Entry requirements
Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification. However, the Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature. Credit may be granted, on application, for topics completed or being undertaken towards another relevant graduate certificate or masters degree, or for accredited professional development. In addition to this generic admission requirement, some specialities in the graduate certificate have additional admission criteria, as follows: * The Graduate Certificate in Education ((Behaviour), Graduate Certificate in Education (Learning Difficulties), Graduate Certificate in Education (Vision Impairment) and Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management) require that applicants have not less than two years' relevant work experience. * The Graduate Certificate in Education (Orientation and Mobility) requires that applicants have at least one year of relevant experience. * The Graduate Certificate in Education (IBMYP) requires that applicants are teaching in an International Baccalaureate school. * The Graduate Certificate in Education (Higher Education) is normally offered to Flinders University teaching staff who have completed the Flinders Foundations of University Teaching (FFOUT) Program or equivalent. The Graduate Certificate in Education may be completed in one semester full-time, or the equivalent part-time. However as not all topics are offered in every semester some specialisations are not suited to full-time study.
Course description
Postgraduate: Course rule and topic information
Graduate Certificate in Education
(GradCertEd)
Program of study
THE GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION AND RELATED SPECIALISATIONS DO NOT QUALIFY GRADUATES FOR TEACHER REGISTRATION.
INTRODUCTION
The Graduate Certificate in Education is an 18-unit program offered by the Faculty of Education, Humanities, Law and Theology on a Commonwealth Supported basis and is available on campus and in distance mode.
Students may focus study into a number of specialisations as set out below.
If a specialisation is completed, then the award is a named Graduate Certificate in Education with the title of the specialisation given in brackets, eg Graduate Certificate in Education (Learning Difficulties).
If there is no specialisation, then a Graduate Certificate in Education is awarded.
Note that the specialisations marked with # are also available in distance mode:
* Behaviour # [distance mode ONLY]
* Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice
* Gifted Education
* Higher Education
* International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IBMYP)
* Leadership and Management #
* Learning Difficulties #
* Learning and Teaching #
* Mathematics and Science Education # [distance mode ONLY]
* Orientation and Mobility # [not offered in 2009]
* Professional Learning
* Special Education #
* Studies of Asia #
* Vision Impairment # [distance mode ONLY]
PROGRAM OF STUDY [November, 2009]
To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Education, a student must complete 18 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in any topics listed below or additional topics offered at the masters level within the School of Education, or approved topics at this level from other awards in the University.
To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Education in a speciality area, a student must complete 18 units of study with a grade of P or NGP or better according to one of the following programs.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (BEHAVIOUR)
To complete the Behaviour speciality, students must complete 18 units in the following program of study:
EDSP9061
Understanding Behaviour in Educational Contexts
EDSP9062
Assessment, Planning and Teaching in Behaviour
EDSP9063
Supporting Behaviour Change
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE)
To complete the Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice speciality, students must complete 18 units in the following program of study*:
EDES9401
Learning, Development and Educational Practice §
6
EDES9402
Psychology and Instruction §
6
EDES9403
Research in Cognition and Instruction §
6
* All topics will be offered in face-to-face mode, either in regular semester patterns at Flinders University, or in intensive mode in off-shore locations. Actual delivery will be subject to demand.
§ Available in external mode.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAM [IBMYP]))
To complete the IBMYP speciality, students must complete :
EDES9506
Curriculum Processes in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IBMYP)
EDES9507
Teaching and Learning in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IBMYP)
EDES9508
Assessment and Learning in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IBMYP)
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (GIFTED EDUCATION)
To complete the Gifted Education speciality, students must complete:
Core topic
EDSP9056
Conceptions of Giftedness
plus
EDSP9057
Curriculum and Policy: Inquiry and Analysis
EDSP9058
Gifted Education in Practice
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (LEARNING AND TEACHING)
To complete the Learning and Teaching speciality, students must complete:
EDES9401
Learning, Development and Educational Practice
and any two of the following topics:
EDES9007
Directed Study
EDES9402
Psychology and Instruction
EDET9406
Teaching and Learning with New Technologies
EDSP9025
Intervention for Problems in Literacy
EDSP9007
Theories of Behaviour Management
EDSP9026
Programming for Students with Special Needs
EDSP9014
Assessment and Evaluation in Special Education
EDSP9060
Numeracy, Mathematics and Learning Difficulties
EDES9407
Issues in Professional Learning
LEGL9200
The Legal Context of Teaching
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (LEARNING DIFFICULTIES)
To complete the Learning Difficulties speciality, students must complete any three of the following topics:
EDSP9009
Education of Children with Learning Difficulties
EDSP9014
Assessment and Evaluation in Special Education
EDSP9025
Intervention for Problems in Literacy
EDSP9026
Programming for Students with Special Needs
EDSP9060
Numeracy, Mathematics and Learning Difficulties
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (VISION IMPAIRMENT)
To complete the Vision Impairment speciality, students must complete the following topics:
EDSP9010
Studies in Vision Impairment 1
and any two of the following topics:
EDSP9023
Directed Study in Special Education
EDSP9011
Studies in Vision Impairment 2
EDSP9045
Studies in Braille: Research and Practice*
EDSP9046
Orientation and Mobility*
EDSP9053
Theory of Orientation and Mobility 1
* To be taken concurrently.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY) [not offered in 2009]
To complete the Orientation and Mobility speciality, students must complete any three of the following topics:
EDSP9010
Studies in Vision Impairment 1
EDSP9023
Directed Study in Special Education
EDSP9050
Methods of Orientation and Mobility 1
EDSP9053
Theory of Orientation and Mobility 1
EDSP9055
Theory of Orientation and Mobility 2
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (SPECIAL EDUCATION)
To complete the Special Education speciality, students must complete any combination of topics selected from those offered within the Master of Education (Special Education) to a total of 18 units.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL LEARNING)
To complete the Professional Learning speciality, students must complete the following program of study:
EDES9407
Issues in Professional Learning
EDES9408
Leading Professional Learning
plus either
EDES9007
Directed Study
or a negotiated topic from those offered within the Master of Education
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (STUDIES OF ASIA)
To complete the Studies of Asia speciality, students must complete 18 units according to the following program of study:
EDAS8003A
Studies of Asia: SOSE Learning Area 1
6
EDAS8004A
Studies of Asia: SOSE Learning Area 2
6
EDAS8005A
Studies of Asia: Arts Learning Area 1
6
EDAS8006A
Studies of Asia: Arts Learning Area 2
6
EDAS8007A
Studies of Asia: English Learning Area 1
6
EDAS8008A
Studies of Asia: English Learning Area 2
6
EDES9362B
Education Field Study: Asia
6
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT)
To complete the Leadership and Management speciality, students must complete 18 units according to the following program of study:
EDES9603
Organisation Theory and Context
6
EDES9606
Managing Human Resources
6
EDES9609
Strategic Planning and Management
6
EDES9615
Leaders and Leadership
6
EDES9618
Developing People in Organisations
6
EDES9625
Knowledge Management for Organisational Learning
6
EDES9627
Leading and Managing in Rural Contexts
6
EDES9628
Globalisation: Issues and Challenges
6
EDES9636
Managing Innovation in Organisations
6
POAD9041
Financial and Resource Management
6
POAD9110
Project Management
6
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION)
To complete the Mathematics and Science Education speciality, students should complete the following topics:
EDES9828
Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education
6
EDES9827
Teacher Leaders and Issues in Science and Mathematics Education
6
EDES9829
Action Research for Teachers in Science and Mathematics
6
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (HIGHER EDUCATION)
To complete the Higher Education speciality, students should have completed the Flinders Foundations of University of Teaching (FFOUT) Program or equivalent and complete any two of the following topics:
EDES9511
Scholarship of Teaching in Higher Education
EDES9512
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
EDES9513
Specialised Individual Project in Teaching and Learning
Credit transfer applications for topics completed or being undertaken towards another relevant graduate certificate or masters degree will be subjected to the current approval process advocated by the Faculty Board of EHLT.
