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Graduate Diploma in Education

Program of Study

Course cps

Core Units
Complete all the following units:

48 cps

Unit Code

Unit Title

Unit cps

 
EDCX400 Aboriginal Education

6
EDCX401 Curriculum and the Social context of Schooling

6
EDEE400 Literacies in Context

6
EDLT400 Planning for Effective Learning

6
EDSP400 Inclusive and Special Education

6
EDSP422 Classroom Behaviour Management

6
EDUC403 Teaching for Cultural Diversity: NEBS Students

6
EDUC414 ICT in Education

6

Curriculum Method Units as outlined in your offer letter by Teaching Specialisation (Group 2)

12/24 cps

Unit Code

Unit Title

Unit cps

 
Drama  

EDAE936

Secondary Education: Drama 1

6

EDAE937

Secondary education: Drama 2

6

Visual Arts  

EDAE950

Visual Arts Curriculum: Junior Secondary

6

EDAE951

Teaching Visual Arts: Junior Secondary

6

EDAE952

Visual Arts Curriculum: Senior Secondary

6

EDAE953

Teaching Visual Arts: Senior Secondary

6

Music  

EDAE955

Secondary Music Pedagogy Y7–10

6

EDAE956

Secondary Music ICT

6

EDAE957

Secondary Music Pedagogy Y11-12

6

EDAE958

Research-Based Secondary Music Pedagogy

6

English  

EDEE924

Secondary English: Theory and Practice

6 *

EDEE925

Secondary English: Literature and Literacy

6 *

EDEE926

Secondary English: Specialist Curriculum Studies

6

EDEE927

Secondary English: Specialist Literature Studies

6

Computing  

EDIT914

Teaching Secondary Computing Studies: Foundation

6

EDIT915

Teaching Secondary Computing Studies: Advanced

6

Languages  

EDLA985

Secondary Education: Languages 1

6

EDLA986

Secondary Education: Languages 2

6

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

EDLA987

Secondary Education: English as a Second Language 1

6

EDLA988

Secondary Education: English as a Second Language 2

6

Mathematics  

EDME992

Junior Secondary Mathematics Education 7-10

6 *

EDME993

Junior Secondary Mathematical Investigations

6

EDME994

Senior Secondary Mathematics Education 11-12

6 *

EDME995

Senior Secondary Mathematical Investigations

6

Science  

EDSE961

Science Education 7-10: Foundation for Teaching

6 *

EDSE962

Science Education 7-10: Teaching and Learning

6

EDSE967

Science Education 11-12: Advanced Pedagogy

6

EDSE968

Science Education 11-12: Plan, Assess and Report

6 *

Agriculture  

EDSE946

Secondary Education: Agriculture 7-10

6

EDSE947

Secondary Education: Agriculture 11-12

6

Human Society and its Environment (HSIE)  

EDSS968

Secondary Education: Society and Environment Curriculum 1

6

EDSS969

Secondary Education: Society and Environment Curriculum 2

6

EDCX982

Aboriginal Studies Curriculum

6

EDSS971

Secondary Education: Business Studies, Commerce

6

EDSS972

Secondary Education: Economics, Commerce

6

EDSS975

Secondary Education: Geography

6

EDSS976

Secondary Education: History

6

EDSS977

Secondary Education: Society and Culture

6

EDSS978

Secondary Education: Legal Studies

6

EDSS979

Secondary Education: Studies of Religion

6

Professional Experience
Undertaken by all students irrespective of teaching specialisation(s) (Group 3)

0 cps

Unit Code

Unit Title

Unit cps

 
PREX900

Professional Experience 1 (5 days)

0

PREX902

Professional Experience 2 (20 days)

0

PREX903

Professional Experience 3 (20 days)

0

 
or  

PREX905

International Professional Experience Elective (20 days)

0

 

Elective Units (Group 4A)

0/24 cps
EDCX410 Learning in Social Movements
6
  
EDCX435 History of Australian Education
6
  
EDCX455 International Schooling: Challenges and issues
6
  
EDCX447 Community Responsive Schooling
6
  
EDCX423 Teaching and Social Analysis
6
  
EDCX466 GRIN Technology and Education: Issues and Challenges
6
  
EDUC410 The Nature of Knowledge
6
  
EDUC428 Education for Sustainability
6
  

Elective Units (Group 4B)

 
EDAE415 Visual Arts and Children
6
  
EDAE417 Drama Skills for Secondary Teachers
6
  
EDEE420 Image, Text and Contemporary Culture
6
  
EDEE421 Grammar and Text Types for the Secondary Classroom
6
  
EDIT413 Social Computing Tools: Blogs, Wikis and Beyond
6
  
EDIT415 Implementing ICT in Schools
6
  
EDLA403 Language Society and Culture
6
  
EDME411 Mathematical Investigations for the Middle Years
6
  
EDME433 Mathematical Investigations for Teachers
6
  
EDPE443 Health Promotion in Schools and the Community
6
  
EDPE447 Secondary Education Sport Supervision
6
  
EDSE453 Middle School Science
6
  
EDSS473 Local Studies in Social Science
6
  
EDSS475 Religious Education
6
  

Elective Units (Group 4C)

 
EDLT420 Talent Development in Mixed Ability Classes
6
  
EDSP444 Learning Childhood and Adolescence, Development and Learning
6
  

Total

72 cps

Note:
*It is possible to undertake 12 or 24 credit points of curriculum methods in English, Mathematics and Science. The asterisk indicates the units that must be studied when undertaking 12 credit points in these teaching areas. Students undertaking 24 credit points must complete all 4 units in the suite.

** Students may take from up to two teaching specialisations in the HSIE area. Students undertaking one HSIE teaching specialisation are required to undertake EDSS968 and the specialised curriculum method unit. Students undertaking two or more teaching specialisations in HSIE are required to undertake both EDSS968 and EDSS969, as well as the specialised curriculum units.

Students undertaking 12 credit points of curriculum methods; i.e. those students specialising in computing or agriculture only, are required to undertake 12 credit points of electives - one unit from two of the three groups listed (Group 4A, 4B or Group 4C) above.

Suggested Full Time Course Plan

Enrolment pattern for candidates studying on a Full-time basis of 48 credit points per year, 24 credit points per semester

Year Notes Semester 1 Semester 2
1

Note: You should only enroll in the approved curriculum units that are indicated on your offer letter.

Students must complete EDLT400 as a corequisite or prerequisite to the Curriculum Methods and Professional Experience Units

EDLT400

EDCX401

EDEE400

EDSP422

Curriculum Methods 1A

Curriculum Method 1B

Curriculum Method 2A

Curriculum Method 2B

PREX900 PREX903 or PREX905
PREX902

 
2  

EDCX400

 
EDUC414  
EDUC403  
EDSP400  

Notes:
1. EDLT400 must be undertaken in the first semester of the students' candidature
2. Single Method (12 cp) limited to Computing and Agriculture specialisations. However, additional teaching specialisations can be undertaken.
3. Single Method (24 cp) limited to English, Visual Arts, Music, Mathematics and Science. This is represented as Curriculum Method 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B (above). An additional teaching specialisation may be undertaken.
4. A single 12 cp HSIE teaching specialisation requires the general unit EDSS968 to be undertaken in conjunction with the specific curriculum unit. Two HSIE specialisations require both general units EDSS968 and EDSS969 to be undertaken in conjunction with the specific curriculum units.

You should only enroll in the approved curriculum units that are indicated on your offer letter.

Students must complete EDLT400 as a corequisite or prerequisite to the Curriculum Methods and Professional Experience Units

Suggested Part Time Course Plan

Enrolment pattern for candidates studying on a Part-time basis of 24 credit points per year, 12 credit points per semester over 3 years.

Year Notes Semester 1 Semester 2
1

Note: You should only enroll in the approved curriculum units that are indicated on your offer letter.

Students must complete EDLT400 as a corequisite or prerequisite to the Curriculum Methods and Professional Experience Units

EDLT400

EDUC414

Curriculum Method 1A

Curriculum Method 1B

PREX900

PREX902

2  

EDEE400

EDSP422

Curriculum Method 2A

Curriculum Methods 2B

  PREX903 or PREX905
3

 

 EDSP400 EDUC403
EDCX400 EDCX401

Note:
You should only enrol in the approved curriculum units that are indicated on your offer letter.

Students must complete EDLT400 as a corequisite or prerequisite to the Curriculum Methods and Professional Experience Units

 

 

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