1999 Education Handbook - Postgraduate Certificate of Gifted Education (PostgradCertGiftEd)

Postgraduate Certificate of Gifted Education (PostgradCertGiftEd)

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

General information

Clayton campus
Course code: 2038
Contact: Ms Leonie Kronborg (please telephone 9905 2819 or 9905 2784 for initial inquiries)

This course is for teachers and psychologists who wish to commence postgraduate studies in gifted education but do not wish at this stage to commit themselves to long term study.
The Victorian 'Bright Futures' policy for the education of gifted students was launched in 1995 resulting in a greater awareness amongst the community regarding the intellectual, social and emotional needs of gifted students. This has had an impact on teachers, psychologists and educational administrators who are now expected to identify gifted students and provide appropriate educational programs.

Objectives

The aim of the Postgraduate Certificate of Gifted Education is to enable teachers, psychologists and educational administrators to develop their knowledge and understanding regarding the development and education of gifted learners. Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

describe the nature of giftedness in terms of current conceptions and definitions;
recognise behavioural characteristics of gifted students;
describe and implement the types of instruments and procedures often used in the design of a process for identifying gifted and talented students;
design learning experiences appropriate for highly able learners who are in the regular classroom or a special program which enhances thinking and learning skills within and across curriculum areas;
develop indepth knowledge in a specialised area in the field of gifted education, such as identification of the gifted and talented, effective curriculum for the gifted, acceleration and extension programs, gifted females, social and emotional development of the gifted, special gifted populations.

Admission requirements

The course is available to four-year trained teachers and qualified psychologists.

Credit provision

The subjects taught in the Postgraduate Certificate of Gifted Education are assessed at a masters level, hence students can receive credit of twelve points for each subject. These subjects can also be taken for credit by students for the masters by coursework programs. Candidates who successfully complete the Postgraduate Certificate of Gifted Education will receive twenty-four points credit towards a masters degree.

Course structure

The completion of two subjects of study totalling twenty-four points will lead to the award of Postgraduate Certificate of Gifted Education:

GED1814 The psychology of the gifted child (12 points)

GED1839 Gifted education: identification and programming (12 points)

and

GED1840 Advanced studies in gifted education (12 points)

Length of course/workload required

This course consists of two semesters of part-time study. The expected number of hours per week for a part-time student is twenty-four.

Further information

Students are referred to the subject descriptions, including reading lists, following the course information in this handbook.
Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the inquiry office, Clayton campus (telephone 9905 2819 or 9905 2784) or visit our web site at http://www.education.monash.edu.au/