Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Leadership, Policy and Change) (PostgradDipEd[L,P&Ch])

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

General information

Clayton campus
Course code: 2333
Contact: Associate Professor Peter Gronn (please telephone 9905 2819 or 9905 2784 for initial inquiries)

Introduction to course

The Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Leadership, Policy and Change) is designed to meet the needs and interests of leaders and managers of educational institutions, teachers, academics and personnel working in a variety of human service organisations who exercise formal or informal leadership responsibilities for the delivery of educational and related services.

Objectives

The major objectives of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Leadership, Policy and Change) course are students with:

• an enhanced understanding of new forms of leadership and governance, and the connection between these and policy, culture, organisation and change; and
• competence in skills of leadership, change management and policy-making.

Admission requirements

Applicants must have an approved three-year bachelor's degree and an approved fourth year of study or an approved four-year bachelor degree or have qualifications or experience deemed by the faculty board to be the equivalent to the above awards or a pass degree accompanied by relevant experience for admission to the Postgraduate Diploma (Ld,Pol&Ch).

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).
Candidates who successfully complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Ld,Pol&Ch) will receive forty-eight points credit towards a masters degree.

Course structure

The course consists of four twelve-credit-point subjects as follows:

Core subjects

• GED2880 Policy and governance (12 points)
• GED2882 Leadership and organisation (12 points)
• GED2883 Management and change (12 points)

Elective subjects

The remaining subject may be selected from the following electives, most of which are offered in on-campus mode:

• EDN8034 The effective school
• EDN8039 School effectiveness and school improvement: a comparative review
• GED0801 Educational research methodology
• GED2803 Finance and economics of education and learning
• GED2805 Gender and education
• GED2826 Leaders and leadership
• GED2834 Industrial relations in education
• GED2850 Continuity and change in Australian education and training
• GED2853 School management in public systems
• GED2854 Adult education and training: policies and practices
• GED2856 Globalisation and educational policy
• GED2858 Human resource development in the context of the learning organisation
• GED2907 Human, financial and capital resource management in education
• GED3806 History of public policy in Australian education and training
• GED3905 Improving the quality of education
• GED3907 Lifelong learning
• GED3908 Schools for tomorrow
• GED4806 Professional development and educational reform
• GED4807 Evaluating educational programs: theory and practice
• GED4902 Teachers' work: research and policy

Length of course/workload required

This course may be taken on campus by full-time or part-time study and it is expected that full-time candidates will complete all requirements within one year while part-time candidates will complete them within two academic years. Each subject is of one-semester length and the expected number of hours per week for a full-time student is forty-eight.

Further information

Details of all 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/

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