Graduate Certificate of Secondary Design and Technologies

2024 Deakin University Handbook

Year	2024 course information
Award granted	Graduate Certificate of Secondary Design and Technologies
Deakin course code	E522
Faculty	Faculty of Arts and Education
Campus	This course is only offered Online* * This course is offered in conjunction with the Department of Education (DE). Students will be required to attend intensives at the Geelong (Waurn Ponds) campus and in the Melbourne CBD (Central Business District).
Online	Yes
Duration	2 years part-time
Course Map - enrolment planning tool	The course map for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2024 will be available soon. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8

Course sub-headings

Course overview

This course develops professional knowledge, skills and dispositions of teachers practising out-of-field in Design and Technologies and develops their capacity for leadership in Design and Technologies in secondary schools. The Technologies and Society and Creating Design Solutions strands of the Victorian Curriculum: Design and Technologies are taught across all four units, with an emphasis on the four Technologies Contexts in the central two units. Teachers will develop a more sophisticated understanding of the design process and systems thinking and its economic, environmental, ethical, legal, and aesthetic role in our society both locally and globally, allowing them to integrate a range of materials and technologies into their teaching practice. It draws on research-informed practice in Design and Technologies pedagogies, curriculum, assessment, and inclusion and ethics. Graduates of this degree will be supported to develop strong regional professional networks in their own schools and the Victorian educational sector.

Indicative student workload

You can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include online and/or intensive seminars (face-to-face) and online interaction. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period for each credit point undertaking required teaching, learning and assessment activities.

Career opportunities

The course enhances curriculum leadership and career progression of practicing teachers in secondary Design and Technologies.

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Participation requirements

Course delivery is blended and students are required to dedicate time to weekly engagement with located or online teaching and learning activities and resources. This is recommended at combined total 8-10 hours per week per unit including active learning/engagement either face to face or online, and independent study.

Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.

Mandatory student checks

Any unit which contains work-integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, working with children check or other check. Refer to the relevant unit guide.

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.

Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

Use the Fee estimator to see course and unit fees applicable to your course and type of place. For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.

Course Learning Outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities	Apply specialist knowledge and technical proficiency to facilitate student learning in the Design and Technologies Secondary curriculum.
Communication	Generate and employ a range of communication strategies to interpret and translate complex knowledge to support engagement with learning in science education in diverse settings.
Digital literacy	Use expert knowledge of, and technical proficiency in, digital technologies that can be specifically used to develop students’ design processes.
Critical thinking	Identify and critically evaluate issues of safety, inclusion, sustainability, economics and ethics pertinent to the design and use of contemporary technological products and processes.
Problem solving	Apply key concepts and practices from design and systems thinking to investigate, generate, produce, and evaluate solutions to problems using a variety of materials and technologies.
Approved by Faculty Board May 2023

Course rules

To complete the Graduate Certificate of Secondary Design and Technologies, students must attain 4 credit points.

The course comprises a total of 4 credit points including:

4 credit points of core units (EDT705, EDT706, EDT707, EDT708)
DAI001 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit-point compulsory unit)

Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.

Course structure

Core Units

DAI001

Academic Integrity Module (0-credit-point compulsory unit)

EDT705

Design and Systems Thinking

EDT706

Engineering Systems, Food and Fibre Production

EDT707

Food and Material Processing Technologies

EDT708

Ethical and Sustainable Design in Local and Global Contexts

Other course information

Course duration

Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements.

Further information

Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.

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