Graduate Diploma of Education (Primary)
Peninsula campus
Course code: 0341
Contact: Dr Philip Perry (course leader)
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.
The aims of the course are to:
- prepare graduates from a range of disciplines for eligibility for
employment as teachers in the government, Catholic and independent school
systems;
- assist students to acquire the knowledge, understanding, skills and
attitudes necessary for them to function as highly effective teachers;
- assist students to form broad conceptual understanding of the field of
education;
- engage students as active participants in both on-campus and off-campus
components of the course;
- foster in students an interest in teaching and learning that continues
through life.
The objectives of the course (for both on-campus and
off-campus components) are to:
- introduce students to a consideration of the school in society, the role
and responsibilities of the teacher, key curriculum concepts and significant
educational issues;
- familiarise students with the process involved in a child's development
from conception through to adolescence;
- introduce students to relevant theory, research and practice in the area
of child development and learning;
- develop students' understanding and appreciation of the importance of
language, mathematics, science, computing, physical and social education, and
the arts in a child's education;
- assist students to acquire the knowledge and understandings necessary to
develop school curricula;
- engage students' attention through concepts, skills and understandings
encountered throughout the course on key personnel and administrative issues
and needs relevant to the professional teacher;
- induct students into the teaching profession.
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 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.
- EDN7015 Teaching in schools
- EDN7025 Child development and learning
- EDN7035 Language education
- EDN7045 Mathematics education, science education and computers in
education I
- EDN7055 Studies of society, environment, health and physical education
- EDN7065 Creative arts education
- EDN7075 Mathematics education, science education and computers in
education II
- EDN7085 The role of the teacher
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 regarding this course may be obtained from the
administrative officer, Peninsula School of Education (telephone 9904 4291).
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