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Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (GDTL)
2011
1GD006:1GD013
GDTL
FACULTY, EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
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1 year/s
2 year/s
80
About the Course
Admission Requirements
Credit Transfer and Pathways
Course Structure
Recommended Study Plan
. . Students Commencing in Semester 1
. . Students Commencing in Semester 2
Course Fees

Availability
No
Semester 1
Semester 1 , Semester 2
Application for Admission Required

This course may not be deferred.

Location and Mode Offered
YearDelivery LocationSATAC CodeModeAdmin Location
2011Casuarina Campus1GD006ICasuarina Campus
2011External Studies1GD013ECasuarina Campus

This is a Commonwealth Supported course. Separate SATAC course codes are allocated to the Internal and External offerings.


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The curriculum content and pedagogy of this course is contextualised to prepare students to teach in early childhood, primary, middle or secondary schools.

The course enables students to develop the skills and knowledge to teach in contemporary school settings. It is a fast paced, intensive course with considerable opportunity for practical, classroom experience. Students are encouraged to recognise environmental, social and cultural influences on teaching and learning to achieve just, meaningful, purposeful and equitable outcomes for all learners. Career opportunities for graduates include teaching, education and research.

Students who complete the Graduate Diploma of Teaching and Learning are eligible for Teacher Registration in the Northern Territory. Before applying for admission students intending to seek employment outside the Northern Territory following course completion, should have the relevant state teacher registration authority and relevant employment authority (eg. State Department of Education, or Catholic Education Office) confirm their eligibility and suitability for registration and employment.

The early childhood and primary streams comprise a combination of core course work and its attendant 80 days' practicum enabling students to teach in the core curriculum areas. The middle and senior secondary streams provide a pedagogical focus to complement entry level discipline expertise.

The program is designed for external and internal students from Australia and overseas.

All applicants must indicate their preferred specialisation by selecting a stream code from the list below.


All applicants must indicate their preferred specialisation by selecting one of the streams listed below.

  • Early Childhood Education
  • Primary School
  • Middle School
  • Secondary School

Police check: Students must have cleared a Police Check and/or Working with Children check before they can undertake practice teaching. Students whose Police Checks and/or Working with Children check are not cleared by the relevant education sectors will not be able to undertake practice teaching and will not therefore be able to complete the requirements of the course.

Course transfer into the Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning is not permitted. Students who wish to transfer into this course must follow the application process through SATAC.

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Admission to Charles Darwin University higher education coursework programs are received and processed by the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC). Detailed entry and special entry criteria for this course is published in the SATAC University Guide. Check out the following information about how to apply for undergraduate courses or how to apply for postgraduate courses.

Successful completion of a recognised bachelor's degree, or equivalent. For those intending to teach in middle or secondary schools, a major sequence in the intended teaching area is required and a minor sequence or demonstrated competence in the second teaching area is normally required. A 'major' and a 'minor' sequence are defined as one quarter and one sixth of a degree respectively. Applicants with only one main area of study (eg Law, Fine Arts or Music) can be considered for entry, but those applicants need to be aware that having just one teaching area might preclude or limit employment opportunities in some jurisdictions and with some employers.

For detail on English Language Entry Requirements please read the entry requirements provided for International students.


For information about credit transfer available to students with complete or incomplete study at this or other Institutions refer to Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education



The course can be completed in one year of full time intensive study over the calendar year. Students are required to complete a suite of core education units. The course is practical in nature and all students have regular contact with an assigned school. There are two periods of in-school professional experience that require full-time commitment: (1) a series of day visits in Semester 1 as well as two weeks continuous professional experience in a school; (2) ten weeks continuous professional experience in a school in Semester 2.

This course requires a high level of on-line work especially for external students.



A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 80 credit points as detailed below.

Unit type
Credit Points
Specific requirements
Core
(7 units)
80
Compulsory Core units totalling 80 credit points:

ETL414 Productive Learning in Diverse Classrooms
ETL411 Teaching the Curriculum 1/Integrating Literacy
ETL421 Teaching the Curriculum 2/Integrating Numeracy
Plus units with professional experience components
ETP410 Teaching and Learning 1/Essential Learnings
ETP420 Teaching and Learning 2/Child and Adolescent Development
ETP425 Teaching and Learning 3/Assessment and Reporting
ETP426 Teaching and Learning 6/Theory to Practice (20 credit points)
Specialist Electives
(0 units)
0
There are no Specialist Electives for this course.
Electives
(0 units)
0
There are no Electives for this course.
80
Total Credit Points




GDTL Graduate Diploma Teaching and Learning Supervised Placement in Schools Table for students commencing full time in 2010. For more information regarding the commencement and duration of your placement, follow this link to the e Teaching School site.

YearSemester 1 2010 Semester 2 2010Total Days
2010ETP410 Teaching and Learning 1/Essential Learnings
(Visiting a school for 1 whole day per week for 10 weeks )

ETP420 Teaching and Learning 2/Child and Adolescent Development
(Visiting a school for 1 whole day per week for 5 weeks plus 1 week supervised block)

ETP425 Teaching and Learning 3/Assessment and Reporting
(Visiting a school for 1 whole day per week for 5 weeks plus 1 week supervised block)
ETP426 Teaching and Learning 6/Theory to Practice
(10 weeks supervised extended placement block)		80 days



COURSE CHANGES and TRANSITION arrangements - 2010

Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning prior to 2010 will note that the unit codes and/or unit titles indicate some changes.

Changes to Unit Codes
ETL121 has been recoded to ETL414. Students who have successfully completed ETL121 prior to 2010 are not required to complete ETL414.  Students in the Graduate Diploma of Teaching and Learning who have not already completed ETL121 should enrol in ETL414 and not ETL121.  

2009 Unit Code
2010 Unit Code
Change of Unit Title
ETL121ETL414NA

Changes to Unit Titles
Students who complete the unit under the 2009 unit title should are not required to enrol in the 2010 unit

2009 Unit Code
2010 Unit Code
2010 Unit Title
ETL411ETL411Teaching the Curriculum 1/ntegrating Literacy
ETL421ETL421Teaching the Curriculum 2/Integrating Numeracy
ETP410ETP410Teaching and Learning 1/Essential Learnings
ETP420ETP420Teaching and Learning 2/Child and Adolescent Development
ETP425ETP425Teaching and Learning 3/Assessment and Reporting
ETP426ETP426Teaching and Learning 6/Theory to Practice



Further Assistance
For further assistance please contact the Information Centre on (08) 8946 7766 or 1800 061 963. Information Centre staff will assist you with applying for or enrolling in a course and provide assistance with timetables, fees, HECS, external materials, enrolment changes and many other issues.
If you are a continuing student and have any queries about your course progression that you would like clarified, please contact enrolmenthelp@cdu.edu.au, or the relevant Faculty Academic Liaison Unit or Institute of Advanced Studies School office:

Education, Health &; Science: (08) 8946 7357
Law, Business and Arts: (08) 8946 7305
Graduate School for Health Practice: (08) 8946 7179
Menzies School of Health Research: (08) 8922 7873

  • Unit Repository - provides general information about each unit including a brief description and the semester and mode offered.
  • Timetables - provide detail on the individual class times for units offered internally. Timetables for the following academic year are available from the middle of December each year.
  • Bookshop - if text books have been prescribed, recommended or ordered for units in this course, details are available by unit code through the Casuarina Campus Bookshop.


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Students Commencing in Semester 1

Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010.  The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010.    2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010.


The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1, 2010 and enrolling in a standard full time load. Students enrolling in a reduced or part time load should use the table as a guide for planning an individual program of study.

Legend: CU = Common Unit CO = Core Unit SE = Specialist Elective E = Elective
Semester 1
Semester 2
ETL411 Teaching the Curriculum 1/Integrating Literacy
CO
 ETL414 Productive Learning in Diverse Classrooms
CO
ETP410 Teaching and Learning 1/Essential Learnings
CO
 ETL421 Teaching the Curriculum 2/Integrating Numeracy
CO
ETP420 Teaching and Learning 2/Child and Adolescent Development
CO
 ETP426 Teaching and Learning 6/Theory to Practice (20 credit points)
CO
ETP425 Teaching and Learning 3/Assessment and Reporting
CO
 


The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a standard part time load.

Legend: CU = Common Unit CO = Core Unit SE = Specialist Elective E = Elective
Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
ETP410 Teaching and Learning 1/Essential Learnings
CO
 ETL414 Productive Learning in Diverse Classrooms
CO
ETP420 Teaching and Learning 2/Child and Adolescent Development
CO
 ETL421 Teaching the Curriculum 2/Integrating Numeracy
CO
Year 2
ETL411 Teaching the Curriculum 1/Integrating Literacy
CO
 ETP426 Teaching and Learning 6/Theory to Practice (20 credit points)
CO
ETP425 Teaching and Learning 3/Assessment and Reporting
CO


Students Commencing in Semester 2

Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010.  The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010.    2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010.


The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in Semester 2 and enrolling in a full time load. Students commencing in Semester 2 would normally enrol externally or in a combination of internal and external units. Students should use this table as a guide if planning a reduced or individual program of study.
Legend: CU = Common Unit CO = Core Unit SE = Specialist Elective E = Elective
Semester 1
Semester 2
Summer Semester
Calendar Year 1
ETP410 Teaching and Learning 1/Essential Learnings
CO
 ETL414 Productive Learning in Diverse Classrooms
CO
ETP420 Teaching and Learning 2/Child and Adolescent Development
CO
ETP425 Teaching and Learning 3/Assessment and Reporting
CO
ETL421 Teaching the Curriculum 2/Integrating Numeracy
CO
Calendar Year 2
ETL411 Teaching the Curriculum 1/Integrating Literacy
CO
ETP426 Teaching and Learning 6/Theory to Practice (20 credit points)
CO
 


The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 2 and enrolling part time over a minimum of eighteen months.

Legend: CU = Common Unit CO = Core Unit SE = Specialist Elective E = Elective
Semester 1
Semester 2
Calendar Year 1
ETL414 Productive Learning in Diverse Classrooms
CO
ETL421 Teaching the Curriculum 2/Integrating Numeracy
CO
Calendar Year 2
ETP410 Teaching and Learning 1/Essential Learnings
CO
 ETP426 Teaching and Learning 6/Theory to Practice (20 credit points)
CO
ETP420 Teaching and Learning 2/Child and Adolescent Development
CO
ETL411 Teaching the Curriculum 1/Integrating Literacy
CO
ETP425 Teaching and Learning 3/Assessment and Reporting
CO









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This course prepares graduates to teach in either early childhood, primary, middle or secondary schools.

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Commonwealth Supported places are available in this course to students who meet one of the following residency requirements: (a) Australian Citizenship; (b) a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident visa holder who will be resident within Australia for the duration of the unit. Unit fees for 2011 will be published on 1 October 2011. Further information about 2009 and 2010 unit fees can be found at http://www.cdu.edu.au/hesa/fees.html or http://www.goingtouni.gov.au
International course fees for are provided on the International Office Fee Schedule: www.cdu.edu.au/international/prospective/whatcanistudy/courses.html.

For further information about the course, enrolment procedures, closing dates and other administrative issues please contact Student Services on:
courses@cdu.edu.au
(08) 8946 7766 or freecall 1800 061 963

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