The Diploma of Education is an exit award from the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) after the successful completion of 8 units (48 credit points).
The diploma is non-registerable and suitable for those seeking paraprofessional work in educational settings e.g. teacher assistant.
Graduates of this course have developed skills that enhance employment opportunities in sectors other than classroom school teaching. In combination with work experience and personal qualities, graduates may pursue employment in a variety of career paths including:
Duration | 1 years full-time or 2 years part-time |
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Credit Points that Must be Earned | 48 |
Number of Units Required | CQUniversity uses the concept of credits to express the amount of study required for a particular course and individual units. The number of units varies between courses. Units in undergraduate courses normally consist of 6 points of credit or multiples thereof (e.g. 12, 18, 24). |
Expected Hours of Study | One point of credit is equivalent to an expectation of approximately two hours of student work per week in a term. |
Course Type | Undergraduate Award |
Qualification (post nominal) | DipEd |
AQF Level | Level 5: Diploma |
Domestic Students Tertiary Admission Centre Codes (TAC) Codes |
Not Applicable |
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International Students CRICOS Codes |
N/A - This is an Exit Award
N/A - This is an Exit Award
Interim Awards | Not applicable |
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Exit Awards | Not applicable |
Professional Accreditation | Not applicable |
Learned Society Accreditation | Not applicable |
No Residential School for this course.
EDFE11038 - 20 day supervised placement in an educational setting comprising 5 non-assessable contextual days and 5 assessable days completed on a one day per week basis throughout Term 2 of the first year and a 10 day continuous assessable block. Set tasks for this professional practice are outlined in an Information and Reporting Booklet supplied to mentor teachers in schools and/ or other educational settings. Students compile a working portfolio as a collection of evidence for demonstrating these tasks which are linked explicitly to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Graduate level). They complete a self-evaluation against the assessment indicators midway through the 10 day block and receive an interim report from the mentor teacher at this stage. Final assessment is completed by a mentor teacher in the placement workplace in conjunction with a university staff member. Students are assessed on a Pass/ Fail basis at the completion of the 10 day block using the same indicators as the Interim Report. Students must pass the practical placement to pass the unit. Follow-up assessment requires students to make additions to an e-portfolio linking specific evidence from the placement to the professional standards. |
Year | Number of Students |
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First Year | 100 |
Second year | 110 |
Third Year | 120 |
Course Learning Outcomes | |||
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Australian Qualifications Framework Descriptors | 1 | 2 | 3 |
1. KNOWLEDGE Have technical and theoretical knowledge and concepts, with depth in some areas within a field of work and learning | |||
2. SKILLS Have cognitive and communication skills to identify, analyse, synthesise and act on information from a range of sources | |||
3. SKILLS Have cognitive, technical and communication skills to analyse, plan, design and evaluate approaches to unpredictable problems and/or management requirements | |||
4. SKILLS Have specialist technical and creative skills to express ideas and perspectives | |||
5. SKILLS Have communication skills to transfer knowledge and specialised skills to others and demonstrate understanding of knowledge | |||
6. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Demonstrate application with depth in some areas of specialisation, in known or changing contexts | |||
7. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to transfer and apply theoretical concepts and/or technical and/or creative skills in a range of situations | |||
8. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Demonstrate personal responsibility and autonomy in performing complex technical operations with responsibility for own outputs in relation to broad parameters for quantity and quality | |||
9. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Demonstrate initiative and judgement to organise the work of self and others and plan, coordinate and evaluate the work of teams within broad but generally well- defined parameters |
Number of units: 8 | Total credit points: 48 |
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The unitss listed below are indicative only and have been selected from the first year of the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) course structure in accordance with the typical volume of learning for an exit award at Level 5 of the Australian Qualifications Framework.
Students will be eligible to exit the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) and receive the award of the Diploma of Education on completion of any 48 credit points from the host course some of which may vary from the recommended study schedule outlined below.
Year 1 - Term 1 | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
EDSE11024 | Teaching Youth | |
EDED11454 | Education as a Profession |
Year 1 - Term 2 | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
EDED11457 | Responding to Diversity and Inclusion | |
EDFE11038 | Professional Practice 1 - Introduction to Teaching |
In addition to the above, the recommended study schedule also requires students to complete two units from Discipline Teaching Area 1 and two units from Discipline Teaching Area 2 as follows:-
Year 1, Term1
Discipline Teaching Area 1
Discipline Teaching Area 2
Year 1, Term 2
Discipline Teaching Area 1
Discipline Teaching Area 2
A list of units relating to the Discipline Areas can be found by accessing the handbook entry for CC13 Bachelor of Education (Secondary).