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Diploma in Catholic education maynooth / Notre Dame Indiiana

  • 24-09-2013 12:13am
    #1
    emmielou87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭


    I am trying to find out it there anyone out there who has done the diploma in Catholic education in Maynooth? This course is in partnership with the Notre Dame University in Indiana. The course takes place one evening a week for the year and finishes with a two week trip to the university in Indiana during the summer.

    As far as I am aware this is mainly for students who are in their PGDE year (previously hdip).

    If anyone has done this course I would like to know what you thought of it.
    I understand that there is some retreat work involved and there appears to be a large focus on the community aspect of the course.

    If you have done this or know someone who has I would love to hear about your experience. I have lots of questions.
    I am in two minds about whether or not to do this as I fear I may be taking on too much during my PGDE year.

    Any feedback/comments would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks :)


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  • #2
    MClea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭MClea


    I did the second year of the DCE programme (2013-2014) and I have only good things to say about it! You are right when you wrote that there seems to be a strong emphasis on the community element, but that was part of what made the course so unique and enjoyable. It gives you a chance to get to know the other people on the course and support or learn from each other. Also, by creating a community on the course, you learn a lot about how to do the same in a school. I enjoyed the community aspect so much that I’m still involved in a lot of ACE and DCE activities, despite graduating last year! There are two community nights a month and 3 retreats throughout the year and the co-ordinators give out schedules at the beginning of each semester, so it’s not hard to plan for. Also, the retreats are less like work and more like self-reflection. They are extremely well planned and quite thought provoking - we all felt very relaxed afterwards!

    On the DCE2, there were 9 PGDE teachers and 4 already-qualified-and-teaching teachers, but it varies from year to year. I can see from the date on your post here that you have probably already qualified, but you would still be very welcome to participate next year. I had already completed three years of teaching when I did the course, but I think that made the content even more relevant, because I could put it into context every day.

    If you still have specific questions, I’d be happy to answer them for you! Also, if you’d like to read my reflection on my year in the DCE, you can find it here: https:// ace[dot]nd[dot]edu/blog/november-irish-advocate-reflection
    From the new teacher's perspective, a friend of mine from the course wrote about how the DCE programme has helped her during her first term of teaching here: https:// ace[dot]nd[dot]edu/blog/ace-ireland-advocate-january-reflection


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