Graduate Diploma of Education

Teaching health and physical education is your passion...your passport to a teaching career
Duration:
1Y FT or PT equivalent
Intake:
March 2013
Major studies:
Applicants should refer to the course structure table
Suggested secondary school subjects:
N/A
FEE-HELP available:
Yes
Entry requirements:
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The right course?

This course is designed to meet the academic and professional needs of prospective physical education teachers.
  
If you have an undergraduate degree that has focused on movement and health, and want to make a difference to the lives of young people, this is the qualification for you.
 
 
 
 
 
(The Graduate Diploma of Education is subject to accreditation from 2016)

Description

The Graduate Diploma of Education centres around the critical application of skills and knowledge gained at an undergraduate level.

The course is designed to target development of those attributes and capacities that are a prerequisite for entry into the teaching profession – specifically teaching physical education, health and personal development.

Develop the right skills and accelerate your teaching career

The theory and practical competencies acquired through undertaking course units are extended in a practical, school-based context through the ACPE's professional experience program. This teaching course provides students with a diverse range of practical experiences designed to accelerate professional skills sets, as well as the values and understandings that are the hallmark of the professional graduate teacher.

The graduate diploma is fully accredited by the NSW Institute of Teachers.

Course Structure

The Graduate Diploma of Education is taught over three semesters in a one-year period.
Semester
 Education
(The Learner)		 Learning and Teaching
(The classroom)		 Curriculum
(The Subject)
Semester 1 Adolescent Development Classroom
Skills 1		 Curriculum Planning for Learning and Teaching in PDHPE 1
Professional Experience 1: Orientation to Teaching
Semester 2
Professional Experience 2: Teacher as Manager
Social Influences and Student Diversity Classroom
Skills 2		 Curriculum Planning for Learning and Teaching in PDHPE 2
Semester 3
Professional Experience 3: Towards Independence
Aboriginal Education The Inclusive Classroom Advanced Curriculum Issues in PDHPE

Course Outcomes

On completion of this teaching course, graduates are qualified for employment both in Australia and internationally, in government and in independent schools as teachers of –
  • Personal Development
  • Health
  • Physical Education