Our courses information
Our courses offer the right balance of practical knowledge and academic excellence and a wide range of study options.
- Location:
Bunbury
Mt Lawley - Study Mode:
Full-time, Part-time - Delivery Mode:
On-campus - Duration:
1 year full-time or equivalent part-time - Faculty:
Education and Arts - School:
Education - Code:
S51 - CRICOS:
063340C
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Graduate Diploma of Education (Primary)
A dynamic course, incorporating proven contemporary teaching strategies, use of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) and practical experience.
Qualifies graduates to teach junior, middle and upper primary students in government and non-government schools. Graduates with this qualification are also sought overseas.
Through the study of units in education and pedagogy, literacy, numeracy, curriculum, and work place learning, this course aims to develop essential knowledge about effective teaching, and professional knowledge and dispositions, which enable the development of professional competencies.
The course is offered by two modes of delivery:
- on-campus
- residency
The on-campus mode of delivery includes lectures and tutorials together with a coordinated program of Professional Practice.
The residency mode of delivery is available only in full-time mode at Mount Lawley Campus. This pathway includes university and school based study, with residents immersed in a school context, working alongside experienced professionals throughout the year. Residents may complete units or parts of units in their residency schools.
This course is Commonwealth Government Supported for eligible students.
Additional Course Information
All students will be required to submit a DET National Criminal History Record Check (CRC) before commencing their first period of Professional Practice as part of the course.
Students aged 18 years and over, will also need to apply for a Working with Children Check. More information is available from the School of Education.
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