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Torrens University Australia

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Graduate Certificate of Education (Special Education)

  • Graduate Certificate

A Graduate Certificate of Education (Special Education) offers you the specialist knowledge, experience and skills required to create supportive learning environments and improve the inclusion of students with a range of additional learning needs.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
4 trimesters full-time
Course Code
095588C
Study Mode
In person, Online
Intake Months
Sep

About this course

A Graduate Certificate of Education (Special Education) offers you the specialist knowledge, experience and skills required to create supportive learning environments and improve the inclusion of students with a range of additional learning needs. This course is valuable to teachers and other professionals looking to expand their expertise into special education.

This course takes a design-thinking approach to analyse issues and challenges faced by people with a range of additional learning needs. Informed by advanced theoretical knowledge, this special needs teacher course focuses on problem solving from a person-first approach, which shifts the role of the person at the centre from passive acceptance to a more active role that considers their individual needs. Please note this is not an accredited Australian Initial Teacher Education course and therefore does not qualify the you to teach in Australia.

Study locations

Ultimo Campus, Sydney

Surry Hill, Sydney

Torrens University Language Centre, Sydney

Fitzroy Campus, Melbourne

Flinders Street Campus, Melbourne

Online

What you will learn

  • Identify and analyse biases, prejudices and assumptions associated with learning differences.
  • Apply a person-first perspective to solve challenges faced in special needs education.
  • Design and evaluate inclusive, ethical and effective learning environments.
  • Integrate contemporary special needs education findings into teaching practices.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Teacher Education courses at Torrens University Australia.
89.8%
Overall satisfaction
83.1%
Skill scale
86.4%
Teaching scale
91.7%
Employed full-time
$90k
Average salary