Graduate Certificate in Education (Specialisation)

2008 | 2009 | 2010

Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences | School of Education

Program Code: LCAV

Program Level: Postgraduate

SATAC code: 4GC006

Home Campus: Mawson Lakes

Program Length (in EFTSL): 0.5

Program director/s

Dr Tom Stehlik (LCAV)
Dr Tom Stehlik (LCAV - University Teaching)

Announcement
The Teaching Psychology Specialisation is not available from 2009.

HOW TO APPLY

DOMESTIC STUDENTS ONLY
Applications to this program are online via SATAC's Gradstart portal.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ONLY
Applications to this program are via UniSA's Apply Online portal.

Aim

The program aims to provide a flexible, comprehensive and highly relevant inservice education for practitioners at a graduate level who are working as professional educators and trainers.

Entry requirements

Admission to the program will normally require completion of a three year undergraduate degree in any discipline plus at least two years of experience in an educational or early childhood care setting or equivalent.

International students may undertake the TESOL specialisation in conjunction with the Master of Education program. This applies only to the TESOL specialisation. IELTS minimum score of 6.0 in Reading and Writing subscores and minimum overall score of 6.5. Please see Note 5 for further information concerning the English language entry requirements. Note: the TESOL specialisation is available to all students.

Content/structure

The program requires the completion of courses totalling 18 units, studied over one year of part-time study. Students complete 18 units within one of the specialisations. The award is available on a part-time basis only.

Note: this award does not lead to registration as a teacher by the Teachers Registration Board.

Fee information

Fees for Domestic students: Commonwealth Supported
Fees for Commonwealth Supported Students are calculated at the course level. Click on individual courses in the schedule below to determine total program fees.

Fees for International students: $AU 8,000 per 0.5 EFTSL for students commencing in 2010.
Fees are calculated on a per Unit basis with 1.0 EFTSL = 36 Units.
Fees for International students are determined one year in advance and are subject to variation.

Program requirements

Course name	Area + Cat. No.	Units	EFTSL
ADULT AND VOCATIONAL LEARNING SPECIALISATION
Pedagogies and Practices elective (see Note 1)		4.5
AVWL Specialist Area Study elective (see Note 2)		4.5
Theory and Practice in Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning Contexts	EDUC 1064	4.5	0.125
Contextualising Education and Work elective (see Note 3)		4.5
CAREER DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISATION
Career Development Theory and Principles (see Note 7)	EDUC 4185	4.5	0.125
Workforce Development	EDUC 4184	4.5	0.125
Career Counselling Skills	EDUC 4183	4.5	0.125
Electives - select one of the following:
Learning Cultures: Whiteness and Education	EDUC 3043	4.5	0.125
Organisational Cultures and Learning Communities	EDUC 3044	4.5	0.125
Education, Change and Society	EDUC 4169	4.5	0.125
Work, Self and Society	EDUC 3047	4.5	0.125
Workplaces as Learning Sites	EDUC 4135	4.5	0.125
Policy Discourses and Practices	EDUC 4127	4.5	0.125
Professional Community, Identity and Social Justice	EDUC 4163	4.5	0.125
Chaos, Change and Innovation	EDUC 2043	4.5	0.125
COMMUNITY LEARNING PEDAGOGIES SPECIALISATION
Core
Popular Education, Social Movements and Activism	EDUC 4128	4.5	0.125
Electives - select three of the following courses:
Spirituality, Wisdom and the Aesthetic	EDUC 4130	4.5	0.125
Transformation in Adult Learning and Research	EDUC 4131	4.5	0.125
Organisational Cultures and Learning Communities	EDUC 3044	4.5	0.125
The Educator as Counsellor	EDUC 3045	4.5	0.125
Career Counselling Skills	EDUC 4183	4.5	0.125
EARLY CHILDHOOD LEADERSHIP SPECIALISATION
Administration, Management, Leadership and Change	EDUC 2027	4.5	0.125
Practitioner Inquiry 1	EDUC 5070	4.5	0.125
Contemporary Issues in Leadership in Early Childhood	EDUC 4180	4.5	0.125
Practitioner Inquiry 2	EDUC 5071	4.5	0.125
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT SPECIALISATION
Core
Leadership and Management in Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning Contexts	EDUC 4126	4.5	0.125
Electives - select three of the following courses:
Principles and Practices of Evaluation	EDUC 2044	4.5	0.125
Organisational Cultures and Learning Communities	EDUC 3044	4.5	0.125
Chaos, Change and Innovation	EDUC 2043	4.5	0.125
Workforce Development	EDUC 4184	4.5	0.125
International Comparative Studies in Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning	EDUC 4125	4.5	0.125
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP LEARNING SPECIALISATION
Worklife, Family and Relationships	EDUC 4170	4.5	0.125
Program Development in Adult, Vocational and Workplace Contexts	EDUC 2045	4.5	0.125
Policy Discourses and Practices	EDUC 4127	4.5	0.125
Principles and Practices of Evaluation	EDUC 2044	4.5	0.125
TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (TESOL) SPECIALISATION (see Note 5)
Electives: select three of the following courses. Consult with the specialisation coordinator before enrolling in TEDU 5073 Negotiated Topic in Language Teaching.
Second Language Learning	EDUC 4168	4.5	0.125
Approaches and Strategies in TESOL	EDUC 4115	4.5	0.125
Curriculum Development for Second Language Learning	EDUC 4159	4.5	0.125
Negotiated Topic in Language Teaching	TEDU 5073	4.5	0.125
Core: only available after the completion of two electives.
Critically Reflective Practice in TESOL	EDUC 5114	4.5	0.125
TEACHING PSYCHOLOGY SPECIALISATION (not available 2009)
Core
Teaching Psychology 1	BEHL 4049	4.5	0.125
Teaching Psychology 2	BEHL 4050	4.5	0.125
Negotiated Topic in Psychology	BEHL 4051	4.5	0.125
Electives - select one of the following courses:
Learning Cultures: Whiteness and Education	EDUC 3043	4.5	0.125
Organisational Cultures and Learning Communities	EDUC 3044	4.5	0.125
Education, Change and Society	EDUC 4169	4.5	0.125
Systematic Theology	PHIL 3005	4.5	0.125
Work, Self and Society	EDUC 3047	4.5	0.125
Workplaces as Learning Sites	EDUC 4135	4.5	0.125
Second Language Learning	EDUC 4168	4.5	0.125
Policy Discourses and Practices	EDUC 4127	4.5	0.125
Professional Community, Identity and Social Justice	EDUC 4163	4.5	0.125
VOCATIONAL LEARNING IN SCHOOLS SPECIALISATION
Vocational Learning in Schools	EDUC 4132	4.5	0.125
Assessment and Recognition of Learning in Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning Contexts	EDUC 1061	4.5	0.125
Work, Self and Society	EDUC 3047	4.5	0.125
Policy Discourses and Practices	EDUC 4127	4.5	0.125
WORKPLACE LEARNING SPECIALISATION
Workplaces as Learning Sites	EDUC 4135	4.5	0.125
Futures in Education and Work	EDUC 4121	4.5	0.125
Work, Self and Society	EDUC 3047	4.5	0.125
Organisational Cultures and Learning Communities	EDUC 3044	4.5	0.125

Credit transfer

Graduates of the Graduate Certificate in Education in either the Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning Specialisation or the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Specialisation will normally be granted 18 units of credit in the Graduate Diploma of Education (Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning).

Notes

Adult, Vocational and Learning Specialisation students select from the following courses for the Pedagogies and Practices electives:
EDUC 1062 Facilitating Learning with Adults
EDUC 1061 Assessment and Recognition of Learning in AVWL
EDUC 3046 Theorists and Theories of Adult Learning and Development
EDUC 2044 Principles and Practices of Evaluation
EDUC 2045 Program Development in AVWL Contexts
EDUC 3042 Critically Reflective Practice in AVWL
EDUC 4129 Reading and Designing Research in AVWL
EDUC 3045 The Educator as Counsellor
Adult, Vocational and Learning Specialisation students select from the following courses for the AVWL Specialist Studies Area:
EDUC 4185 Career Development Theory and Principles
EDUC 4184 Workforce Development
EDUC 4135 Workplaces as Learning Sites
EDUC 4132 Vocational Learning in Schools
EDUC 4130 Spirituality, Wisdom and the Aesthetic
EDUC 4131 Transformation in Adult Learning and Research
EDUC 4128 Popular Education, Social Movements and Activism
EDUC 3043 Learning Cultures: Whiteness and Education
Adult, Vocational and Learning Specialisation students select from the following courses for the Contextualising Education and Work electives:
EDUC 2043 Chaos, Change and Innovation
EDUC 4126 Leadership and Management in AVWL Contexts
EDUC 3043 Learning Cultures: Whiteness and Education
EDUC 3044 Organisational Cultures and Learning Communities
EDUC 3047 Work, Self and Society
EDUC 4125 International Comparative Studies in AVWL
EDUC 4121 Futures in Education and Work
EDUC 3041 Critical Perspectives on Flexible and E-pedagogies
The award can be completed on a part-time basis only.
The TESOL Specialisation is available to international students in conjunction with the Master of Education. For international applicants for whom English is a second language, the minimum English language requirements are:
International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic): Minimum score of 6.0 in Reading and Writing subscores and minimum overall score of 6.5 obtained within the last two years or corresponding results from an equivalent test such as TOEFL or the appropriate Academic English language level delivered at CELUSA; or
Successful completion of a tertiary qualification at diploma level or above completed in Australia within the last two years; or
Successful completion of two or more years of tertiary study at diploma level or above conducted and completed in English within the last five years in a country in which:
-English is an official language; or
-English is commonly used, as determined by the University.
Where the study in English was more than five years ago, this requirement may be satisfied by subsequent and recent work experience of two or more years duration in a setting where English is the language of business subject to satisfactory evidence as determined by the Program Director.
Applicants are advised that a successful criminal history screening clearance is required for all students prior to their undertaking any professional experience/practicum placement that involves contact with minors (under 18 years of age). Information on the procedure to be followed for obtaining clearance may be viewed at the School of Education criminal history screening web page. A successful clearance may also be required for other courses, eg to enter any school, pre-school or childcare centre for any reason, including on placement, observation or visits, unless the students are already registered teachers. These placements may form part of the program in the TESOL Specialisation.
In the Career Development Specialisation 4.5 units of credit (EDUC 4183 Career Counselling Skills) can be granted for completion of the Certificate IV Career Development; or 4.5 units of credit (EDUC 4185 Career Development Theory and Principles) can be granted for completion of Australian Career Development Studies Component 3. A maximum of 4.5 units only can be claimed.

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