Course code: 0341
Course leader: Dr Philip Perry
The course
The Graduate Diploma of Education (Primary) is a one-year course and consists of eight on-campus units which are linked with four school experience rounds. Students will be in schools for up to a total sixty days. Candidates must satisfactorily complete each of the eight units of study and receive a satisfactory teaching assessment to be eligible for the award.
The aims of the course are to:
* prepare graduates from a range of disciplines for registration as teachers in the government, Catholic and independent school system;
* assist students to acquire the knowledge, understandings, skills and attitudes necessary for them to function as highly effective teachers;
* assist students to forms broad conceptual understandings of the field of education;
* engage students as active participants in both on-campus and off-campus components of the course;
* foster in students an interest in teaching and learning that continues through life.
The objectives of the course (for both on-campus and off-campus components) are:
* to introduce students to a consideration of the school in society, the role and responsibilities of the teacher, key curriculum concepts and significant educational issues;
* to familiarise students with the process involved in a child's development from conception through to adolescence;
* to introduce students to relevant theory, research and practice in the area of child development and learning;
* to develop students' understanding and appreciation of the importance of language, mathematics, science, computing, physical and social education, and the arts in a child's education;
* to assist students to acquire the knowledge and understandings necessary to develop school curriculu;
* through the concepts, skills and understandings encountered throughout the course, to engage students' attention on key personnel and administrative issues and needs relevant to the professional teacher;
* to induct students into the teaching profession.
Assessment
Assessment in the course ranges from examinations, seminar papers and written assignments to practical work, fieldwork folios and teaching assignments. It is common for a class test to be held as a substitute for an examination. In assessing a student's progress throughout the course, performance in class, oral work, class tests and other work may be taken into account. Students who fail in any subject may be limited in the number of subjects they are permitted to pursue, or if their performance is generally unsatisfactory they may be refused permission to re-enrol. Students whose performance is any two teaching rounds is deemed unsatisfactory may be excluded from the course.
Admission requirements
The minimum entry requirement is an approved degree. Applicants must complete a VTAC application form which must be submitted direct to VTAC (40 Park Street, South Melbourne, 3205). Overseas students may apply directly to Monash.
Subject codes and names
* EDN7015 Teaching in schools
* EDN7025 Child development and learning
* EDN7035 Language education
* EDN7045 Mathematics, science and computing education I
* EDN7055 Personal development and social education
* EDN7065 Creative arts education
* EDN7075 Mathematics, science and computing education II
* EDN7085 The teacher
Practical experience
Four blocks of teaching practice, each of three weeks duration are arranged throughout the course. Students will be in schools for a total of up to sixty days.