Educational Psychology - EDSTVS7401
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
The Graduate Certificate in Educational Psychology is a specialist professional development program with a focus on cognitive processes and their implications for teaching techniques and instructional design. The program is designed to provide deeper insights into human development, learning, thinking, motivation and individual differences within the framework of cognitive load theory.
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 the following four courses (24 units of credit) from the core list of educational psychology courses:
Two compulsory courses:
Two compulsory courses:
AND
any two of the following courses:
any two of the following courses:
- EDST5106 Behaviour Management (6 UOC)
- EDST5307 Mental Processes (6 UOC)
- EDST5320 Individual Differences (6 UOC)
- EDST5321 Motivation in Education (6 UOC)
- EDST5450 Leading Individuals & Teams (6 UOC)
- EDST5806 Creativity & Giftedness (6 UOC)
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.
