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Clayton
and Gippsland campus (distance education)
Course code: 1762 (formerly ECPDDG)
Contact: Associate Professor Tony Taylor (please telephone
(03) 51 22 6969 or (03) 9902 6969 for initial inquiries)
The
Graduate Certificate of Education (PDS) is a flexible program offered to allow
professional educators to upgrade their qualifications.
This course is also offered to non-tertiary qualified applicants with
substantial professional experience who may use it as an entry to further
postgraduate study.
The objectives of the Graduate Certificate of Education (Professional Development Studies) course are to provide students with:
1 subject skill
enhancement whereby a student may, by completing subjects in a certain
discipline, improve, enhance and update his/her disciplinary skills;
2 addition of another discipline whereby a student may add
the equivalent of a teaching submajor by studying four subjects in a new
discipline;
3 improvement of management skills whereby a student may, by
taking a combination of business management and educational management
subjects, improve his/her workplace management skills;
4 improvement of teaching and communication skills whereby a
student may, by taking a mixture of education and other subjects, improve
his/her teaching and communication skills;
5 improvement of research skills whereby a student may
improve his/her research skills by taking research-based subjects.
Admission to this course will be open to applicants who possess a degree or diploma or who have equivalent professional/commercial experience and who are qualified educators or who have suitably acceptable experience in a related field.
Applicants contemplating admission to this course may seek formal credit or recognition of prior learning. Applicants should apply for credit prior to enrolment but currently enrolled students may also apply. The Faculty of Education considers each application on its merits within the context of the faculty guidelines on credit transfer which are contained in a booklet Learning from experience available from the Professional Development Institute, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Gippsland campus, Churchill 3842 ($7 postage and packing).
The
qualifications are designed to be very flexible and will permit a wide range of
studies and activities in professional development to be drawn together
including credit for non-award programs, workplace research, formal subjects of
study, supervised independent study and so on, as part of a 'recognition of
prior learning' program.
There are three recommended pathways through this program:
All
subject choices will be contingent upon prerequisites which are stated in the
various faculty handbooks.
It should be noted that professional development pathways may be contracted by
educators in industry or professionals other than school teachers.
The graduate certificate course is equivalent to twenty-four credit points of study and is normally completed over one year part-time by distance education. Study modes will vary according to the needs of program components. The expected number of hours per week for a full-time student is forty-eight.
Details
of all subjects, including reading lists, follow the course information in this
handbook. Not all subjects are offered each year and students should consult
the timetable or the course advisor(s).
Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the senior
administrator, Faculty of Education, Gippsland campus (telephone
(03) 51 22 6969 or (03) 9902 6969) or visit our web
site at http://www.education.monash.edu.au/
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