Clayton, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses
Course code: 1159
Contact: Dr Martin Sullivan (Clayton), Dr Tony Taylor (Gippsland) or Dr Phillip Perry (course adviser, Peninsula)
The Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (GradDipT&L) is normally awarded to students who, having completed stage 1 of the Master of Teaching (MTeach) course, elect not to continue to stage 2. Details of the MTeach are set out in this handbook.
The following information relates specifically to the requirements for the GradDipT&L.
The course will be available to four-year-trained teachers.
Students taking the course will normally be in full-time or substantial part-time employment in schools. Other situations will be approved if the student has access to sufficient teaching to provide the basis for the core subject. International students will be able to enrol in the course where the faculty is able to provide appropriate supervision.
As the course is specifically directed towards the developmental needs of qualified teachers with a significant amount of professional experience, the varied backgrounds and differing career aspirations of such teachers require a program which balances individual interests and initiatives with a common focus on continuing development in professional practice. The course therefore contains a core subject which maintains this focus, and a program of elective subjects which may be put together in many different ways.
All students will undertake the core subject EDN8038 (Improving professional practice) which is a twelve-point, year-long subject which helps students review and reflect on their teaching practice. This subject will also provide the framework and foundation for the second-year requirements carried out in the teaching context. Students will also take one of a list of approved teaching and learning subjects currently available in the faculty's masters program.
Students choose elective subjects equivalent to a further thirty-six to forty points, which must form a coherent program of study, to be approved by the course leader. Normally, at least twenty-four points must be taken from MEdSt subjects. The remaining twelve to sixteen points may be taken as one MEdSt subject or two BEdSt subjects or, with approval from the course leader, as appropriate third or fourth-year subjects.
Students should have access to subjects offered in any school of the faculty, and in distance mode as well as face-to-face. The entire pool of fifth-year-level subjects available within the faculty gives students an unprecedented opportunity to build programs suited to their individual needs. The course leader may, however, identify a subset of subjects that are most appropriate for a particular student. An opportunity also exists for students to readjust their academic qualifications by taking up to twelve to sixteen points from another faculty to upgrade or readjust qualifications to meet employment needs. (See the examples of possible programs below.)
Example one
Example two
The course will involve the equivalent of one year's full-time study over a number of calendar years, depending on the balance of full-time and part-time study undertaken.
Further information may be obtained from the inquiry office, School of Graduate Studies, Clayton campus (telephone 9905 2819), the administrative officer, Peninsula School of Education (telephone 9904 4291), or the student administration office, Gippsland School of Education (telephone (051) 22 6375 or (03) 9902 6375).
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