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The exercise comprised of the following components:  \n• A benchmarking of the Cambridge PDQ Certificate and PDQ Diploma to national  \nqualifications frameworks in the UK, India, Oman, Serbia, South Africa and the UAE  \n• A mapping study of the Cambridge Teacher Standards to Teacher Standards in India, Serbia, South Africa, UAE and the UK  \n• A credit evaluation of the Cambridge PDQs to credit systems in India, Oman, UAE and the UK.  \nCambridge PDQs  \nCambridge PDQs are delivered in Cambridgeapproved professional development centres that can be Cambridge schools (for teachers in their own school or in the local area) or Cambridge Professional Development training providers (that run external programmes for teachers in the local  \narea) . Candidates for the Cambridge PDQ Certificate and Diploma must be employed as a teacher in an educational institution.1  \nCambridge PDQs cover six subject areas, which are available at Certificate and Diploma level:2  \n• Classroom Practice  \n• Teaching and Learning  \n• Educational Leadership  \n• Teaching Bilingual Learners  \n• Teaching with Digital Technologies  \n• Early Years Good Practice.  \nThe PDQ Certificate comprises one module and the PDQ Diploma a further two modules after successful completion of the Certificate. The PDQ Diploma can also be taken independently of the PDQ Certificate, subject to eligibility. Modules in the PDQ Certificate are broken down further into individual units. Each module in the PDQ Certificate and Diploma programmes comprises at least 150 hours learning time undertaken over approximately four months.  \nThe PDQ Certificate and Diploma are taught through workshops, seminars and tutorials (guided learning) and practical and work-based learning. Candidates are assessed through a portfolio of evidence of practice, learning and reflection.  \nCambridge PDQs may provide access to further study, with potential credit exemption dependent on institutional discretion.  \n1 With the exception of the Certificate in Classroom Practice which does not require candidates to be teachers, but training to be a teacher.  \n2 With th","cbCain1M7W5KldPe","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCain1M7W5KldPe","pdf",204193,"English","# Context and scope\n# Cambridge PDQs\n## Delivery and eligibility\n## Subject areas and module structure\n## Assessment and learning time\n# Key findings\n## Academic comparability\n## Teacher standards\n# Credit system","[{\"question\":\"Which countries and frameworks are used for the benchmarking comparison?\",\"answer\":\"The benchmarking identifies comparability to national qualification framework levels in the UK, India, UAE, Oman, Serbia and South Africa. 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