Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Education

Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (HEDU)

Course code: 2550 + Total credit points required: 24 + 2 years part-time only + Multimode (Clayton; Gippsland; Peninsula)
Contact: Mr Henk Eijkman (telephone +61 3 9905 6817 for initial inquiries)

Course description

This course, offered by the Higher Education Development Unit, is designed to equip teachers in higher education institutions for the rapidly changing teaching and learning environment in which they operate. It seeks to encourage a scholarly and professional approach to university teaching. Upon completing the course, participants should be able to demonstrate knowledge and competence in the following areas: designing and evaluating a teaching program, using a range of teaching methods, designing and applying assessment strategies and providing student support, and planning and undertaking an educational change project.
Participants should also be able to demonstrate the application of the above knowledge and competencies to their discipline or professional area. Currently, the course is available only to academic staff members at Monash.

Entry requirements

Participants must have a first degree or equivalent qualifications or experience considered by the faculty board to be equivalent to, or a satisfactory substitute for, the above awards. Participants must be actively involved in tertiary teaching.

Course outline

The course comprises three core units and one elective unit:

Core units

• HED5001 Designing for learning (core), or LAW7287 Turning theory into practice #, or MEU0001 Teaching and learning in health professional education #
• HED5002 Teaching for learning (core), or
  LAW7288 Tradition and practice in law teaching #, or
  MEU002 Developing clinical teaching and supervision #
• HED5003 Evaluating teaching and assessing learning (core), or
  LAW7289 Evaluation and assessment #, or
  MEU0003 Assessment and evaluation in health professional education #

Elective units

Select one of the following:

• HED5004 Action research project (elective)
• LAW7290 Negotiated project #
• MEU0004 Educational project research and development in health settings #
• HED5005 Postgraduate research supervision (elective)

# Note the following:
(i) Participants may substitute up to two units from the Graduate Certificate of Higher Education with directly relevant units in the Graduate Certificate in Law Teaching (course code 3383) or the Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education (course code 3413), ie HED5002 (Teaching for learning) may be substituted with LAW7288 (Tradition and practice in law teaching) or MEU002 (Developing clinical teaching and supervision), with the approval of the course coordinator.
(ii) HED5001 is a prerequisite for the units HED5002, HED5003 and HED5004. The units HED5001, HED5002 and HED5003 are prerequisites for HED5004. However, students should consult the course coordinator to assist in planning their program if a different pathway is required.

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 course coordinators to assist in planning their program.

Further information

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