Postgraduate Certificate in Education

PgCertEd

40 cp

Minimum duration:  6 months full-time or equivalent part-time.

Available at                   Brisbane Campus Qld

                                     Canberra Campus ACT

                                    Melbourne Campus Vic

                                    Strathfield Campus NSW

                                    Nationally, online (http://acuonline.acu.edu.au/) (selected units only)

EFTSL value of units:   All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1.          REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF THE POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE

1.1        To qualify for the Postgraduate Certificate, a student must complete 40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of 40 cp from the relevant Education Specialisation.

1.2        Students who choose not to specialise may complete 40 cp from across the range of units in the Schedule of Unit Offerings.

SCHEDULE OF UNIT OFFERINGS

Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

EDUCATION SPECIALISATIONS

Career Education

EDSS609          10         Counselling for Career Development

EDSS610          10         Educating for Lifelong Career Development

EDSS611          10         Professional Practice and Development

EDSS612          10         The Postmodern Global Workplace

Early Childhood

EDCU619          10         Early Childhood Music Curriculum Studies

EDFD647          10         Nurturing Connections for Learning in the Early Years of Schooling

EDFD648          10         Engaging the Learner in the Early Years of Schooling

EDLA615          10         Literacy in the Early Years

EDMA625         10         Issues for Effective Learning in Numeracy and Mathematics Education

Inclusive Schooling

EDFD651          10         Social Justice: A Whole School Approach

EDFD652          10         Issues in Inclusive Schooling

EDLE605         10           Leading Educational Change

THEO658          10         Foundations of Social Justice

Information and Communication Technology

EDST603          10         Implementing ICT for Learning

EDST604          10         Implementing Online Learning Environments

EDST605          10         Information and Communication Technology in Education and Training

EDST608          10         Online Instructional Systems

Literacy

EDLA624          10         Language for Learning and Teaching

EDLA601          10         Literacy in Society and in the Classroom

EDLA615          10         Literacy in the Early Years

EDLA616          10         Literature for Children and Young Adults

EDLA617          10         Researching Curriculum Literacies

Mathematics Education

EDMA622         10         Assessment of Mathematical Understanding to Inform Teaching

EDMA623         10         Beyond Number: Measurement and Space in the Primary Years

EDMA624         10         Chance, Data, Pattern and Algebra in Primary and Middle Years

EDMA625         10         Issues for Effective Learning and Teaching in Numeracy

EDMA626         10         Making Connections in Mathematics: Development of Rational Number

EDMA627         10         Making Connections: Early and Whole Number Development

Pastoral Care Leadership

EDAC611          10         Designing and Implementing Child Abuse Prevention Programs

EDAC618          10         Processes for Education in Personal and Interpersonal Development

EDFD604          10         Managing Challenging Behaviour

EDLE605          10         Leading Educational Change

SWTP605          10         Child Welfare Context and Policy

TESOL

EDLA612          10         Assessment and Curriculum Design in TESOL

EDLA614          10         Language, Culture and Communication

EDLA618          10         Teaching Strategies for TESOL

EDLA619          10         Language and Learning

ELECTIVES

Research Units

EDAC620           10         Social Research Methods and Community Contexts

EDCU607          10         Project

EDFD617          20         Research Project

EDFD632          10         Reading and Interpreting Research in Education

EDFD633          10         Methods of Educational Research

EDFD649          10         Research Project Part 1

EDFD650          10         Research Project Part 2

Other Electives

EDLA609          10         Socio-Cultural Contexts of Language and Literacy Practices

EDMA610         10         Technologies and Mathematics Learning

EDMA613         10         Intervention: Identification and Program Structure

EDMA614         10         Intervention: Effective Strategies

EDST601          10         Education for the 21^st Century

EDST605          10         Information and Communication Technology in Education and Training

EDST607          10         Educating for a Sustainable Future 1

EDST609          10         Implementing Information and Communication Technologies for Learning

EDTS602          10         Teacher Growth and Change

EDTS603          10         Contemporary Issues in Learning

EDTS604          10         Creating Collaborative Learning Communities

EDTS606          10         Current Issues in Inclusive Education

EDTS607          10         Mentoring for Professional Learning and Development

EDTS608          10         Professional Portfolios in Action

EDTS618           10         Current Issues in Education and Learning

EDTS619          10         Curriculum in Action

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