Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Education (Leadership)
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2026 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Education (Leadership) |
| Deakin course code | E606 |
| Course Credit Points | 8 |
| Course version | 1 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Course Information | For students who commenced from 2022 to 2023 |
| Final Intake | Offered to continuing students only. The final intake to this course was in teaching period 2, 2023. Students should contact Student Central for course, course map and enrolment information. |
| Duration | 1 year full-time or part-time equivalent |
Course sub-headings
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Critically analyse, consolidate, synthesise and apply advanced knowledge of curriculum, theory, policy and regulations in early childhood education with an advanced understanding of how to transfer specialised knowledge into practice. |
| Communication | Critically evaluate and use highly skilled communication strategies (oral, written, digital and nonverbal) to professionally transfer specialised knowledge, complex ideas and advanced theoretical concepts with diverse individuals and groups (such as children, families, parents and caregivers, colleagues and other professionals, community organisations). |
| Digital literacy | Critically evaluate and apply a range of technologies to collect, analyse, synthesise, evaluate, generate and transmit information for the purposes of advanced and specialised teaching and learning in a rapidly changing global environment. |
| Critical thinking | Apply advanced knowledge to critically analyse and evaluate contemporary issues, policies and research in educational and societal contexts to generate and transmit independent judgements to research and professional scholarship relating to complex problems in teaching and learning. |
| Problem solving | Apply highly developed analytical skills to complex professional situations and ideas to make independent judgements related to teaching and learning. Generate and transmit creative, innovative and authentic solutions to real-life and complex problems encountered when working with diverse individuals and groups (such as children, families, parents and caregivers, colleagues and other professionals, community organisations). |
| Self-management | Critically reflect on planning, problem-solving and decision making in teaching and learning contexts using research and scholarship. Use initiative and autonomy to apply advanced evaluative and analytic knowledge and skills to demonstrate responsibility for own learning and professional practice (and in collaboration with others). |
| Teamwork | Actively and collaboratively participate in, and/or lead learning communities, involving learners, families, community members, colleagues and the broader profession. |
| Global citizenship | Adapt and apply advanced knowledge and skills that support the diversity of Australian society in the professional context. This includes influences of Indigenous and intercultural issues, family contexts, gender and disability on development, learning and teaching. |
Approved at Faculty Board May 2020
Course rules
To complete the Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Education (Leadership) you must pass 8 credit points. This includes:
- 4 credit points of core units;
- 4 credit points of advanced study specialisation in either Therapeutic Play, Education Business Leadership or International Baccalaureate Early Years (Primary Years Programme (PYP))
- DAI001 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
This course includes supervised professional experience. The hours and days required will vary depending on the specialisation pathway selected.
Most units are equal to one credit point. As a full-time student you will study four credit points per trimester and usually undertake two trimesters per year.
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.
Specialisations
Refer to the details of each specialisation for availability.
To qualify for a specialisation within the Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Education (Leadership), a student must successfully complete 4 credit points of study from within that specialisation.
Specialisations are available in the following areas:
International Baccalaureate Early Years (Primary Years Programme (PYP))
Course structure
Core units
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0 credit point) |
| ECE731 | Diverse Environments and Pedagogies |
| ECE733 | Teacher as Leader |
ECE730 Leading STEM in Early Childhood Teaching [No longer available for enrolment]
ECE732 Pedagogies of Physical Development and Wellbeing [No longer available for enrolment]
Course electives
Plus 4 credit points of advanced study specialisation in Therapeutic Play, Education Business Leadership or International Baccalaureate Early Years (Primary Years Programme (PYP))
Fees and charges
Tuition fees will vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, your study load and/or unit discipline.
Your tuition fees will increase annually at the start of each calendar year. All fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD) and do not include additional costs such as textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment, mandatory checks, travel, consumables and other costs.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.