TESOL - EDSTKS7401
Stream Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of Education
Contact: Dr Kerry Barnett
Program: 7401 - Education
Award(s):
Graduate Certificate in Education (Specialisation)
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Stream Outline
A professional development program designed to provide qualified teachers and other educational professionals teaching or intending to teach English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) in adult, community or internaitonal contexts with an initial certificate level course which combines theory and practice, including 25 days of supervised professional practice in an intensive ESL setting and or working with ESL classes in mainstream school context. Note teachers need to have approved studies in linguistics and/or language other than English before they can take this program.
Graduate Attributes
At the end of the stream, students should have acquired all of the following graduate attributes:
- Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the field of education as it relates to their specialist area of study, and the ability to synthesize and apply disciplinary principles and practices to new or complex environments.
- Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Communicate effectively to a range of audiences, and be capable of independent and collaborative enquiry and team-based leadership.
- Demonstrate an understanding of international perspectives relevant to the educational field
Stream Structure
The program consists of four courses (24 units of credit) from the following list:
In certain circumstances students may be permitted to take another EDST course instead of one of the above courses - please see Program Convenor for details.
