Course Guide - Edith Cowan University

Fee paying course.
The Graduate Certificate of Education, Learning Difficulties is
intended for trained teachers to prepare them for supporting
students with specific needs in either a regular classroom or in a
special education facility.
The course provides studies of both a theoretical and practical
nature. Teachers will develop an understanding of the learning
needs of students who for a variety of reasons have learning
difficulties or learning disabilities. It will also provide teachers
with knowledge and understandings of whole school approaches
to supporting students at educational risk.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor of Education, or three year degree and Graduate
Diploma of Education, or equivalent. Teachers are encouraged to
apply for Recognition of Prior Learning for professional learning
programs in which they have participated or presented.
Three year trained teachers with extensive professional experience
may apply for special entry.
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Mt Lawley Campus.
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Part-time mode.
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following modes of delivery -
Campus-Based, and Online Sup.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The course will normally consist of the following four units:
EDU5373 Foundation Studies and Current Issues in 15
Special Education
EDU5584 Strategies for Learning Difficulties 15
LAN5124 How Children Learn Literacy: Processes, 15
Development, Difficulties
MAE5103 How Children Learn Mathematics: Processes,
Development, Difficulties
15
Under certain circumstances and with permission from the course
coordinator teachers may substitute EDU6188 for one of the units
listed above.
EDU6188 Independent Study 15
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
(PROFESSIONAL LEARNING)
Course Code V61
The GCE-PL is designed for practising teachers who wish to
engage in meaningful professional development activities that
support their work. The GCE-PL requires one semester of fulltime
study or its part-time equivalent, and is designed to allow
students, through the completion of professional
development/credentialled professional learning and related
coursework, to enhance their skills and understandings in
particular areas of specialised study.
The GCE-PL is designed to provide teachers with the necessary
pedagogical and curriculum knowledge to develop and maintain
advanced teaching and curriculum leadership skills.
Upto 50% course content will be flexible and determined by the
students/teachers and the School of Education collaboratively
identifying their professional needs within established school and
sector/system priorities. The remaining 50% of the content will
relate to the development of professsional learning communities
and workplace related investigations undertaken by the students.
On completion of this award students can apply for entry into the
Master of Education by Coursework. Upon gaining entry credit
will be granted for the units completed.
CPL streams in Religious Education (non-Catholic) and
Catholic are available.
SPECIAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants who have successfully completed a 4-year Bachelor
degree in education or an equivalent qualification from an
approved tertiary institution. Selection is made on the basis of
relevant academic qualifications, teaching experience and
willingness to engage in professional development. Teachers with
3-year qualifications and 5-years teaching experience can apply
for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Mt Lawley, and Joondalup Campuses.
The course is also available at a range of sites in Perth and
regional centres.
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following modes of delivery -
Campus-Based, and Online Sup.
Short courses and institutes, which deliver modules of work, will
be available during each calendar year. On-line and externally
delivered modules may be available based on demand.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Four units (4 x 15 = 60 Credit Points) selected from the following,
in consultation with the course coordinator:
Core Units (Two or three)
EDU5121 Professional Learning 1 15
EDU5222 Professional Learning 2 15
EDU6187 Advanced Seminar 15
Elective Units (One or two)
Various School of Education Level 5/6 Units
EDU6188 Independent Study 15
In the Religious Education (non-Catholic) specialisation students
will complete two or three units:
REE5106 Encountering Religion 15
REE5107 The Christian Tradition 15
REE5108 Religious Education 15
In the Catholic Education specialisation students select two units:
CES5102 Contemporary Moral Issues 15
CED5104 Explorations in Theology and Film in the
Classroom
15
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
(SPECIAL EDUCATION)
Course Code Q18
Course Code H85
The Graduate Certificate of Education requires one semester of
full-time study or its part-time equivalent, and is designed to
allow students to develop or enhance their skills and
understandings in particular areas of specialised study.
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