Education & Training
Graduate studies in education fall into four
categories:
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P Standard Diploma courses for generalist
and other graduates who want to
become teachers or ‘value-add’ to their
undergraduate degree
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P Specialist studies for practising educational
professionals to extend their skills
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P Education subjects for those from non-
education backgrounds
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P Research degrees
The above categories can blur in some Masters
programs and the new Professional Doctorates,
which combine coursework with a research
thesis or report. The range of education courses
available is very wide and most programs are
available part-time. Distance or online options
are also increasingly common.
High school teaching is not the only destination
for graduates of these courses. The growth in
adult education, workplace education, life-long
learning and so on. means there will be an
increasing breadth in the range of professional
options available to education graduates.
A growing sub-field of this discipline is
TESOL/TEFL courses for graduates wanting to
teach English either in Australia or overseas.
Australians have become very popular overseas
Course options include: as English teachers. The quality of courses
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P Graduate Diploma of Teaching
can vary greatly, so investigate carefully and
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P Graduate Diploma / Master of
make sure you know the applicability of the
Education
qualification.
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P Graduate Diploma in Adult,
Vocational and Workplace
Learning
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P Graduate Diploma in Teaching
(Early Childhood)