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International fees: 2009: $10,250 (indicative) per semester
(per semester, subject to annual review)
International entry: February, July
Course duration (full-time): 1 semester (subject to unit availability)
Course duration (part-time): 2 semesters
Course duration (external): 2 semesters
Total credit points: 48
Course coordinator: Dr Alan Roberts
Campus: Internet and Kelvin Grove

Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Education provides a two-semester part-time or one-semester full-time postgraduate course in a range of study areas. You will acquire knowledge and understanding of specific issues in education, develop the skills necessary to identify and evaluate these issues, provide leadership within an educational setting and acquire abilities to manage the problems identified.

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
This course is currently under review, and some study areas may be revised in 2009.
The study areas presently 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

CodeTitle
Adult Learning and Knowledge Management
SPN624Adult and Professional Learning
EDN603Facilitated Study Unit
SPN637Managing Knowledge in Learning Organisations
SPN628Leadership For Change
SPN629Current Issues In Leadership
SPN618Innovative Career Development Program
EDN610The Learning Innovator
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
 Module 1: Introduction to Autistic Spectrum Disorder
 Module 2: Behaviour Management for Autistic Spectrum Disorder
EDN603Facilitated Study Unit
SPN615Managing Learners with Disabilities and Challenging Behaviours in the Classroom
EDN610The Learning Innovator
Behaviour Management
SPN615Managing Learners with Disabilities and Challenging Behaviours in the Classroom
SPN616Innovations in Programs and Planning for Behaviour Management
SPN617Foundations of Behaviour and Classroom Management
EDN603Facilitated Study Unit
EDN610The Learning Innovator
Career Guidance
SPB006Educational Counselling
SPN610Advanced Educational Counselling
SPN618Innovative Career Development Program
SPN619Constructing Career Theory
SPN620Career Counselling
Early Childhood
EAN601Investigating Curriculum and Pedagogy in Early Childhood
 Plus three units from:
EAN603Child Development in Context
EAN616Language, Literacies and Communication in Early Childhood
EAN615Mathematics in Early Childhood
EAN614Arts and Sciences in Early Childhood
EDN635Practicum 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:-
EDN610The Learning Innovator
Educational Counselling
SPB006Educational Counselling
SPN610Advanced Educational Counselling
SPN611Educational Counselling Professional Practice
SPN618Innovative Career Development Program
EDN610The Learning Innovator
Executive Leadership
SPN625Changing Agendas in Leadership
EDN602Advanced 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
EDN626Learning And Teaching In Higher Education
EDN627Contexts And Issues In Higher Education
EDN629Presentation And Delivery Modes In Higher Education
EDN630Higher Education: Curriculum Design, Assessment And Evaluation
Information and Communication Technology
MDN642Digital Pedagogies
MDN643Advanced Learning Networks
CLN601Cyberlearning: Information and Knowledge in the Digital Age
CLN603Designing Spaces for Learning
EDN603Facilitated Study Unit
MDN638Trends in Learning of the Sciences
EDN610The Learning Innovator
Leadership and Management
SPN625Changing Agendas in Leadership
SPN626Leading and Managing People
SPN627Policy Development and Analysis
SPN629Current Issues In Leadership
SPN628Leadership For Change
EDN603Facilitated Study Unit
EDN610The Learning Innovator
 Students will undertake the core unit SPN625 and a further 36 cps from the remaining units on offer.
Learning Futures
CLN601Cyberlearning: Information and Knowledge in the Digital Age
CLN603Designing Spaces for Learning
MDN642Digital Pedagogies
EDN610The Learning Innovator
EDN603Facilitated Study Unit
Learning Support and Inclusive Education
SPN613Learners with Special Needs: Programming for Inclusive Education
SPN615Managing Learners with Disabilities and Challenging Behaviours in the Classroom
SPN612Psychoeducational Assessment
SPN614Teaching Students with Learning Difficulties/Disabilities
EDN603Facilitated Study Unit
EDN610The Learning Innovator
Mathematics Education
MDN638Trends in Learning of the Sciences
MDN639Pedagogies in Learning of the Sciences
MDN640Managing Innovations in Teaching of the Sciences
MDN641Understanding Mathematics and Science in Educational Contexts
EDN603Facilitated Study Unit
EDN610The Learning Innovator
Middle Years of Schooling
SPN633Critical Frameworks For Analysing The Middle Years of Schooling
SPN634Rethinking Programs And Pedagogies: The Middle Years Of Schooling
SPN635Assessment And Reporting In The Middle Years Of Schooling
EDN603Facilitated Study Unit
EDN610The Learning Innovator
MDN642Digital Pedagogies
Science Education
MDN638Trends in Learning of the Sciences
MDN639Pedagogies in Learning of the Sciences
MDN640Managing Innovations in Teaching of the Sciences
MDN641Understanding Mathematics and Science in Educational Contexts
EDN603Facilitated Study Unit
EDN610The Learning Innovator

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