Postgraduate coursework program

Education

Gifted Education

THE MASTER OF EDUCATION AND RELATED SPECIALISATIONS DOES NOT QUALIFY GRADUATES FOR TEACHER REGISTRATION.

Offered as a specialisation within the Graduate Certificate in Education and Master of Education.

See the main Education entry for information about entry requirements, fees, closing dates and further information.

This articulated program is designed to equip teachers to meet the special educational, social and emotional needs of students with high intellectual potential. All lectures are held during school vacations in January and July and most students study part-time.

The Graduate Certificate focuses on the needs of students in the regular school system, although the lifespan needs of gifted individuals also are addressed.

There are three topics: Concept of Giftedness - Creative Intellect (usually studied first); Critical Reasoning and Advanced Intelligence; and Policy Design and Curriculum Modification. These topics also form the basis for the Masters degree. Students then take a fourth core topic Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Students, and complete a 24,000-word project, an 18,000-word project and an elective topic, or a 12,000-word project and two electives.

The Masters critically analyses current definitions of intelligence, explores the concepts of critical, meta-cognitive, and moral thinking, and investigates the implications of these for classroom management. The specific nature of creative intelligence and divergent thinking skills is studied and a major focus is the design and implementation of suitable curricula, school programs and policies for gifted students.

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