Diploma of Education Studies
Diploma of Education Studies
OVERVIEW Achieve your dream of becoming a teacher – even if you missed selection for the Bachelor of Education. This education course prepares you to enter the second year of a teaching degree. This teaching program has been designed for students who didn’t meet the entry requirements for the Bachelor…
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OVERVIEW
Achieve your dream of becoming a teacher – even if you missed selection for the Bachelor of Education. This education course prepares you to enter the second year of a teaching degree.
This teaching program has been designed for students who didn’t meet the entry requirements for the Bachelor of Education through the VTAC (or direct) selection process.
This Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) accredited education pathway course will help you build the skills needed for a career in education.
PROGRESS TO A BACHELOR DEGREE
Successful completion earns you a place in the second year in one of these specialised courses:
Bachelor of Education Studies: to lead learning programs outside the traditional classroom
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education: to teach and care for children from birth to five years
Bachelor of Arts: choose to study fine art, communication, digital media, history, sociology and more.
After completing additional requirements, you will also be eligible for:
Bachelor of Education (P-12): to teach all age groups – from prep to Year 12
Bachelor of Education (Primary): to teach in primary schools.
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Appraise a broad and coherent body of knowledge of in relation to the changing nature of education in a rapidly-evolving global context;
Apply knowledge of educational issues to improve educational practices;
Discuss a range of learning theories and identify how they enhance student learning;
Develop students’ capabilities and capacity in literacy and numeracy that enhance communication for academic contexts, including in the use of Information and Communication Technologies;
Foster creative skills and thought processes so as to prepare to confront and pro-actively engage with 21st Century challenges;
Develop contextual understandings of contemporary life in a global community, and collaborate with colleagues to promote principles of peace, sustainability, ethical conduct, and political and economic freedom;
Articulate and review the concepts of inclusion, equity and access for socially just education;
Investigate the changing nature of society to prepare for the development of educational policies and processes relevant to students’ needs.
REQUIREMENTS
Completion of an Australian Senior Secondary Certificate (VCE or equivalent).
English language requirements
IELTS (or equivalent): Overall score of 6.0 (with no band less than 6.0 in Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking).
TOEFL Internet: 55 (Listening 9, Speaking 16, Reading 10, Writing 18)
Pearson Test of English (PTE): Overall score of 42-49 (no section score less than 40)
University of Cambridge – Advanced (CAE): Overall score of 162. No individual band less than 154.
VU English – English for Academic Purposes (EAP) (Level 4): achieved.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Victoria University (VU) is an educational provider offering internationally-recognised, world-class qualifications in Melbourne and Sydney – two of the world’s most liveable cities. Its industry-focused courses cover a diverse range of subject areas and many are offered as pathways across multiple levels of education. Students can also choose to study foundation studies and English language courses through its highly-ranked English language centre. Ranking in the top 2% of universities worldwide (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021), VU has more than 100 years of experience and over 4,000 partnerships and connections with industry.
