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Graduate Diploma in Adult Literacy and Basic Education (ALBE) – Melbourne (Bundoora) (RGAL)

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This is an advanced professional qualification for teaching in the field of Adult Literacy and Basic Education (ALBE). Graduates are qualified for employment in the ALBE sector. Candidates who wish to specialise in ALBE may choose TESOL units as two of their electives.

Duration

The course is one year full-time or two to three years part-time.

Admission requirements

A Bachelor degree or equivalent qualification is required.

Course structure

This course has a total of 120 credit points. Students take six 20-credit point units.

Students select two or three units from:

Teaching period
Unit title
Unit code
TE-SEM-1 Learning and Professional Practice1 EDU4LPP
TE-SEM-2 Learning, Reading and Writing1 EDU4LRW
TE-SEM-2 Adult Education: theory, practice and change EDU5AED
TE-SEM-1 Developments in Literacy Education1 EDU5DLE
TE-SEM-2 Literacies, Cultures and Community Learning EDU5LAC

Other units may be selected from:

TE-SEM-1 Intercultural Communication and Education EDU5CCU
TE-SEM-1 Managing Organisational Change EDU5MOC
TE-SEM-2 Education and Cultural Diversity1 EDU5ECD

Or an alternative unit or units (which may include TESOL units) from the Education listing with the approval of the course coordinator.

Key: 1 Not available in 2007.

A full description of units, including the unit name, unit code, credit points, campus/location, unit coordinator, class requirements, assessment, prerequisites and readings, appears at the end of this chapter. For the most recent descriptions of units students should access the unit database at www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public

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