Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of the Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies, students will be able to:
| No. | Course learning outcome |
|---|---|
| 1 | Demonstrate advanced disciplinary knowledge, leadership and expertise in analysing and synthesising research across a range of educational disciplines. |
| 2 | Review, evaluate and critique research, theory and policy through a range of tasks relevant to specific educational stream disciplines such as critical thinking, problem solving, evaluating differentiating, inventiveness, and information and digital literacy skills. |
| 3 | Demonstrate key oral and written communication skills and evaluative skills, to demonstrate theoretical knowledge and to reflect critically on theory and professional practice, demonstrated in academic scholarship. |
| 4 | Understand theory and practice in relation to leading cultural and intercultural competence and ethical education practice, and how these understandings and skills can be implemented into inclusive and collaborative educational practice, challenging deficit discourses and how this can change professional and personal identities. |
| 5 | Develop interdisciplinary effectiveness by understanding education issues in policy and practice and their relationship to other developments in education, the economy and society and how this can be implemented in education settings. |
| 6 | Promote the importance of cultural identity and understanding of Aboriginal peoples, cultures and histories and promote the importance of cultural identity to improve the educational outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. |
