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The Graduate Diploma in Education is a one-year full-time course for graduates who have successfully completed an undergraduate degree and wish to train as secondary school teachers. The course provides studies in Curriculum, Education Policy and Management, Information Technology, Language and Literacy in the Classroom, and two Learning Area studies. You also undertake School Experience and Professional Practice through school placements.
Most subjects are taught in conjunction with subjects in the Bachelor of Teaching degree.
On completion of the Graduate Diploma in Education course graduates should be able to:
demonstrate the essential knowledge and skills to perform competently as a beginning teacher;
comprehend the intellectual, social and psychological aspects of their work with learners and synthesise theory and practice;
understand the key concepts of curriculum policy formation and curriculum development;
sustain positive professional relationships with students, other teachers and, where appropriate, parents;
evaluate and use constructive criticism of their own work and of the institutions in which they will teach; and
develop theoretical understandings of schooling and education and implement an ongoing program of self education appropriate to their personal and professional needs.
This qualification is recognised by the Standards Council for the Teaching Profession and Registered Schools Board (or equivalent bodies).
Applicants must have qualified for a degree or a diploma in a recognised university or tertiary institution, and must have completed the requirements for the Learning Area studies intended (see below).
Credit may be awarded for previous study, up to a maximum of 50 points. Credit is determined by the Faculty and awarded at the time of enrolment. Credit is not normally granted for studies undertaken more than ten years prior to the year of admission to the Graduate Diploma in Education.
For further details a copy of the Faculty of Education credit policy is available from the Faculty Office.
Leave of absence is not normally available and will only be considered in exceptional circumstances. Enquiries should be directed to the Faculty Office.
| One year full-time | ||
|---|---|---|
| 460-101 School Experience and Practice Teaching ID | 25 | |
| Learning Area One | ||
| Learning Area Two | ||
| 476-100 Learning and Teaching | 12.5 | |
| 476-101 Curriculum and Assessment | 12.5 | |
| 482-101 Education Policy, Schools and Society | 12.5 | |
| 483-122 Language and Literacy in the Classroom | 6.25 | |
| 485-113 Computers and the Classroom | 6.25 | |
| Total Points | 100.0 | |
You are required to study two Learning Areas, and to demonstrate your ability to teach them at the secondary school level. However, students who have specialised in the study of LOTE, Mathematics, Music or Visual Arts may take the appropriate area as a double Learning Area study.
In selecting your teaching subjects, you should keep in mind the importance of having a strong enough academic background to enable you to teach senior classes. Set out below is a guide to the prerequisites for teaching subjects.
Sub-majors in two branches of the biological sciences.
Sub-major in one of Accounting, Business Management, Economics, Legal Studies or other approved area.
Sub-major in Chemistry or sub-major in Biochemistry plus first year Chemistry.
Sub-major in Drama, English or Performing Arts.
Sub-major in English or Linguistics.
Sub-major in Computer Science, Information Management, Information Systems or other approved area.
Year 12 and three years of approved University language at post-VCE level. Applicants with other qualifications will need to arrange to have these assessed by a language department at an Australian University as being of equivalent proficiency.
Approved languages: Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish.
As for LOTE A with a second approved language.
Sub-major in Mathematics, or Mathematical Statistics.
The equivalent of two sub-majors in two branches of Mathematics or a major in one branch of Mathematics plus some study in another branch of Mathematics (Statistics satisfies these requirements, Computer Studies does not.)
A sub-major in Cinema Studies or Media Studies or equivalent. Some practical experience in film-making would be an advantage.
A major sequence of instrumental tuition at post VCE level in an approved tertiary institution. Ability to demonstrate competence on a second instrument is required.
Sub-major in Physics.
Sub-major in Psychology.
A degree in Science, Applied Science or Engineering, including at least one quarter of first year points or equivalent in each of two different branches of Science (e.g. Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Mathematics).
A major study in one of the following plus one year of study in at least one other area or sub-majors in two of the following areas: Anthropology, Australian Studies, Classical Studies, Criminology, Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography, History, International Relations, Multicultural Studies, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology.
Note: applicants with a major in one area only may be selected, depending on academic merit.
As for Studies of Society and Environment, but with at least a major study in one of the following areas plus a sub-major in the second area: Anthropology, Australian Studies, Classical Studies, Criminology, Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography, History, International Relations, Multicultural Studies, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology.
This learning area is only available to students enrolled in Studies of Society and Environment.
Sub-majors in a LOTE or Linguistics or one year of each.
Major or sub-major in Visual Arts Studies from the areas of painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, scupture, graphics, textiles, wood, metal, art history and/or theory.
Details of semester dates and school experience placements are available from the School Experience and Professional Practice Unit.
All subjects other than 460-101 School Experience and Practice Teaching 1D will be taught in conjunction with subjects offered in the Bachelor of Teaching course.
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