1999 Education Handbook - Postgraduate Certificate in Bilingual/Immersion Education (PostgradCertBilingualEd)

Postgraduate Certificate in Bilingual/Immersion Education (PostgradCertBilingualEd)

General information
Introduction to course
Objectives
Admission requirements
Credit provision
Course structure
- Core subjects
Length of course/workload required
Further information

General information

Clayton campus
Course code: 2036
Contact: Dr Margaret Gearon (please telephone 9905 2819 or 9905 2784 for initial inquiries)

The Postgraduate Certificate in Bilingual/Immersion Education is designed to accommodate teachers and school administrators involved in implementing a content-based immersion program in their school and to assist them to deepen their understanding of the processes of second language teaching and learning in such a context.
Candidates who successfully complete the Postgraduate Certificate in Bilingual/Immersion Education may complete a postgraduate diploma or a masters degree by undertaking a further two or six units respectively.

Objectives

The major objectives of the Postgraduate Certificate in Bilingual/Immersion Education course are to provide teachers of languages other than English and school administrators involved in such programs with:

knowledge and skills to develop materials for content-based teaching in a language other than English;
understanding of the theory and principles underlying immersion teaching and their implications for Victorian primary and secondary schools;
knowledge and skills to establish, maintain and evaluate a content-based language other than English program over the years Prep to Year 10 through the provision of a range of techniques for planning, measuring and recording learners' progress in the language.

Admission requirements

Candidates will hold a university degree or its equivalent and be school administrators or qualified teachers of a language other than English.

Credit provision

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).

Course structure

For the award of the Postgraduate Certificate in Bilingual/Immersion Education, a candidate must satisfactorily complete the following two subjects in the order listed.

Core subjects

GED3848 Establishing, maintaining and evaluating an immersion program (12 points)
GED3849 Developing materials for content-based teaching in a LOTE (12 points)

Length of course/workload required

This course may be taken on campus by part-time study over one academic year. Each subject is of one-semester length and the option of summer school study may be provided. The expected number of hours per week for a full-time student is twenty-four.

Further information

Details of both subjects, including reading lists, follow the course information in this handbook.
Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the inquiry office, Faculty of Education, Clayton campus (telephone 9905 2819 or 9905 2784) or visit our web site at http://www.education.monash.edu.au/