Graduate Diploma of Education (Primary)

• General information
• Admission requirements
• Course outline
  • Core subjects
• Length of course/workload required
• Further information

General information

Course code: 0341 * Peninsula campus * Contact: Dr Barbara Clarke (telephone (03) * 9904 * 4288 for initial inquiries)
This course is designed to prepare graduates from a range of disciplines for eligibility for employment as primary school teachers in the government, Catholic and independent school systems. Students should form a broad conceptual understanding of the field of education and will be expected to engage as active participants in both on-campus and off-campus components of the course.

Admission requirements

The minimum entry requirement is an approved degree. For overseas degrees, the faculty accepts assessments made by the Employment Assessment Centre, Department of Education, Employment and Training, GPO Box 4367, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3001.
Applications are made through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC). Application forms are found in the VTAC guide, which can be obtained from Victorian newsagents from August, or via the VTAC website at http://www.vtac.edu.au Applications should be submitted to VTAC by the end of September (later applications may be accepted on payment of a late fee).

Course outline

The Graduate Diploma of Education (Primary) consists of eight on-campus subjects which are linked with four school experience rounds arranged throughout the course. Students will be in schools for a total of up to 60 days, comprising 45 days of fully supervised practicum and 15 days of related fieldwork. Candidates must satisfactorily complete each of the eight units of study and receive a satisfactory teaching assessment to be eligible for the award.

Core subjects

• EDF5101 Teaching in schools
• EDF5102 Child development
• EDF5103 Primary mathematics education
• EDF5104 Primary English education
• EDF5105 Primary studies of society and environment
• EDF5106 Primary art and music education
• EDF5107 Primary science and technology education
• EDF5108 Primary health and physical education

This is a conceptual outline only. It gives a general indication of how the course will progress and is subject to change without notice. Students should consult their course coordinator to assist in planning their program. Please check the timetable for 2001 for subject availability via our website address at http://www.education.monash.edu.au/students/timetables/.
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 in any two teaching rounds is deemed unsatisfactory may be excluded from the course.

Length of course/workload required

This course consists of one year of full-time study taken on-campus. The expected number of hours per week for a full-time student is 48.

Further information

Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the Faculty of Education, Peninsula campus (telephone (03) 9904 4288), or visit our website at http://www.education.monash.edu.au

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