Course Details

Graduate Certificate in Education (ED61)

CRICOS code:	Not required
Course duration (full-time):	1 semester (subject to unit availability)
Course duration (part-time):	2 semesters
Course duration (external):	2 semesters
Domestic fees (per credit point):	2007: $120 per credit point (subject to annual review)
Domestic fees (indicative):	2007:$11520
International fees (per semester):	2007:$2,000 per unit (subject to annual review)
Total credit points:	48
Standard credit points/part-time semester:	24
Course coordinator:	Dr Alan Roberts
Campus:	Internet and Kelvin Grove

Planning your enrolment

This information will assist to plan your studies and complete your enrolment in QUT Virtual for 2007. For information about enrolling for 2008 use the 2008 tab. Read the information under Course Structure for a recommended study program and unit details.

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Entry requirements

An appropriate four-year bachelor degree or equivalent at a standard acceptable to the Executive Dean, OR an appropriate three-year bachelor degree or equivalent at a standard acceptable to the Executive Dean plus at least one year's appropriate professional or industrial experience. Students undertaking the Early Childhood study area must be qualified teachers.

Course Structure

The Graduate Certificate in Education course consists of 48 credit points of study from the Master of Learning Innovation deemed by the Executive Dean to form a coherent program of study. Units can be presented in internal, flexible or block mode (where students are required to attend campus for up to five days normally during the January or July school holiday period). In some instances units can be completed in a modularised form which allows students to complete the assessment on a credit point basis.

Study Areas

The study areas include:

Adult Learning and Knowledge Management
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Behaviour Management
Career Guidance
Early Childhood
Educational Counselling
Executive Leadership
Higher Education
Information and Communication Technology
Leadership and Management
Learning Futures
Learning Support and Inclusive Education
Mathematics Education
Middle Years of Schooling
Science education

Course Structure

 Course structure

Adult Learning and Knowledge Management
SPN624	Adult and Professional Learning
EDN603	Facilitated Study Unit
SPN637	Managing Knowledge in Learning Organisations
SPN628	Leadership For Change
SPN629	Current Issues In Leadership
SPN618	Innovative Career Development Program
EDN610	The Learning Innovator
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
	Module 1: Introduction to Autistic Spectrum Disorder
	Module 2: Behaviour Management for Autistic Spectrum Disorder
EDN603	Facilitated Study Unit
SPN615	Managing Learners with Disabilities and Challenging Behaviours in the Classroom
EDN610	The Learning Innovator
Behaviour Management
SPN615	Managing Learners with Disabilities and Challenging Behaviours in the Classroom
SPN616	Innovations in Programs and Planning for Behaviour Management
SPN617	Foundations of Behaviour and Classroom Management
EDN603	Facilitated Study Unit
EDN610	The Learning Innovator
Career Guidance
SPB006	Educational Counselling
SPN610	Advanced Educational Counselling
SPN618	Innovative Career Development Program
SPN619	Constructing Career Theory
SPN620	Career Counselling
Early Childhood
EAN601	Investigating Curriculum and Pedagogy in Early Childhood
	Plus three units from:
EAN603	Child Development in Context
EAN616	Language, Literacies and Communication in Early Childhood
EAN615	Mathematics in Early Childhood
EAN614	Arts and Sciences in Early Childhood
EDN635	Practicum in Early Childhood
	Students undertaking the unit EDN635 Practicum in Early Childhood may be required to hold a current Blue Card even if they are a registered teacher. This applies to all students who intend undertaking this practicum in a Child Care Centre, Day Care, Long Day Care, Kindergarten or independent pre-school setting.
	or:-
EDN610	The Learning Innovator
Educational Counselling
SPB006	Educational Counselling
SPN610	Advanced Educational Counselling
SPN611	Educational Counselling Professional Practice
SPN618	Innovative Career Development Program
EDN610	The Learning Innovator
Executive Leadership
SPN625	Changing Agendas in Leadership
EDN602	Advanced Seminars
	Unit 3 may be selected from the Master of Learning Innovation or from any other Masters level unit at QUT, subject to course coordinator approval.
	Unit 4 may be selected from an appropriate Masters level unit from any QUT faculty, subject to course coordinator approval OR a Facilitated Study Unit - to be discussed with the Area of Interest Coordinator
Higher Education
EDN626	Learning And Teaching In Higher Education
EDN627	Contexts And Issues In Higher Education
EDN629	Presentation And Delivery Modes In Higher Education
EDN630	Higher Education: Curriculum Design, Assessment And Evaluation
Information and Communication Technology
MDN642	Digital Pedagogies
MDN643	Advanced Learning Networks
CLN601	Cyberlearning: Information and Knowledge in the Digital Age
CLN603	Designing Spaces for Learning
EDN603	Facilitated Study Unit
MDN638	Trends in Learning of the Sciences
EDN610	The Learning Innovator
Leadership and Management
SPN625	Changing Agendas in Leadership
SPN626	Leading and Managing People
SPN627	Policy Development and Analysis
SPN629	Current Issues In Leadership
SPN628	Leadership For Change
EDN603	Facilitated Study Unit
EDN608	Project
EDN610	The Learning Innovator
	Students will undertake the core unit SPN625 and a further 36 cps from the remaining units on offer.
Learning Futures
CLN601	Cyberlearning: Information and Knowledge in the Digital Age
CLN603	Designing Spaces for Learning
MDN642	Digital Pedagogies
EDN610	The Learning Innovator
EDN603	Facilitated Study Unit
Learning Support and Inclusive Education
SPN613	Learners with Special Needs: Programming for Inclusive Education
SPN615	Managing Learners with Disabilities and Challenging Behaviours in the Classroom
SPN612	Psychoeducational Assessment
SPN614	Teaching Students with Learning Difficulties/Disabilities
EDN603	Facilitated Study Unit
EDN610	The Learning Innovator
Mathematics Education
MDN638	Trends in Learning of the Sciences
MDN639	Pedagogies in Learning of the Sciences
MDN640	Managing Innovations in Teaching of the Sciences
MDN641	Understanding Mathematics and Science in Educational Contexts
EDN603	Facilitated Study Unit
EDN610	The Learning Innovator
Middle Years of Schooling
SPN633	Critical Frameworks For Analysing The Middle Years of Schooling
SPN634	Rethinking Programs And Pedagogies: The Middle Years Of Schooling
SPN635	Assessment And Reporting In The Middle Years Of Schooling
EDN603	Facilitated Study Unit
EDN610	The Learning Innovator
CLN602	Diversity and Multiliteracies
MDN642	Digital Pedagogies
Science Education
MDN638	Trends in Learning of the Sciences
MDN639	Pedagogies in Learning of the Sciences
MDN640	Managing Innovations in Teaching of the Sciences
MDN641	Understanding Mathematics and Science in Educational Contexts
EDN603	Facilitated Study Unit
EDN610	The Learning Innovator

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