Graduate Diploma of Education

Graduate Diploma

The Graduate Diploma of Education is based on principles of active learning and practice-oriented enquiry, informed by professional standards, contemporary theoretical perspectives, and research in teaching and learning.

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Diploma

Duration

1 - 3 years full-time

Course Code

E6J

Intake Months

Feb, Jul

International Fees

$34,450 per year / $34,450 total

About this course

The Graduate Diploma of Education is based on principles of active learning and practice-oriented enquiry, informed by professional standards, contemporary theoretical perspectives, and research in teaching and learning. The course is founded on a key value of personal and collective professional responsibility for the improvement of educational outcomes and environments for learning across diverse settings.

The course aims to be relevant and responsive to the needs of people in a range of education-related roles. You will work in collegial ways and communicate effectively across professional settings to initiate and support change in and beyond your immediate spheres of influence.

By the end of the Grad Dip Education, you will be able to apply new professional knowledge and an understanding of key research principles and methods to effect change. You will be able to critically reflect on and investigate practice and apply new ideas in diverse educational contexts. You will lead processes of individual and/or group critical reflection to improve or transform your current practice, and employ models for enquiry to your work context or specialised area of study.

We recognise that relationships are fundamental to effective teaching and that the past experiences of students contribute to their capacity for learning. The PG Coursework Program is therefore taught in flexible mode using adult education principles to enable learning in online and face-to-face environments.

Entry requirements

Applicants with higher education study

To be eligible for an offer, you must have completed:

An Initial Teacher's Education (ITE) degree at Bachelor's level or equivalent qualification such as a Master of Teaching, or;
the Graduate Certificate of Education or equivalent qualification

Applicants without an Initial Teacher's Education degree:

To be eligible for an offer, you must have:

Completed a Certificate IV or equivalent qualification and 3 years industry or teaching experience.

Students intending to articulate to the Master of Education with a specialisation in Applied Learning are strongly recommended to have completed a Cert IV and have 3 years industry or teaching experience.

Admission to most postgraduate coursework courses at the University of Tasmania require qualifications equivalent to an Australian bachelor degree. Applicants must achieve the required grade in their qualifying studies, meet any prerequisite subjects and the English language requirements to be eligible for an offer.

English Language Requirements

For students who do not meet the English Language Requirement through citizenship or prior studies in English in an approved country, evidence of an approved English language test completed within the last 2 years must be provided. See the English Language Requirements page for more information.

Applicants with higher education study

To be eligible for an offer, you must have:

An Initial Teacher's Education (ITE) degree at Bachelor's level or equivalent qualification such as a Master of Teaching.

Applicants without an Initial Teacher's Education degree:

To be eligible for an offer, you must have:

Completed a Certificate IV or equivalent qualification and 3 years industry or teaching experience.

What you will learn

1 Explain the theoretical foundations and practice of education (including specialisations), specifically, how theoretical and practice-based knowledge can facilitate developments in educational practice from a global perspective.

2 Synthesise and analyse scholarly literature to evaluate local and international developments in practice and to support the development of project and research planning.

3 Consolidate professional experience, workplace knowledge and contemporary literature to develop creative responses to current educational debates.

4 Communicate complex theoretical concepts in relation to practice-based issues, educational research, policy and current literature across diverse settings to specialist and non-specialist audiences.

Course structure

The Graduate Diploma of Education requires the completion of 100 credit points, which may include an optional Specialisation from the course schedule.

If you wish to complete the Graduate Diploma of Education with a specialisation, your 100 credit points will comprise:

a 12.5 credit points of Core Option units
a 50 credit point Specialisation
37.5 credit points of Elective units

otherwise, completion of the Graduate Diploma of Education without a specialisation will comprise:

12.5 credit points of Core units
12.5 credit points of Core Option units
75 credit points of Elective units

If you are starting in 2023 you can find your course planner here. Your course planner gives you a visual representation of your course and will help you plan which units to enrol in and when.

For course planners from previous years, refer to the handbook entry for that year.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Teacher Education courses at University of Tasmania.

71.1%

Overall satisfaction

63.4%

Skill scale

66.7%

Teaching scale

89.2%

Employed full-time

$83k

Average salary

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