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Graduate Diploma of Education (Primary)


Important information

Peninsula campus

Course code: 0341

Contact: Dr Philip Perry (course leader)

The course

The Graduate Diploma of Education - GradDipEd(Primary) - is a one-year course and consists of eight on-campus subjects which are linked with four school experience rounds. Students will be in schools for up to a total of sixty days. Candidates must satisfactorily complete each of the eight units of study and receive a satisfactory teaching assessment to be eligible for the award.

Objectives

The aims of the course are to:

The objectives of the course (for both on-campus and off-campus components) are to:

Admission requirements

The minimum entry requirement is an approved degree. Applicants must complete a VTAC application form which must be submitted direct to VTAC (40 Park Street, South Melbourne, 3205). Overseas students may apply directly to Monash.

Assessment

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.

Subject codes and names

Practical experience

Four blocks of teaching practice, each of three weeks duration are arranged throughout the course. Students will be in schools for a total of up to sixty days.

Further information

Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the administrative officer, Peninsula School of Education (telephone 9904 4291).


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