Education

Students who successfully complete the Postgraduate Certificate in Education should have made significant progress in the process of acquiring advanced knowledge and understanding of key issues and trends within contemporary education and/or of a specialised area of education. Graduates should be able to demonstrate capabilities and dispositions for:

• locating and accessing knowledge of relevant theory and practice;

• critically evaluating and building knowledge;

• interpreting and applying knowledge to the solution of significant problems;

• effectively communicating knowledge; and

• identifying and participating in relevant communities of practice.

Program aims

The Postgraduate Certificate in Education program aims to develop in its graduates the capabilities and dispositions to work as engaged professional educators in knowledge-building communities.

Traditional approaches to education have sometimes resulted in educators having limited opportunities for professional interaction with colleagues. In such circumstances, where educators work alone with a group of learners, they may develop a form of “privatised practice” which isolates them from the wider professional community. There is mounting evidence that educators can be more effective when they view their work as a collaborative effort in which they interact with other educators within and beyond their workplace and adopt stances that may be described as “engaged professionalism”.

New Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) offer enhanced opportunities for professional engagement and will be an important tool for educators in the twenty-first century. The Master of Education program will model the use of ICTs to support professional interaction and learning.

The Postgraduate Certificate in Education program thus aims to develop in its graduates the capabilities and dispositions to work as engaged professional educators in contemporary knowledge building communities.

Education Postgraduate Elective Courses

• EDR8000 Foundations of Contemporary Educational Research Methods
• EDR8001 Effective and Ethical Educational Research
• EDR8005 Discourse Analysis
• EDU5010 Politics and Pedagogy in Early Childhood
• EDU5112 Transforming Learning with ICT
• EDU5221 Professional Learning
• EDU5321 Educating Students with Special Needs
• EDU5322 Behaviour Management and Support
• EDU5325 Child Abuse and Neglect: Intervention, Protection and Prevention
• EDU5335 Emotional and Behavioural Problems of Children and Adolescents
• EDU5601 Designing for Flexible Learning Environments^
• EDU5702 Exploring Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Contexts
• EDU5703 Engaging Curriculum and Pedagogy
• EDU5704 Popular Culture as Curriculum and Pedagogy
• EDU5705 Principles of Quality Curricula
• EDU5713 Assessment Principles and Practices
• EDU5760 Professional Study
• EDU8007 Developing Matters in Early Childhood Education
• EDU8011 Professional Culture, Dynamics and Change in Early Childhood Education
• EDU8111 Emerging Environments for Learning
• EDU8114 Online Pedagogy in Practice
• EDU8117 Networked and Global Learning
• EDU8311 Concepts and Theories in Educational Management
• EDU8312 Educators as Leaders: Emerging Perspectives
• EDU8314 Human Resource Strategies for Innovation
• EDU8317 Individual Assessment and Testing
• EDU8318 Organisational Transformation Through Learning
• EDU8319 Marketing Your Educational Organisation†
• EDU8324 Learning Difficulties: Reading
• EDU8326 Learning Difficulties: Mathematics
• EDU8328 Consultation and Communication: Theory and Practice
• EDU8331 Career Development in Educational Settings
• EDU8332 Introduction to Counselling in Educational Contexts
• EDU8333 Advanced Counselling in Educational Contexts
• EDU8338 Autism
• EDU8406 Theories for Learning Futures
• EDU8415 Multi-Modal Texts and New Literacies
• EDU8605 Building Communities of Practice
• EDU8606 Lifelong Career Development
• EDU8701 Teaching and Learning in Contemporary Contexts: Theory and Practice
• EDU8705 Personal Pedagogy in Context^
• EDU8719 Contemporary Issues Conference
• LIN5000 The Nature of Language
• LIN5003 Syllabus Design and Materials Writing
• LIN8001 Principles of Second Language Learning
• LIN8002 Methodology in Teaching a Second Language
• LIN8006 Computer-Assisted Language Learning
• LIN8007 Language Testing
• LIN8015 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
• LIN8017 Bilingualism and Bilingual Education

The requirements described in this section are generic requirements for entry to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education program. The majority of courses in the Postgraduate Certificate in Education program are offered entirely online and have specific requirements for frequent and ongoing Internet access. Most courses include Internet access as an important, or essential, component. Intending applicants should ensure that they have the necessary computer and Internet access before applying. Further information is provided in the IT requirements section below and in specifications of individual courses.Normal EntryThe normal requirement for entry to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education program is a three-year bachelor degree (or equivalent) from a recognised university.All applicants must have a good command of the English language. Applicants for whom English is not their first language must meet the University's English language requirements, particularly an IELTS score of 6.5 with no component below 6.0.Alternative EntryApplicants who do not meet the requirements for normal entry may apply for alternative entry if they believe that they can demonstrate that they have qualifications and/or experience that might be considered equivalent to those required for normal entry. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 570 TOEFL iBT® test: 90