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Course Code	Course Title
G1023	GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION - PRIMARY
G1024	GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION - SECONDARY

Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary/Secondary)

School of Education

Qualification:
Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary) (GradDipEd)
Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary) (GradDipEd)

Availability:
Murdoch campus (internal)
Murdoch campus (external) (all but one unit)

Restriction:
Enrolment in these courses is subject to restriction.

Duration:
1 year full-time or part-time equivalent

The Graduate Diploma in Education (GradDipEd) is a one-year full-time initial teaching qualification for graduates who hold a Bachelor's degree in some non-Education field relevant to teaching. It offers graduates a professional preparation for teaching in primary schools, in secondary schools, or for a wide range of other careers with an education focus.

For Primary Teacher Education students, a wide range of undergraduate degrees is appropriate although, in some Australian states and territories, employers expect certain subjects to be included in the undergraduate degrees of primary teachers who qualify through the Graduate Diploma route. Students may wish to seek advice on this from the Prospective Students' and Admissions Centre or the Program Chair.

For Secondary Teacher Education students, the undergraduate degree must be relevant to one of the following learning areas in secondary schools: English, Drama, Media, Society and Environment, Science, Mathematics, Languages Other Than English (LOTE), or English as a Second Language (ESL).

Students who already have a non-Education Bachelor degree may apply to the Prospective Students' and Admissions Centre for entry to the Bachelor of Education (Graduate) and, depending on previous background, will be able to complete the BEd in two years full-time or part-time equivalent.

Employment Prospects:
Murdoch graduates are employed in government and non-government schools and other education related occupations throughout the world. Students should note, however, that some Australian states require a minimum of two years of professional pre-service education.

Admission Requirements: Onshore course offerings:
Recognised and appropriate Bachelor's degree or higher; English competence. For Primary teacher education students, a wide range of undergraduate degrees is appropriate; for Secondary teacher education students the degree must be relevant to one of Murdoch's teaching areas.

Internet access is required for students studying externally; exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Special Requirements:
The Department of Education and Training and cooperating non-government schools have the right to determine 'fit and proper persons' to enter and practice in schools. Therefore, a current Department of Education and Training Criminal Record check is required. Under the Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004, compulsory criminal record checks are required for people working with children. These checks are a national check to identify those who have a criminal history which indicates they may harm children. The appropriate application form is available from the School Experience Office or the Department of Education web page. Federal and state police clearances obtained through police stations are not acceptable. Students should refer to the Study at Murdoch section of this Handbook for details on this important matter.

Students should note that both internal and external GradDipEd students take EDU1011 Introduction to Teaching in the Summer option, which is an intensive 3-point version held on campus in the four-week period immediately prior to the commencement of Semester 1.

For students in the GradDipEd (Primary), on-campus attendance is required for a one-week intensive workshop for EDU217 Primary Curriculum IIB.

Exemptions from School Experience and Other Units:
Students who have been employed as a teacher and have had at least one year of full-time equivalent recent, relevant and satisfactory teaching experience in an Australian school context may seek exemption from the School Experience component of EDU1011 Introduction to Teaching.

Students who have had at least two years of full-time recent, relevant and satisfactory teaching experience in an Australian school context may seek partial exemption from School Experience. Whilst Murdoch recognises that some students may have prior and/or current teaching experience, it requires that a student's classroom competence be assessed before exemptions from School Experience can be given.

Some students may have completed one or more of the required units listed below in their previous studies. Such students may also seek exemption from the unit.

Students cannot receive exemption from Professional Internship units but those who are exempt from School Experience and are also currently employed in relevant teaching positions may seek permission to complete Professional Internship units in their school. Students should contact the Academic Advisor in the School Experience Office.

All applications for exemption must be directed to the Accreditation Officer in the Prospective Students' and Admission Centre.

If seeking uncredentialled credit, students must submit a case in writing, with supporting documentary evidence to explain how the outcomes of units have already been achieved through prior experience.

Study Options:
Students taking the Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary or Secondary) are advised that the student contribution liability for these courses is commensurate with the load for these courses: viz 1.25 that of a normal 24-point load.

External Study:
Not all required units in this course are offered completely externally. Some are offered as short-term sessions on campus or in Perth metropolitan schools.

a) GradDipEd students take EDU1011 Introduction to Teaching in the Summer option, which is an intensive 3-point version held on campus in the four-week period immediately prior to the commencement of Semester. This unit is a prerequisite for the curriculum and school experience units beginning in Semester 1.

b) External students must undertake the first School Experience unit in a Perth metropolitan school under the guidance of a Murdoch University Supervisor (this does not include EDU1011). Subject to satisfactory completion of this unit, students may negotiate with the School Experience Office to complete their subsequent school experience elsewhere.

c) For external students in the Primary Graduate Diploma, on-campus attendance is also required for a one-week intensive workshop for EDU217 Curriculum IIB.

Exemption from Postgraduate Coursework Regulations:
In this course, where appropriate, 100- to 400-level units have been included to meet the learning outcomes for the entire course. Postgraduate students can expect to be part of a learning community with undergraduate students in these units. This course has been granted a specific exemption from the Postgraduate Coursework Regulations.

Primary Teacher Education

Course Structure - 30 points

Core Units - 30 points

Students must complete the unit EDU1011 Introduction to Teaching — 3 pts in an intensive on-campus session held in the four-week period immediately prior to the commencement of Semester 1. It must be completed successfully before commencing the Primary Curriculum or School Experience units, which begin in Semester 1.

Part-time and external students should enrol concurrently in EDU2821 Primary Curriculum I (English) — 3 pts, EDU2851 Primary Curriculum III (Mathematics) — 3 pts, and EDU2151 School Experience: Primary Graduate — 2 pts. Variations to this general rule are sometimes necessary. Students planning to complete these requirements over more than one year should consult the Academic Coordinator of School Experience about scheduling these units.

Students should complete the unit EDU291 Professional Internship Prelim: Primary GradDipEd — 2 pts and EDU292 Professional Internship: Primary GradDipEd — 4 pts in the last semester of their final year.

EDU1011 Introduction to Teaching — 3 pts
Murdoch: SB7-internal

EDU2311 Schools in Context — 3 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, S2-external

EDU245 Learning and Assessment Processes — 3 pts
Murdoch: Y-internal, Y-external

EDU2821 Primary Curriculum I (English) — 3 pts
Murdoch: UW2-internal, UW2-external

EDU2851 Primary Curriculum III (Mathematics) — 3 pts
Murdoch: UW2-internal, UW2-external

EDU2861 Primary Curriculum IV (Society and Environment, Science) — 3 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

EDU217 Primary Curriculum IIB — 2 pts
Murdoch: SP21-internal, SP21-external

EDU2151 School Experience: Primary Graduate — 2 pts
Murdoch: AU20-external

EDU291 Professional Internship Prelim: Primary GradDipEd — 2 pts
Murdoch: AU8-external, W12-external

and

EDU292 Professional Internship: Primary GradDipEd — 4 pts
Murdoch: AU16-external, SP26-internal, SP26-external

EDU3801 Special Needs -- 2 pts
Murdoch: SP26-internal, SP26-external

Note that EDU2762 Second/Foreign Languages and the Curriculum — 3 pts [Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external] may replace EDU2311 Schools in Context — 3 pts for students who have adequate knowledge of a language other than English (LOTE) or who are interested in working with students for whom English is a second language.

Secondary Teacher Education

Course Structure - 30 points

Core Units - 26 points

Students must complete the unit EDU1011 Introduction to Teaching — 3 pts in an intensive on-campus session held in the four-week period immediately prior to the commencement of Semester 1. It must be completed successfully before commencing the Secondary Curriculum or School Experience units, which begin in Semester 1.

Students should have completed their Curriculum Major, Curriculum Minor and EDU2162 School Experience: Secondary GradDipEd — 2 pts prior to enrolling in EDU293 Professional Internship Prelim: Secondary GradDipEd — 2 pts. Students should complete EDU293 Professional Internship Prelim: Secondary GradDipEd — 2 pts and EDU297 Professional Internship: Secondary GradDipEd — 4 pts in their last semester of study.

EDU1011 Introduction to Teaching — 3 pts
Murdoch: SB7-internal

EDU231 Schools in Context — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, S2-external
Rockingham: S1-internal

EDU245 Learning and Assessment Processes — 3 pts
Murdoch: Y-internal, Y-external

EDU293 Professional Internship Prelim: Secondary GradDipEd — 2 pts
Murdoch: AU8-external, W12-external

EDU297 Professional Internship: Secondary GradDipEd — 4 pts
Murdoch: AU16-external, SP26-internal, SP26-external

EDU2162 School Experience: Secondary GradDipEd — 2 pts
Murdoch: AU20-external

EDU3801 Special Needs -- 2 pts
Murdoch: SP26-internal, SP26-external

Curriculum Major

Select as a Major one of the following units:

EDU272 English and the Curriculum (Secondary) — 4 pts
Murdoch: UW2-internal, UW2-external

EDU273 Society and Environment Curriculum (Secondary) — 4 pts
Murdoch: UW2-internal, UW2-external

EDU274 Science and the Curriculum (Secondary) — 4 pts
Murdoch: UW2-internal, UW2-external

EDU275 Mathematics and the Curriculum (Secondary) — 4 pts
Murdoch: UW2-internal, UW2-external

EDU276 Second/Foreign Languages and the Curriculum — 4 pts
Murdoch: UW2-internal, UW2-external

EDU254 Media and the Curriculum — 4 pts
Murdoch: UW2-internal, UW2-external

EDU204 Drama and the Curriculum (Secondary) — 4 pts
Murdoch: UW2-internal, UW2-external

Curriculum Minor

Students may select as a Minor one of the following units which is different from their Major area and for which they have the prerequisites:

EDU2721 English and the Curriculum (Secondary) — 2 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

EDU2731 Society and Environment Curriculum (Secondary) — 2 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

EDU2741 Science and the Curriculum (Secondary) — 2 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

EDU2751 Mathematics and the Curriculum (Secondary) -- 2 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

EDU2761 Second/Foreign Languages and the Curriculum — 2 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

EDU2541 Media and the Curriculum — 2 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

EDU2041 Drama and the Curriculum (Secondary) — 2 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

Students who do not have enough content background to select one of the above Minors can elect to enrol in EDU380 Special Needs — 4 pts in lieu of EDU3801 Special Needs -- 2 pts, or THE2461 Teaching Religion in Schools — 2 pts, or substitute with one of the units below.

Students may use some of their Specified Elective points to replace their Minor with a second Major, provided they have the required background. Please seek advice from the Program Chair (Secondary).

EDU205 ICT in the Classroom — 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external

EDU260 Learning through the Arts — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, SB6-external
Rockingham: S1-internal

EDU450 Environmental Education for Sustainability — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, S2-internal, S2-external

Specified Electives - 4 points

Select from the following:

EDU230 Education for Social Justice — 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Rockingham: S2-internal

MCC321 Children and the Media — 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external

EDU251 Creating Effective Learning Environments — 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Rockingham: S2-internal

EDU262 Cultural Mathematics — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

EDU450 Environmental Education for Sustainability — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, S2-internal, S2-external

EDU205 ICT in the Classroom — 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external

EDU260 Learning through the Arts — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, SB6-external
Rockingham: S1-internal

EDU398 Science Communication — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

SOC222 Social Research Methods — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

THE246 Teaching Religion in Schools — 4 pts
NA 2009

EDU445 Adult Learning in Education and Work — 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-external

EDU425 Australian Indigenous Education — 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-external, SB6-external

EDU321 Children, Families and Schools — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Rockingham: S1-internal

EGL213 Children's Theatre — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal

EDU447 Collaborative Learning and Teaching — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-external

EDU263 Aboriginal Studies Across the Curriculum — 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal

EDU428 Critical Literacy and Visual Media Studies — 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-external

EDU453 Critical Theory and Practice — 4 pts
NA 2009

EDU446 Cultural Diversity in Learning and Working — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

EDU488 Curriculum Development for Practitioners — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, Y-external

EDU427 Development and Education — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-external

EDU465 Education Policy — 4 pts
NA 2009

EDU458 Education Policy and Teachers' Work — 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-external

EDU407 Ethics for Educators — 4 pts
NA 2009

EDU440 Facilitating Lifelong Learning — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

EDU424 Gender and Education — 4 pts
NA 2009

EDU323 Integrated Early Childhood Curriculum — 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Rockingham: S2-internal

EDU417 Learning and Teaching with ICT — 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-external

EDU469 Mathematics Education — 4 pts
NA 2009

EDU471 Mentoring — 4 pts
Murdoch: SB6-external

EDU475 Opportunities with e-learning — 4 pts
Murdoch: SB6-external

EDU448 Personal and Social Development and Education — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-external

EDU444 Tertiary and Adult Education Policy — 6 pts
Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external

EDU322 Principles and Practices in Early Childhood Education — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Rockingham: S1-internal

EDU470 Professional and Action Learning Project — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-external, S2-external

EDU464 Reading through Multiliteracies — 4 pts
Murdoch: S2-external

EDU434 Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

EDU461 Connecting to Students' Lives — 4 pts
Murdoch: S1-external

EDU499 Science Education Issues — 4 pts
NA 2009

Students should ensure they are familiar with the University's internal legislation, including provisions specifically relevant to their studies. See the University Regulations and Rules.

Cancellation of Courses, Minors and Units
The University reserves the right to cancel, without notice, any course, major, minor or unit if the number of students enrolled falls below limits set by the University.