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Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Teaching is designed to enable qualified practising secondary teachers to update and/or add an additional teaching area to their formal preservice teacher qualifications. The teaching areas include: Aboriginal StudiesBiologyBusiness StudiesChemistryChemistry/BiologyDramaEarth and Environmental ScienceEconomicsEnglishEnglish as an Additional Language/DialectGeographyGraphics and MultimediaHistory - AncientHistory - ModernLanguages (Chinese, French, German, … For more content click the Read More button below.

Learning Outcomes

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Apply this knowledge and skill to teaching a range of secondary-age learners in your own context
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Demonstrate a commitment to the education profession and an ability to reflect on and improve your own practice
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Demonstrate in-depth knowledge and skills in your specialist curriculum area(s) and the pedagogical implications
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Program Structure
24 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 24 UOC as a standalone program.

Core Course

You must complete the following course:

Master of Education Electives

You must complete 6 UOC of the following courses:

Teaching Method Courses

You must take 12 UOC of teaching method courses (6 UOC of Method 1 and 6 UOC of Method 2) from the one teaching area.

Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

Program Requirements

Progression Requirements

Pathways

Articulation Arrangements

Master of Teaching (Secondary) - MTeach(Sec)8926 - Teaching (Secondary)

Additional Information

Attendance

The School of Education (SED) requires students meet a minimum attendance requirement of 80% of all scheduled classes (i.1. lectures, tutorials, workshops, seminars) for all courses. Attendance in person is required for tutorials, seminars, and workshops when course are delivered in face-to-face mode. It is the responsibility of students to ensure that their attendance is recorded for the face to face either by electronic means or via an attendance register. Attendance in online or blended mode will be assessed through digital participation.  

This attendance requirement supports postgraduate students to achieve the specific program or course learning outcomes of each course in accordance with national (AITSL) and state (NESA) program standards and maintenance of teacher accreditation policies.

Students seeking to claim further study to maintain teacher accreditation at proficient, highly accomplished and lead levels through participation in postgraduate programs must adhere to the SED Attendance Requirement to be eligible to meet the requirements of the NESA Further Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies Policy: Maintenance of Accreditation (2016)

It is the responsibility of the student to catch up on any learning missed due to absences. To arrange alternative activities to address the content missed students should contact the Course Convenor. Failure to meet the minimum attendance requirement of 80% will result in an Unsatisfactory Fail (UF) for the course regardless of performance on assessment tasks or other requirements for the course.

 

This program is not available to International applicants as it is not a full-time program.

Further Information

Contact the UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Student Services for advice.

Program Fees

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