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Graduate Diploma in Education Primary
Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary)
GradDipEd [1]
100 cp
Minimum duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.
Available at Strathfield Campus NSW
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 GRADUATE DIPLOMA [2] [3]
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma, a student must complete:
(a) 100 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
(i) 40 cp from Education Studies units;
(ii) 60 cp from Curriculum units;
and
(b) Professional Experience consisting of a 50 day practicum.
SCHEDULE OF UNIT OFFERINGS
Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
EDUCATION STUDIES UNITS
EDFD526 10 Program Planning for Literacy and Numeracy
EDFD527 10 Diversity in the Classroom
EDFD528 10 Social and Cultural Contexts of Development and Learning
EDFD529 10 Effective Teaching and Professional Practice
CURRICULUM UNITS
EDAR504 10 Creative Arts Curriculum
EDLA517 10 Language and Literacy Education
EDMA503 10 Mathematics Curriculum
EDPH500 10 PDHPE Curriculum
EDSS503 10 HSIE/SOSE Curriculum
EDST512 10 Science and Technology Education
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE UNITS
EDFX503 0 Graduate Professional Experience 1
EDFX504 0 Graduate Professional Experience 2
1.
This Course only available to international students
2.
To be eligible to teach in Catholic schools, applicants must include relevant Theology units in their undergraduate degree or enrol concurrently in the Graduate Certificate in Religious Education.
3.
In NSW the Department of Education and Training requires the undergraduate degree to contain either one full academic year in four nominated areas or two full academic years of study in one area and one full academic year in two other nominated areas. The nominated areas are: Mathematics, Science and Technology, English, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education, Human Society and its Environment, Creative and Practical Arts, Languages other than English, Information Technology, Psychology, and Education Studies.
