1736 - Graduate Diploma of Education (Professional Development Studies)

This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course

Abbreviated title	GradDipEd(ProfDevSt)
CRICOS Code	037834G
Managing faculty	Education
Study location and mode	Off-campus (Gippsland) On-campus (Gippsland)
Total credit points required	48
Duration (years)	1 year FT, 2 years PT
Contact details	Telephone +61 3 9902 6367 or email graddip.gippsland@education.monash.edu.au .
Course coordinator	Associate Professor Tony Taylor

Description

This program is designed for those interested in developing knowledge and skills of teaching. The program aims to help participants focus on teaching and learning in ways that encourages the development of reflective practice and its relationship to ongoing professional learning and growth. This is a flexible program designed to allow professional educators to upgrade their qualifications. It will provide three-year-trained teachers with their fourth year of tertiary study.

Objectives

The program aims to:

stimulate teachers to think about the relationship between theory and practice in teaching
foster deeper understandings of classroom practice and its relationship to student learning
foster a greater awareness of the nature of professional learning
highlight the nature of professional knowledge of practice
develop deeper understandings of a diversity of approaches to teaching and learning about practice.

Involvement in the program will aid participants in coming to a better understanding of the central role of professional learning in the ongoing development of professional knowledge of practice.

Requirements

The course comprises 48 points of study, normally completed by students undertaking eight six-point units.

Alternative exit(s)

Students may exit with a Graduate Certificate of Education (Professional Development Studies) after 24 points providing they have met the requirements for this award.

Award(s) received on completion ^*

Graduate Certificate of Education (Professional Development Studies)

Graduate Diploma of Education (Professional Development Studies)

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.