, is offering a BA (Honours) in Montessori Education leading to a NFQ Level 8 award. This is a specialist two-year add-on Honours Degree programme that aims to produce highly skilled Montessori 6-12 teachers with the requisite knowledge, skills, and competence to work effectively to meet the requirements of children in a variety of Irish or international educational settings.

It has two entry points:
► direct to Stage/Year 1 for those with a QQI Level 6 Montessori qualification and
► direct to Stage/Year 2 for those with a Level 7 degree in Montessori.

The degree includes supervised internship as well as practical and research experience.

The programme focusses on teacher training with a balance of Montessori practical labs, theory and supervised internship including a preparatory module to inform teaching practice and offers an array of supporting modules, such as, psychology, creative and critical thinking, PE: moving and learning, process-led arts, ICT, research skills, ethics and administration.

Moreover, students can choose an elective module - the range includes Irish, outdoor learning, leadership in practice, inclusion: partnerships to name a few.

Career

Graduates may seek employment in a number of areas including national and international Montessori schools (0-12yrs); working with children with specific learning needs; ECCE profession; Out-of-School centres; sector related management and policy development and research centres.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Class 12 passed students from a recognized board including CBSE, CISCE or a state board
• All India Senior School Certificate or Higher Secondary Certificate/Standard 12 or Indian School Certificate (Year 12) as recognized qualifications

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS 6.5 overall (6.0 for Business programmes)
• IELTS 5.5 in all four components (listening, reading, speaking and writing)
• PTE 60 (63 for integrated programmes)
• PTE 55 in all four components (listening, reading, speaking and writing)

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