Faculty of Education

This is articulated to master's degrees to provide an opportunity for you to obtain a postgraduate diploma with one semester of full-time study or the part-time equivalent and then use this as full credit towards a master's degree by coursework.

Course outline

The diploma aims to provide an award equivalent to half a Master of Education degree by coursework.

It is particularly suited to practising and aspiring teachers, leaders and researchers in all sectors of education. You are encouraged to follow your own particular research interests within the broad field of education and curriculum development.

Successful students will be able to proceed to completion of a master's degree by coursework. If you wish to apply to articulate the diploma with the Master of Education or to seek partial credit towards another of the Faculty's master's degrees, you should note course and unit requirements for those degrees and select units accordingly.

A variety of assessment methods is used. The most common pattern includes seminar presentation and/or assignment(s) to a total of 5000-6000 words per unit.

The aims of this course are:

• To expose students to theory and to national and international educational and management practices, so they can link diverse theories and practices with their own experiences, broaden their knowledge and improve their knowledge and practices.
• To provide the opportunity to develop specialised research skills as a base for further professional research.
• To provide the opportunity to pursue further study at master's level using the work completed in the Graduate Diploma as full credit towards a master's degree by coursework.

The course consists of units to a total value of 24 points comprising:

Either

A.
I   The following core unit (6 points)

• EDUC8662   Action Research and Curriculum Innovation

• EDUC8608   E-learning
• EDUC8610   Human Resource Development in Education
• EDUC8612   Educational Leadership
• EDUC8616   International and Comparative Education
• EDUC8618   Teaching and Learning with New Technologies
  
• EDUC8631   Approaches to Research
• EDUC8633   Quantitative Inquiry
• EDUC8634   Qualitative Inquiry
• EDUC8636   Assessment and Measurement
• EDUC8637   Measurement and Evaluation
• EDUC8638   Introduction to Rasch Measurement of Modern Test Theory
• EDUC8639   Developmental Aspects of Exceptionality
• EDUC8641   History of Education
• EDUC8644   Global English
• EDUC8658   Education Policy Trends: Global to Local
• EDUC8660   Education Studies
• EDUC8661   Education Studies
• EDUC8662   Action Research and Curriculum Innovation
• EDUC8678   Curriculum Context, Development and Innovation

or

B. Four units selected from the Master of Education Options A. II above.

Note: Students who wish to apply for entry to a relevant master's course of the Faculty by way of thesis and coursework must take EDUC8631 Approaches to Research and achieve a minimum mark of 65% for the unit and an average of at least 65% for the coursework units.

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Admission requirements

A relevant bachelor's degree requiring at least three years of full time study and either two years professional experience in the field of education or demonstrated research capacity acceptable to the Faculty.

Domestic students

All UWA coursework programs: English Language Competence

International students

All UWA coursework programs: English Language Competence

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