| GradDipEd 100 credit points
Duration 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time Available at Ballarat Campus VIC (Aquinas) Melbourne Campus VIC (St Patrick's) Notre Dame College, Shepparton Vic Strathfield Campus NSW (Mount Saint Mary) Watson Campus ACT(Signadou) Overview The postgraduate courses in secondary teacher education at Australian Catholic University have been developed in response to the increasing demands for professional training in education. The courses facilitate, within a Catholic Christian tradition, the development of reflective, educated, culturally aware and responsive individuals, able to function effectively as beginning teachers in a variety of settings and committed to their continuing professional development. The characteristics which distinguish this course from similar courses of secondary teacher pre-service preparation are its location in a specifically Catholic institution and the provision of studies for students seeking accreditation to teach in Catholic schools. In New South Wales, students who complete Religious Education Curriculum & Teaching 1 and Religious Education Curriculum & Teaching 2 and the units Biblical Studies and Foundations of Christian Faith are eligible for the additional award of the Graduate Certificate in Religious Education.
Mode of OfferingThe course is offered on-campus, normally full-time for 1 year and part-time for 2 years. Classes for the full-time course and part-time course are normally held in daytime hours. Study of units throughout the course may require students to engage in a process of field-based learning where part or the whole of their teaching and learning is conducted in a school context. AdmissionNew
South Wales and ACT Victoria The
VTAC Guide 2005 can be purchased from newsagents. Applicants must also
complete the ACU Postgraduate Education Supplementary Information Form
available on the web at www.acu.edu.au/forms.cfm
or from the Student Centres at Ballarat (Aquinas) and Melbourne (St Patrick's).
Applicants who fail to complete this requirement will not be considered
for selection. Applicants
must have a three-year post-secondary University degree or equivalent
to be eligible to apply. In addition, applicants must nominate two single
teaching methods or one double method which meet the academic prerequisites
determined for each method. Applicants
without a satisfactory result in any standard Year 12 English in Australia
will be required to sit for a test in English proficiency. Deferment is not available.
Course StructureStudents undertake a total of 10 units comprising Education Foundation Studies and Professional Studies. The Professional Studies component includes the teaching practicums which are a requirement in order to be eligible to apply for registration as a teacher. In Victoria, students must also complete a minimum of two electives as part of their program. Unit OfferingsUnit
offerings will vary subject to student demand and lecturer availability. Education
Foundation Studies (Melbourne, Ballarat, Shepparton) EDFD204
Catholic Education and Schooling# EDFD441
Human Development and Special Needs in Education EDFD431 Learning and Learning Technologies Education
Foundation Studies (Strathfield) GDFD103
Education and Society OR GDFD204
Catholic Education and Schooling GDFD213
Technology and Learning GDFD436 Human Development and Learning Education
Foundation Studies (Watson) EDFD103
Education and Society OR EDFD204
Catholic Education and Schooling EDFD213
Technology and Learning EDFD436 Human Development and Learning Professional
Studies (Melbourne, Ballarat, Shepparton) EDTS423
Teaching, Classroom Management and Curriculum EDFX405
Field Experience THEO558*
Foundations of Christian Faith Teaching
Method 1 (see list below) Professional
Studies (Strathfield) GDTS103
Teaching Students with Special Needs GDTS310
Secondary Teaching and Classroom Management 2/FXP GDTS207
Teaching and Classroom Management 1/FXP Teaching
Studies A1 Professional
Studies (Watson) EDTS103
Teaching Students with Special Needs EDTS310
Secondary Teaching and Classroom Management 2/FXP EDTS207
Teaching and Classroom Management 1/FXP Teaching
Studies A1 Electives
(Melbourne, Ballarat) THEO502*#
Biblical Studies EDFD442
Global Education Policy EDFD443
Adolescent Mental Health and the School Community EDFD444
The Middle Years of Schooling Approved units from the Faculty's preservice teacher education courses Electives
(Shepparton) THEO502*#
Biblical Studies EDFD443
Adolescent Mental Health and the School Community EDLA414 TESOL Techniques # These units provide student with the accreditation to teach in Catholic Secondary Schools. Students not seeking accreditation may substitute an elective unit for the unit Foundations of Christian Faith. *
These units are required as co-requisites for the Religious Education
Method. Students who have received an exemption for relevant Theological
studies will undertake elective units in place of these two units.
Teaching
studies/methods available EDRE425
Religious Education Method EDST440
Science Method B EDSS415
Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) Method NB:
Ballarat Campus (Aquinas) students may undertake the following methods
in off-campus mode at the Melbourne
Campus (St Patrick's): ESL, LOTE, Music, Information Technology, and Commerce
& Business Studies, Maths and Physical Education. At
Melbourne Campus (St Patrick's) EDSS414
Commerce and Business Studies Method EDLA436
English Method EDLA437
English as a Second Language (ESL) Method EDST432
Information Technology Method EDLO407
Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Method ** EDLO408
Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Method B EDMA415
Mathematics Method EDMU406
Music Method A EDMU407
Music Method B EDPH413
Physical Education Method EDRE425
Religious Education Method EDRE426
Religious Education Method B EDST440
Science Method B EDSS415
Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) EDST434
Technology Method * EDAR412
Visual Arts Method At
Notre Dame College, Shepparton (Vic) EDLA436
English Method EDLO407
Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Method EDMA415
Mathematics Method EDRE425
Religious Education Method EDSS415
Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) EDST432
Information Technology Method EDST440 Science Method B At
Strathfield Campus (Mount Saint Mary) GDSS308
Economics/Business Curriculum and Teaching 1 GDSS309
Economics/Business Curriculum and Teaching 2 GDLA300
English Curriculum and Teaching 1 GDLA301
English Curriculum and Teaching 2 GDSS310
Geography Curriculum and Teaching 1 GDSS311
Geography Curriculum and Teaching 2 GDSS314
History Curriculum and Teaching 1 GDSS315
History Curriculum and Teaching 2 GDMA300
Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 1 GDMA301
Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 2 GDPH300
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching
1 GDPH401
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching
3 GDPH412
Personal Development, Health and Physical Educaton Curriculum and Teaching
4 GDPH301
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching
2 GDRE300
Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching 1 GDRE301
Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching 2 GDST312
Science Curriculum and Teaching 1 GDST313
Science Curriculum and Teaching 2 GDST300
Biology Curriculum and Teaching 1 GDST302
Chemistry Curriculum and Teaching 1 GDST308
Physics Curriculum and Teaching 1 GDST324
ICT Curriculum and Teaching 1 GDST325
ICT Curriculum and Teaching 2 GDAR302
Visual Art Curriculum and Teaching 1 GDAR303 Visual Art Curriculum and Teaching 2 EDAR302
Visual Art Curriculum and Teaching 1 EDAR303
Visual Art Curriculum and Teaching 2 EDDR300
Drama Curriculum and Teaching 1 EDDR301
Drama Curriculum and Teaching 2 EDLA300
English Curriculum and Teaching 1 EDLA301
English Curriculum and Teaching 2 EDLO500
LOTE Curriculum and Teaching 1 EDLO501
LOTE Curriculum and Teaching 2 EDMA300
Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 1 EDMA301
Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 2 EDRE300
Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching 1 EDRE301
Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching 2 EDSS308
Economics/Business Curriculum and Teaching 1 EDSS309
Economics/Business Curriculum and Teaching 2 EDSS320
SOSE Curriculum and Teaching 1 EDSS321
SOSE Curriculum and Teaching 2 EDST312
Science Curriculum and Teaching 1 EDST313
Science Curriculum and Teaching 2 EDST322
Technology and Design Curriculum and Teaching 1 EDST323
Technology and Design Curriculum and Teaching 2 Professional Practice/Field Experience covers all school and community-based experiences designed to help students develop professional competence and personal commitment, in accordance with the expressed Catholic philosophy of the university. The theoretical and methodological components of the program need practical application in a classroom setting in order to be refined and consolidated. To develop such application a developmental approach to practical experience is linked with students' expanding knowledge. The Professional Practice/Field Experience units, apply skills, techniques and processes taught in the Foundations Studies and Professional Studies units.
New
South Wales and ACT 3
units of Education Foundation Studies (30cp); Victoria 3
units of Education Foundation Studies (30cp);
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