Postgraduate - Edith Cowan University

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Admission to this course requires the completion of a four year
primary teaching qualification or its equivalent i.e., a Bachelor of
Education, a three year degree and a Graduate Diploma of
Education or equivalent.
Three year trained teachers with extensive primary experience
may apply for special entry.
SPECIAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
All students enrolling in this course will be required to submit a
National Criminal History Check Information Clearance
(Crimtrac) before commencing Professional Practice. Application
forms and further information can be found at:
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/screening/newapplicant.htm .
Students are also required to apply for a Working With Children
Check in order to comply with Section 6 of the Working With
Children Act 2004, in order to complete their Professional
Practice. Further information can be found at:
http://www.checkwwc.wa.gov.au .
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 mode of delivery - Oncampus.
Units may also be available in Summer School. A six week
practicum in a Kindergarten or Pre-primary setting will be
undertaken by students enrolled in this course. Within this stream
teachers will develop the knowledge and skills for working with a
range of socio-cultural contexts in Kindergarten/Pre-primary, and
to critically construct a view of teaching and learning in the early
childhood phase of schooling.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The course comprises four units of study, one of which is a six
week practicum. Students complete:
ECL5101 Language and Education Studies 15
ECS5122 Education 2 15
MSC5102 Mathematics, Science and Technology
Education 2
15
PPA4100 Professional Practice (6 Weeks K/PP) 15
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
(LEARNING DIFFICULTIES)
Course Code Q17
Course Code H84
INTRODUCTION
The Graduate Certificate of Education requires one semester of
full-time study or its part-time equivalent, and is designed to
allow teachers to develop or enhance their skills and
understandings in particular areas of specialised study. Applicants
are usually expected to hold an appropriate degree or approved
diploma.
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 - Oncampus,
and Off-campus.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The course will normally consist of the following four units:
EDU5373 Foundation Studies and Current Issues in
Special Education
15
EDU5584 Strategies for Learning Difficulties 15
LAN5124 How Children Learn Literacy: Processes,
Development, Difficulties
15
MAE5103 How Children Learn Mathematics: Processes,
Development, Difficulties
15
Under certain circumstances and with permission from the course
coordinator teachers may substitute LAN5000 and/or LAN5001
or EDU6188 for one of the units listed above.
EDU6188 Independent Study 15
LAN5000 Teaching, Assessing and Improving Writing 15
LAN5001 Teaching Reading: Theory, Comprehension and
Skills
15
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
(LITERACY EDUCATION)
Course Code F84
INTRODUCTION
The Graduate Certificate of Education requires one semester of
full-time study or its part-time equivalent. Students complete a
total of 60 credit points (4 x 15 credit point units). It is designed
to allow students to develop or enhance their skills and
understandings in particular areas of specialised study.
The Graduate Certificate of Education: Literacy Education
provides practical links between theory, reading and writing
processes, assessment and teaching in order to develop deep
understandings about effective teaching of reading and writing in
the Years K – 12. The Graduate Certificate builds on current
initiatives and research supported by the Department of
Education, Science and Training. The Graduate Certificate offers
in-service teachers an opportunity to critically assess evidence
based teaching of reading and writing, challenge personal and
system wide assumptions about literacy teaching, as well as
enhance practical skills in teaching reading and writing.
156 ECU Postgraduate Course Guide 2008