Graduate Certificate of Education
Course summary for current students
Faculty of Arts and Education
Tel 03 5227 3379 or 03 5227 2477 Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
Tel 03 9244 3723 Melbourne Burwood Campus
Email artsedstudentsupport@deakin.edu.au
Course Directors
Julianne Moss, +61 3 924 46597, julianne.moss@deakin.edu.au
Dianne Toe, +61 3 522 71455, d.toe@deakin.edu.au
Contact the Course Director for matters relating specifically to the academic content of this course - all enrolment related queries must go to the Student Support Office.
B = Melbourne Burwood Campus
G = Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
S = Geelong Waterfront Campus
W =Warrnambool Campus
X = Off campus
| Award granted | Graduate Certificate of Education |
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| Campus | Offered Melbourne Burwood Campus, and off campus |
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| Duration | 0.5 year full-time or part-time equivalent |
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| CRICOS course code | 058856F |
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| Deakin course code | E500 |
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This course is an exit only course from 2012. |
Course sub-headings
Course overview
The Graduate Certificate of Education is designed for teachers and other professionals to undertake a focussed short-term study program and to gain credit for it. The course aims to provide students with a high quality program linked to their professional and career development needs in areas that are of priority for schools and systems.
This course is highly flexible, allowing students to choose from across the wide range of units on offer to build the skills and knowledge that individual students particularly need.
Students will be expected to have computer and internet access.
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Teaching methods
Students receive instructional materials through CloudDeakin, CD-ROM and website links. Interaction with lecturers is provided through use of CloudDeakin, email and telephone links.
Articulation to masters course
The Graduate Certificate allows fast tracking into the masters degree. Up to 4 credit points may be granted for a completed graduate certificate taken as a fifth year of tertiary study toward a masters degree.
Direct entry to masters may be offered for a graduate certificate taken as a fourth year of tertiary study if completed at credit level or higher.
Specialist and generic units
This course is highly flexible, allowing students to choose specialist and generic units from across the range on offer to build individual strengths in specialism, skills and knowledge. Any of the specialist units can be included to develop a specialist stream such as EEG701 and EEG702 for International Schooling.
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Fees and charges
Unit fees can be viewed within individual unit descriptions. You can search for a unit using the Unit Search.
Please be aware:
- Fees are calculated on a per unit basis
- Fees charged will depend on the individual units chosen
- Fees per unit/credit point may increase annually due to rises in the cost of course delivery and services
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Course rules
Students are required to successfully complete 4 credit points of study. Four units are taken from a combination of generic and specialist units chosen in consultation with the course director.
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Course structure
This course is highly flexible, allowing participants to choose units
across the range on offer to build the skills and knowledge individual students
particularly need.
Specialist units
Applied Learning and VET in Schools
| ECV712 | Situated Learning At Work (X) |
Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment
| EXE731 | Professional Learning and Development (X) |
| EXE733 | Assessing Learning (B, X) |
| ECV704 | Expanding Ideas of Competency (X) |
| EXE735 | Evaluation: Improvement and Accountability (B, X) |
| EXE739 | Internationalising the Curriculum (B, X) |
| EXE736 | Knowledge, Learning and Learners (B, X) |
| EXE732 | Social Justice and Difference (B, X) |
Education Leadership and Administration
| ECM704 | Introduction to Educational Leadership and Administration (X) |
| EXE737 | Leading and Managing Learning Organisations (B, X) |
| EXE738 | Policy Studies in Global and Local Contexts (B, X) |
| ECM705 | School Cultures and Contexts (X) |
Flexible, Online and Distance Education
| ECX703 | Teaching and Learning in An Online World (X) |
| ECX712 | Strategic Applications of Flexible, Online and Distance Education (X) |
| EEN707 | Student and Client Centred Learning (X) |
| EEN708 | Youth Learners in Adult Environments (X) |
International Schooling
| EEG701 | International Schooling (X) |
| EXE739 | Internationalising the Curriculum (B, X) |
| EEG702 | Professional Learning in International Contexts (X) |
| EEG703 | Power and Politics in International Schooling (X) |
| EEG704 | Curriculum and Assessment in International Schools (X) |
Language and Literacy Education
| EEL702 | New and Traditional Literacies and Diverse Student Needs (ONLINE) |
| EEL701 | Inquiring Into Contemporary Literacy Issues and Professional Learning (X) |
| EEL700 | Knowledge Creation in the Media Age (ONLINE) |
Mathematics, Science and Information Technology
| EXE733 | Assessing Learning (B, X) |
| ESM733 | Exploring Space and Number |
| ESM704 | Problem Solving and Modelling (X) |
| ESM701 | Teaching Mathematics Successfully (ONLINE) |
| EXE734 | New Technologies in Education and Training (ONLINE) |
Special Educational Needs
| ESP701 | Education and Development of Exceptional Learners (X) |
| EEI714 | Individualised Program Planning (ONLINE) |
| EEI715 | Effective Classroom Management: Positive Learning Environments (X) |
| ESP703 | Student Welfare and Discipline Issues (X) |
TESOL
| ECL756 | Discourse Analysis for Language Teaching (B, X) |
| ECL752 | Innovation in Language Curriculum (B, X) |
| ECL775 | Intercultural Communication in Language Classrooms (B, X) |
| ECL773 | Learning Global English in Diverse Social Contexts (B, X) |
| ECL774 | Learning An Additional Language (B, X) |
| ECL753 | Linguistics for Language Teaching (B, X) |
| ECL751 | Pedagogy in the Globalised Language Classroom (B, X) |
| ECL776 | Language Testing and Assessment (B, X) |
| ECL777 | Bilingualism and the Principles and Practices of Language Education (B, X) |
Notes:
(i) EEL702, EXE734 and ESM701 are wholly online units
(ii) ESM733 offered in alternate years 2015, 2017
(iii) ESM704 offered in alternate years 2014, 2016
(iv) Specialist units are subject to availability of staff and sufficient students enrolled to meet University requirements.
Generic units
Generic units focus on general contemporary educational issues. Each generic unit may be tailored toward the specialist interests of the student.
| EXE731 | Professional Learning and Development (X) |
| EXE732 | Social Justice and Difference (B, X) |
| EXE733 | Assessing Learning (B, X) |
| EXE734 | New Technologies in Education and Training (ONLINE) |
| EXE735 | Evaluation: Improvement and Accountability (B, X) |
| EXE736 | Knowledge, Learning and Learners (B, X) |
| EXE737 | Leading and Managing Learning Organisations (B, X) |
| EXE738 | Policy Studies in Global and Local Contexts (B, X) |
| EXE739 | Internationalising the Curriculum (B, X) |
| EXE740 | Independent Reading Study (B, X) |
Notes:
(i) EXE734 is a wholly online unit
(ii) Generic units offered in on-campus mode are subject to availability of staff and sufficient students enrolled to meet University requirements.
