Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (GradCertEdStud)

The graduate certificate with a specialisation requires candidates to complete four units (24 credit points). Completion of the required core and elective units of study for that designation is required.

The Graduate Certicate can be articulated with the Graduate Diploma and Master of Education. The four units will be fully credited to either candidature as long as enrolment takes place within six years of completing the graduate certificate and the student has not taken out the award.

The designated areas/streams available for a Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies are:

• Coach Education
• Educational Management and Leadership
• Educational Psychology
• Higher Education
• Health Professional Education
• International Education
• Research Methodology
• Special Education
• TESOL

Coach Education

Outcomes

At the successful conclusion of this designated program graduates should be able to:

• demonstrate competencies which involve the application of a significant range of fundamental principles and complex techniques across a wide and often unpredictable variety of coaching situations
• demonstrate skills that enable them to impart their knowledge of their sport to athletes, through the development of accurate techniques and teaching methods
• provide an ideal learning environment
• communicate with confidence relevant knowledge, skills and behaviours to others in indoor and outdoor settings, in written and oral forms and through demonstration
• demonstrate a familiarity with some of the technological resources produced to support the implementation of specific strategies in coaching athletes and teams
• develop an integrated model with the right mix of training activities, techniques and sport science support to optimize performance and learning
• analyse their coaching and implement relevant changes to enhance learning and performance
• demonstrate the capacity to develop, implement and critically evaluate programs or interventions
• collaborate with others in professional practice, with the capacity to be a team leader as well as an effective team member
• bring about a positive outcome to complex coaching situations
• demonstrate a commitment to the role of coach as a responsible and ethical practitioner
• acknowledge responsibility for personal values and their effect upon professional practice
• engage with and understand the nexus between practice, theory and research
• analyse and evaluate a variety of practices that are designed to improve performance or achieve health benefits and the credibility of its sources, and place it in context.

Units of study

Requirements for the degree

Graduate Certificate: Complete 4 units of study: 3 core and 1 elective unit of study

Graduate Diploma: Complete 6 units of study: 4 core and 2 elective units of study

Master of Education: Complete 8 units of study: 4 core; 3 elective and 1 unit chosen from any postgraduate program offered by the faculty

Course convenor

Dr Donna O€™Connor
Phone: 9351 6343
Room: 334
Email: donna.o€™connor@sydney.edu.au

Educational Management and Leadership

Outcomes

At the conclusion of the designated degree, students should be able to:

• understand the basic concepts in administration and management
• understand models and theories in the field
• understand organisational behaviour
• understand the change processes and their impact upon organisations
• familiarise themselves with a range of human resources development and management issues and their relationship to other developments in education, the economy and society
• develop skills in the analysis of policy developments and factors affecting the implementation of human resources and management policies
• evaluate alternative policies and practices
• understand theories and models of evaluation
• develop skills in designing a proposal for the evaluation of a program
• develop a range of research skills related to the use of key information technologies
• develop a variety of academic writing skills.

Units of study

Requirements for the degree

Graduate Certificate: Complete 4 units of study: 3 core and 1 elective unit of study.

Graduate Diploma: Complete 6 units of study: 3 core and 3 elective units of study.

Master of Education: Complete 8 units of study: 3 core, 3 elective and 2 other units from any postgraduate program offered by the Faculty Education and Social Work.

Course convenor

Dr Kevin Laws
Phone: 9351 6396
Room: 332
Email: kevin.laws@sydney.edu.au

Educational Psychology

Outcomes

At the conclusion of this designated degree students should be able to:

• understand research and theory concerning the psychology of human learning and development
• demonstrate a familiarity with research across a range of areas in Educational Psychology
• review, evaluate and critique research and theory in the field of Educational Psychology
• be familiar with current theoretical and methodological debates in Educational Psychology
• speak with authority on the €˜best evidence€™ position on one or more topics in the field
• develop an understanding of conceptual frameworks for research in Educational Psychology
• apply research findings to the design of learning environments in varied settings
• apply the findings from recent research in Educational Psychology to educational policy and practice.

Units of study

Requirements for the degree

Graduate Certificate: Complete 4 core units of study.

Graduate Diploma: Complete 6 units of study: 4 core and 2 elective units.

Master of Education: Complete 8 units of study: 4 core, 2 elective and 2 units from any postgraduate program offered by the faculty.

Course convenor

Associate Professor Richard Walker
Phone 9351 6274
Room: 523
Email: richard.walker@sydney.edu.au

Higher Education

The Higher Education Units of Study are offered in conjunction with the Institute of Teaching and Learning. Details of these units can be found at: www.itl.usyd.edu.au/programs/gradstudies.htm.

Entry requirements

All intending participants in the graduate certificate must be currently engaged in some sort of university teaching.

Note: as one of the first semester units of the graduate certificate includes a three-day program run prior to the start of the semester, it is not possible to enrol in this unit after the semester commences.

This three-day program is offered three to four times a year and intending participants are advised to contact the ITL early, regarding actual dates and times. See: www.itl.usyd.edu.au/programs/3day.

Course commencement and timetable

See the general introduction to the coursework program. The coursework timetable is published prior to the start of each semester on the ITL website: www.itl.usyd.edu.au/programs/gradstudies.htm.

Applying for admission

See general introduction to the coursework program. Intending applicants are strongly advised to contact the ITL as early as possible to discuss their enrolment. Places in the Graduate Certificate are limited and applicants must have completed the three-day program prior to the commencement of their studies.

Enrolment for the three-day program is through the ITL website: www.itl.usyd.edu.au/programs/3day/dates.htm.

The Faculty of Education and Social Work handles all other enrolment processes.

Fees

See 'General Introduction to the coursework program'. University of Sydney staff should see the ITL website for special arrangements regarding the Graduate Certificate.

For more information contact:
Phone: +61 2 9351 3725
Fax: +61 2 9351 4331
Email: itl@sydney.edu.au

Outcomes

At the conclusion of the designated degree students should be able to:

• have developed their awareness of the changing higher education context in which they are working, and how it affects pedagogy, curriculum and the academic profession
• understand the variety and forms of research and scholarship and their relationship to the practice and scholarship of teaching
• be able to plan teaching and research activities and priorities, on the basis of a knowledge of coherent epistemological positions
• have further developed their ideas and practice in student-focused, research-led and evidence-based teaching and learning in higher education
• have developed their practice in research higher degree supervision
• be capable of applying new technologies appropriately and effectively in higher education teaching and student learning
• have further developed their abilities to plan and implement personal and professional development programs to suit specific needs
• be capable of providing leadership in teaching and learning to address the University€™s strategic priorities at faculty and University levels
• have contributed to the enhancement of student learning in the University.

There are opportunities in some units of study to pursue individual professional development outcomes.

Units of study

Requirements for the degree

Graduate Certificate: Complete 4 core units of study.

Course convenor

Associate Professor Simon Barrie
Phone: 9351 5814
Location: Institute of Teaching & Learning
Room 394, Carslaw Building, FO7
Email: simon.barrie@sydney.edu.au

International Education

Please note: units of study in International Education are only offered via distance mode.

Units of study

Requirements for the degree

Graduate Certificate: Complete 4 units of study: 3 core units plus 1 elective unit.

Graduate Diploma: Complete 6 units of study: 3 core units and 3 elective units.

Master of Education: Complete 8 units: 3 core, 3 elective units and 2 units from any postgraduate program offered by the faculty.

Course convenor

Professor Anthony Welch
Phone: 9351 2791
Room: 542
Email: anthony.welch@sydney.edu.au

Research Methodology

Units of Study

Requirements for the degree

Graduate Certificate: Complete 4 units of study: 4 core units.

Graduate Diploma: Complete 6 units of study: 4 core units and 2 elective units.

Master of Education: Complete 8 units: 4 core, 2 elective units and 2 units from any postgraduate program offered by the faculty.

Course convenor

Dr Rachel Wilson
Phone: 9351 6390
Room: 526
Email rachel.wilson@sydney.edu.au

Special Education

Outcomes

At the conclusion of this designated degree students should be able to:

• demonstrate an in depth knowledge of the research in at least one substantive area of special education
• demonstrate a familiarity with the research across a range of special education areas
• draw on research and practice in special education research findings in Australia and overseas, to inform their practices
• critically evaluate the most recent research, reports and policy documents related to special education
• develop skills in teaching, assessment, behaviour management, curriculum development and adaption, programming and consultation in special education
• develop knowledge and skills to act as leaders, consultants and resources personnel in special education
• be aware of current Australian legislation and how it impacts on the provision of education programs for students with special needs.

Units of study

Requirements for the degree

Graduate Certificate: Complete 4 units of study: 1 core unit and 3 elective units.

Graduate Diploma: Complete 6 units of study: 2 core units and 4 elective units.

Master of Education: Complete 8 units of study: 2 core units; 4 elective units and 2 units from a postgraduate program offered by the faculty.

Please note: you must undertake all 8 units from withiin the Special Education program in order for this degree to be recognised as a qualification to teach special education.

Course convenor

Associate Professor David Evans
Phone: 9351 8463
Room: 536
Email: david.evans@sydney.edu.au

TESOL

Units of study

Requirements for the degree

Graduate Certificate: Complete 4 units of study: 2 core units and 2 elective units.

Graduate Diploma: Complete 6 units of study: 4 core units and 2 elective units OR 2 core units and 4 elective units.

Master of Education: Complete 8 units of study: 4 core units; 2 elective units, and 2 other postgraduate units offered by the faculty.

Course convenor

Dr Marie Stevenson
Phone: 9351 3684
Room: 814
Email: marie.stevenson@sydney.edu.au

Health Professional Education

The Health Professional Education designation is a recent addition to the Master of Education program. This program will commence in 2011 and will be delivered collaboratively by staff in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Health Science, Sydney Nursing School and Sydney Medical School.

This designation aims to equip those who have educational responsibility in the health professions, with knowledge, skills and attitudes relevant to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education.

Outcomes

At the conclusion of this designated degree students should be able to:

• design and implement contemporary and innovative educational practices informed by educational pedagogy
• critically evaluate existing educational practices and identify opportunities for change
• critically engage with scholarly debate about educational pedagogy and practice in health professional education and associate implications and effects

Units of study

Requirements for the degree

Graduate Certificate: Complete 4 units of study: 4 core units from the table above.

Graduate Diploma: Complete 6 units of study: 5 core units from the table above and 1 elective unit from the Master of Education program.

Master of Education: Complete 8 units of study: 5 core units; 3 elective units, from the Master of Education program.

Course Convenor

Ms Victoria Neville
Phone: 9351 9118
Location/Room: Cumberland Campus, Health Science, C42 Building G, Room G201A
Email: victoria.neville@sydney.edu.au

Course rules