Graduate Diploma in Adult Education
Why study the Graduate Diploma in Adult Education at UNE?
No longer offered. Currently enrolled students must complete this course by 31st December 2010.
The Graduate Diploma is a postgraduate foundation or professional upgrading course in adult education for graduates in any discipline. Through personalised study and assignments, and the use of study contracts, it is designed to engage practitioners from the broad sweep of adult education and vocational education and training including: trainers in business, public services and industry; community-based education programmers; part-time and full-time teachers of adults in TAFE; literacy and other adult basic education workers; providers of continuing professional education; volunteers in roles involving adults learning; nurse educators; human resource developers; and professionals in other occupations with an educational role, such as in welfare or religious bodies.
At the completion of the Graduate Diploma, candidates should have a sound understanding of the theory and practice of adult education in many professional settings. They should also have an up-to-date knowledge of the implications of research and other scholarship in the field for professional practice in the range of adult education roles, and should be able to evaluate critically their experience as professional. With these skills, diplomates will themselves be in a position to practise as continuing, self-directed learners.
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Degree Snapshot
DURATION
1 Year Part-time1 Semester Full-time
FEES
CSP (quotas apply) or Full Fee2007 STUDY OPTIONS
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| Official Abbreviation | GradDipAdultEd |
| Course Type | Postgraduate |
| Commencement | No longer offered |
| Study Mode | Off Campus |
| Course Duration |
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| Fees | CSP (quotas apply) or Full Fee |
| Total Credit Points | 36 |
| Entry Requirements | Candidates shall hold a university degree and be working in continuing education or a related field of practice or have qualifications or experience appropriate to such work; or hold the Graduate Certificate in Adult Education or the Graduate Certificate in Workplace Education. Those holding the Graduate Certificate complete only 12 credit points. |
| Academic Colours |
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| Further Information | 
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Course Requirements
To qualify a candidate admitted under
(a) must pass 36 cp. The course comprises: all units in Group 1A; 12 cp from Group 1B; the unit in Group 2. To qualify a candidate admitted under
(b) must pass 12 cp which comprises Group 2 unit: PDAL 496:12.
All units listed below have a value of six cp except where indicated after a colon.
| Unit Code | Unit Title |
|---|---|
| Group 1A | |
| PDLD 470 | Introduction to Adult Education and Training |
| PDLD 471 | Adult Learning |
| Group 1B | |
| PDLD 410 | Learning in Social Movements |
| PDLD 472 | Teaching and Training Adults |
| PDLD 473 | Program Planning in Adult Education and Training |
| PDLD 477 | Portfolio Assessment in Adult-Workplace Learning |
| PDLD 478:12 | Adult Education Practicum (by special arrangement only; requires a qualified workplace supervisor) |
| Group 2 | |
| PDAL 496:12 | Special Topics (A |