Graduate Diploma in Education (Middle Years)
Course code/s: Shepparton (EGEMYP)
The course provides a qualification to teach in both primary and secondary schools with a special focus on the middle years of schooling (Grade 5 to Year 10). Students with appropriate undergraduate sub-majors/majors also will be eligible to teach Years 11 and 12. Students interested in working with young adolescents (age 11 – 16 years) will be well suited to this course.
The course provides practical and intellectually rigorous teacher education delivered through five weeks of intensive face to face classes in three blocks and supported by online distance learning throughout the year. While the University will endeavour to place students for practicum experience in venues accessible from their home, this cannot be guaranteed. In some cases, residence ‘away from home’ may be required to complete practicum requirements.
The course is accredited with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT). Graduates will be eligible to seek employment in government and private schools in Victoria.
Upon course completion each student's academic record is released to VIT for teacher registration purposes. Students who do not want their academic record released to VIT must notify their Course Administrator in writing or email before the end of teaching in their last subject.
Duration
The course commences in February and normally will be undertaken by full-time study for one academic year.
Admission requirements
Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree or approved equivalent with sequences of studies in relevant subjects that satisfy the prerequisites specified for the particular teaching method. This is normally at least a sub-major in each of two recognised subject areas taught in secondary schools. However, applicants with discipline studies in only one secondary school curriculum area are also eligible to apply. Further information on eligibility can be found at www.vit.vic.edu.au/ (follow the links to Teacher Education and Specialist Area Guidelines). In addition, competence in English is required. Mathematics is recommended to at least Year 11 of secondary schooling.
Special requirements
The Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development require a satisfactory criminal record check for all teacher education students undertaking practicum requirements in Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development schools. It is expected that equivalent requirements will exist for all other Victorian schools. Students upon first enrolling in teacher education courses will be required to complete a ‘Working with Children Check’ form available at Australia Post offices. Students must provide a certified copy of their valid Working with Children card prior to undertaking teaching placements. Confirmation of a criminal record may jeopardise a student’s ability to gain access to a suitable, or any, practicum placement(s) and may therefore delay or prevent completion of the course.
Course structure
The course will be delivered by a combination of intensive block mode classes and online learning. The course consists of 120 credit points and is planned around three major areas of study:
- approaches to teaching and learning
- methodology and curriculum
- practical teaching.
A pass in all components of subjects and 80% attendance is required for successful completion of the award.
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Issues in Education A – Teaching and Learning | EDU4IMA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Methods A – Curriculum in Focus | EDU4MLA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Teaching Practicum A | EDU4TPA |
| TE-SEM-1 | School-based Middle Years Project | EDU4SMP |
| TE-SEM-2 | Issues in Education B – Teaching Middle Years | EDU4IMB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Context of Education | EDU4COE |
| TE-SEM-2 | Methods B – Integrating Curriculum | EDU4MLB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Teaching Practicum B | EDU4TPB |
Note: LOTE in Middle Years (EDU4LMB) is an optional additional method and can be taken at an additional cost by those with the appropriate undergraduate qualification in the Language Other than English.
The following secondary teaching methods are available in the Middle Years program:
Single Methods
Accounting, Art and Craft, Biology, Business Management, Business Studies, Chemistry, Commerce & Business Studies, Dance, Drama, Economics, English, Environmental Science, Geography, Health, History, Home Economics, Humanities, Humanities Additional, Information Technology/Computing, Legal Studies, LOTE, Mathematics, Media Studies, Music, Outdoor Education, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology, Science, Science Additional, Technology, Visual Arts.
Double Methods
LOTE, Mathematics.