Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Generalist)
ObjectivesStudents completing the course should: * have knowledge of current thinking and research in their field of study; * be stimulated to think critically and analytically about issues and ideas; * be encouraged to think critically and creatively about their teaching; * have the opportunity to explore the relevance and application of new ideas to their professional practice; * engage in problem solving both independently and as a member of a team; * tease out their own assumptions and evaluate their own ideas; * demonstrate broad writing and communication skills; * be eligible, under particular specified conditions, for employment in designated positions within the Victorian Department of Education and Training, and in other schools authorities; * have an ongoing and deepening commitment to the study and practice of education * establish a sound basis for further studies in Education at the Masters level.
Academic titlePostgraduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Generalist)
Course descriptionCourse Stream Subjects
Subject Semester Credit Points
482-807 Curriculum Leadership and Management
This subject focuses on the leadership and management competencies necessary to create an effective environment to enhance student learning and success. Topics include: teaching and learning methodologies, assessing student needs, staff development, ... Semester 2 12.50
482-809 Leading a Learning Community
This subject examines the leadership necessary for developing a learning community. Candidates focus on topics and skills such as collaborative decision-making and problem solving; conflict management and negotiation; and team processes. Understandin... Semester 2, Summer 12.50
482-825 Assessment & Develop. of Administrators
The subject examines the approach to staff assessment, selection and development using assessment centre methodology. Students learn the competencies necessary to become trained assessors in an assessment centre, and to apply these skills in that set... Semester 2 25
482-829 Personal and Interpersonal Processes
This subject addresses development and understanding of self and others, interpersonal relationships, management of organisation and individual stress, conflict management and negotiation skills. Summer 12.50
482-892 School Effectiveness and Improvement
This subject focuses on the international research literature on educational effectiveness, improvement and quality assurance in education. Candidates review theoretical frameworks developed to account for recent findings in the field of school and t... Summer 12.50
482-833 Designing a Thinking Curriculum
This subject provides students the opportunity to design educational modules appropriate for their own setting. It involves first-hand experience in ways of improving questioning and fostering metacognitive, critical and creative thinking skills; fac... Semester 2 12.50
483-637 Researching Arts Education
A study of qualitative methods of inquiry appropriate for researching arts education in a contemporary context. The subject examines interpretive research methodologies as they inform the reflective practice of arts educators. Current approaches to r... Semester 1 25
483-829 Language & Language Acquisition
A study of the nature of the language learning task, including an analysis of spoken and written language, its acquisition and its use in bilingual and multilingual settings, together with an introduction to the implications of this for language teac... Semester 1, Semester 2 25
472-604 Assessment and Program Implementation
This subject aims to develop knowledge and skills in the role and nature of norm referenced assessments; examines the principles and application of informal and alternative assessments and their application to developmental and sequential teaching; a... Semester 2 12.50
472-618 The Psychology of Exceptional Learning
This subject examines concepts, theories and issues in educational and developmental psychology necessary to understand and diagnose academic learning disabilities that will lead to effective curriculum development. It will examine the individual dif... Semester 2 12.50
472-619 Prof Practice - Specific Learng Diff 1
In these two subjects, students undertake the equivalent of 45 days of supervised professional practice in at least two different types of settings in block rounds of ten or fifteen days. These settings, both segregated and inclusive settings, provid... Year Long 12.50
472-620 Prof Practice Specific Learng Diff 2
In these two subjects, students undertake the equivalent of 45 days of supervised professional practice in at least two different types of settings in block rounds of ten or fifteen days. These settings, both segregated and inclusive settings, provid... Year Long 12.50
476-886 School-based Intervention Strategies
A broad range of instructional methods and strategies which are appropriate for classroom use with learners who have disabilities are examined. The subject focuses on the development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based instructional meth... Semester 1 12.50
476-889 Learning Disabilities: Literacy
This subject reviews contemporary theories and explanations of learning disabilities in literacy and examine their underpinning assumptions and implications. Theories include schematic-interactive models, strategic models and orthographic learning mo... Semester 1 12.50
476-890 Learning Disabilities: Numeracy
This subject reviews current theories of learning disabilities in numeracy and their implications for instruction. Relevant diagnostic and instructional models are analysed in terms of their theoretical bases, empirical support and implications for i... Semester 2 12.50
472-601 Working with Challenging Behaviour
Students should understand and compare typical and atypical socioemotional development of children and students; observe and assess challenging behaviour and its impact on learning, self-esteem and social interaction in specialist and inclusive setti... Semester 2 12.50
472-604 Assessment and Program Implementation
This subject aims to develop knowledge and skills in the role and nature of norm referenced assessments; examines the principles and application of informal and alternative assessments and their application to developmental and sequential teaching; a... Semester 2 12.50
472-640 Learning, Behaviour and ASD
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
472-627 Research Project in Deafness Studies
This subject will guide the student through the structure and design of a research study including: critical evaluation of the literature; an introduction to statistical and descriptive methods of evaluation; constructing a research paper. Students w... Semester 1, Semester 2 25
476-892 Classroom Strategies:Gifted Education
This subject examines the teaching of students who are intellectually gifted and talented. It examines (1) a general model for teaching gifted learners; (2) using the learning characteristics of gifted and talented students to identify the most appro... Semester 1 12.50
476-893 Understanding & Identifying Gifted Lrng
This subject examines definitions and models of giftedness and talent, the learning and socio-emotional characteristics of gifted children and their educational needs. The implications of these for programs, provisions, means of identification and sc... Semester 1 12.50
485-602 Cyber Culture and Education
Cultural analysis of the use of information and communications technology in industry, domestic and educational settings, identifying historical and theoretical perspectives on computer- mediated communication and computer and network aided practice;... Semester 1 25
485-601 Online Education and Training
Survey information technologies used for online educational communication. Use and evaluate software and software packages for online education. Study strategies for teaching and learning online and develop an implementation plan for teaching and lea... Semester 2 25
485-829 Teaching With Information Technology
The use of computers for educational purposes with emphasis on current research and educational philosophies of learning and teaching; current and potential uses in key learning areas. Implications for education of technological change, resourcing an... Semester 2 25
485-833 Multimedia and the Web for Education
The subject focuses on the role of multimedia and the web for human communication and learning in educational contexts. The subject is suitable for all educators interested in combining practical activities with learning about associated techniques a... Semester 1 25
485-837 ICT and Curriculum
An advanced examination of the use of computers within primary and secondary education begun in Teaching With Information Technology with a specialisation in one of these areas. A detailed investigation of the role and use of computers in a selected ... Semester 1 25
485-869 Discrete Maths. & Maths. Modelling
An introduction to a broad range of discrete mathematics topics, including graph theory, Boolean algebra, difference equations, and simple numerical methods. Examination of some established mathematical models (both discrete and continuous). Methods ... Semester 1 25
485-870 Mathematical Statistics For Teachers
Elementary probability; simulation;. random variables; exploratory data analysis; random sampling; parametric and non-parametric inference; hypothesis testing; analysis of variance; correlation; linear regression; time series; sample surveys; experim... Semester 2 25
482-616 The Thinking Curriculum-Theory & Prac
This subject will not be available in 2009 25
483-620 Second Language Assessment
A study of the theory and practice of second language assessment. Topics include: the purposes of language assessment, models of communicative language ability and their implications for assessment, the design of assessment instruments, assessing spe... Semester 1 25