Gippsland campus (distance education)
Course code: EGPDDG
Contact: Dr Tony Taylor (course adviser)
The objectives of the Graduate Diploma of Education - GradDipEd(ProfDevStud) - course are to provide students with:
2 the addition of another discipline whereby a student may add the equivalent of a teaching sub-major by studying four subjects in a new discipline;
3 improvement of management skills whereby a student may, by taking a combination of business management and educational management subjects, improve his/her workplace management skills;
4 improvement of teaching and communication skills whereby a student may, by taking a mixture of Education and other subjects, improve his/her teaching and communication skills;
5 improvement of research skills whereby a student may improve his/her research skills by taking research-based subjects.
Admission to this course will be open to applicants who possess a degree or diploma and who are qualified educators or who have suitably acceptable experience in a related field.
The qualifications are designed to be very flexible and will permit a wide range of studies and activities in professional development to be drawn together including credit for non-award programs, workplace research, formal subjects of study, supervised independent study and so on, as part of a Recognition of Prior Learning Program. Programs of study are to be developed as contracts approved by the School Board of Education for individuals, or groups: from a school, a network, an area of responsibility across schools, or other organisational subject. Individual students, schools, districts, networks or groups may plan contracts as `study pathways' with the assistance of tutors.
It should be noted that professional development pathways may be contracted by educators in industry or professionals other than school teachers. Study modes will vary according to the needs of program components and may include, for example, a variety of forms of distance education; lectures, seminars, workshops or tutorials at a nominated centre; teleconferences or video conferences; residential schools, research and/or development; and direct experience through innovation.
The graduate diploma course is equivalent to eight six-credit-point subjects of study and is normally completed over two years part-time by distance education.
Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the student administration office, Gippsland School of Education (telephone (051) 22 6375 or (03) 9902 6375).
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