Course Information

Graduate Certificate of Secondary Education (Design and Technology)

Effective from 01-JAN-2015 : Code L80

This course provides both a refresher and a consolidation of content skills for motivated and academically capable teachers to re-train in the teaching of Design and Technology up to and including Year 10. An emphasis upon both curriculum content and best teaching practice in Western Australian secondary schools is a strong and consistent theme in the pedagogy and content units. The course is supported by both highly-organised materials and flexible delivery for online units, and includes the offer of professional mentoring assistance as an ongoing aid to early teaching in the discipline.

Disclaimer

This course information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the course requirements and the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.

Admission requirements

  • Bachelor degree; or
  • Equivalent prior learning including at least five years appropriate professional experience

Course Specific Admission Requirements

All students are required to have a four-year teaching qualification. Alternatively students can have an undergraduate degree plus a Graduate Diploma of Education, with equivalents considered.

Course Duration

  • Part Time: 1 Year

Course Delivery

  • Mount Lawley: Part Time

Course Structure

Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
DTM5601Advanced Materials: Design and Technology15
DTM5602Metals, Materials: Design and Technology15
DTM5603Wood, Materials: Design and Technology15
EDU5222Professional Learning 215

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

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