Faculty of Arts and Education
Deakin University
The Graduate Certificate of Higher Education is designed to meet the requirements for credentialing tertiary teaching for academic staff. Such credentials are becoming increasingly valued across the Higher Education sector, both in Australia and internationally.
The course is suitable for all academics teaching
undergraduate or postgraduate students, in research
supervision, and in the leadership or management
of higher education. It caters for graduate students,
tertiary teachers, adult educators, and professional staff
engaged in supporting teaching and learning programs
or delivering professional development programs.
The course is designed to develop participants' understandings of issues, research findings, and knowledge related to a range of tertiary teaching and learning contexts. Relevant policies, procedures and practices will be used to further participants' knowledge of quality teaching and learning as well as approaches and strategies to curriculum design, assessment, and the scholarship and leadership of teaching.
Students complete four units: a compulsory unit and three electives from one of the three pathways: coursework units only pathway; one research unit pathway; two research units pathway. Please refer to the Graduate Certificate of Higher Education course summary.
Inclusive: aware of students' diversity and differences
Student-centred: understands student learning and needs
Scholarly: engages with the contemporary educational aims of tertiary education
Innovative: creative and flexible in teaching; inspires and challenges students, taking advantage of emerging technologies, particularly online learning
Relevant: conversant with content, issues and debates in the higher education sector and to industries relevant to their discipline area
Professional: fosters professional relationships within and outside their institution, with teachers and with members of relevant industry groups; confidence in their own teaching and teaching philosophy and its alignment with their practice
Strategic: informed about contemporary developments in higher education and how these are manifested in their institution's priorities, plans and practices; engages with these developments and relates them to the planning of their career paths.
Normally, entrants to the course will have completed an approved qualification at degree level in any field. Participants in the course are expected to undertake investigation into their own teaching practices and contexts so it is highly desirable that they are engaged in tertiary teaching or in supporting teaching and learning processes.
The Graduate Certificate of Higher Education is offered mostly off campus and is designed to be undertaken over four semesters of part-time study. EEE710 Teaching and Learning in Higher Education unit is offered in summer semester and second semester.
The Graduate Certificate may articulate with either a Master of Education or Master of Professional Education and Training, depending on applicant's qualifications.
Advanced standing may be awarded to applicants with relevant
experience and/or qualifications.
Further explanation
on the policy and requirements for advanced
standing/exemption for Graduate Certificate of Higher Education
Form - Application and Enrolment (pdf - 580k)
Form - Advanced Standing or Exemption (pdf - 84k)
| Course Coordinator Dr Lyn Harrison Faculty of Arts and Education 61 (0) 3 52271494 lyn.harrison@deakin.edu.au |
Course Advisor Associate Professor Elizabeth Stacey Faculty of Arts and Education 61 (0)3 92446443 estacey@deakin.edu.au |
| Administration Mrs Marion Grant Faculty of Arts and Education 61 (0)3 52 271486 marion.grant@deakin.edu.au |
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Knowledge
Deakin’s Graduate Certificate of Higher Education covers key issues,
concepts and knowledge required by tertiary teachers and academics.
We consult with other Australian institutions and representative
international colleagues about course content and assessment to
ensure local and international professional relevance.
Flexibility
The course is genuinely flexible to help you fit your studies in with
workplace and personal commitments. It is offered in off campus
mode with online and distance education elements. Content and
ongoing interaction is provided through multimedia and online
technologies and face-to-face workshop opportunities.
Quality
At Deakin we pride ourselves on providing high quality postgraduate
courses for people working in the area of education. Quality is evident
in all aspects of our courses from the standard of our study materials
to the teaching staff, who are leaders in their field. Ranked among
the best in the world, our library service has set a benchmark for
Australian universities. Regardless of where you live resources can
be posted to you or accessed from our comprehensive electronic
collection.
Technology
Students have access to the best new technologies. Email, chat
groups and the internet are widely used. The University has
produced its own Deakin Learning Toolkit software to support online
communication. All units also offer a dedicated discussion site on
Deakin Studies Online.
Networks
As a Deakin postgraduate student you will become part of a network
of researchers, academics and practitioners. You will have access to
specialist knowledge and will establish new contacts with people who
are shaping and influencing the education field.
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