Faculties and Departments
Faculty of Education
The Faculty of Education is committed to the highest standards of research and teaching and is a significant contributor to the improvement of educational policy and practice in partnership with schools, colleges and other educational agencies in the world.
The Faculty became one of the largest groups of educational researchers and teacher educators in the world. The new grouping reflects a strategic commitment by the West Coast Institute of Management & technology Australia (WCIMT Australia) to contribute to excellence in all phases of public education, both locally and internationally. The Faculty currently has an academic staff of ten professors, and 30 lecturers/senior lecturers and over 50 support staffs.
The Faculty of Education has a commitment to conducting research of high quality and practical value. Our research is underpinned by a strong set of values which give it purpose and direction. Particular effort is directed towards the improvement of education with a central focus on teaching and learning, informed by principles of exclusivity and social justice, and valuing the contribution of user groups, especially practitioners, in collaborative research partnerships.
The Faculty has academic groups focusing on many aspects of education, some generic (inclusion and special provision; leadership and improvement; learning and teaching), some phase-specific (early years and primary; secondary), and some subject-specific (arts; language and literature; mathematics; science), as well as on studies of education from disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives (economics, history, philosophy and sociology; neuroscience and psychology).
Teaching programmes are planned to support and benefit from the research interests, expertise and activity of staff with all lecturers expected to contribute to several areas of the Faculty’s teaching. The student body comprises approximately 500 students both undergraduates, postgraduate research students following certificate, diploma, masters and doctoral programmes. The Faculty works in close partnership with educational providers and funders across the region to successfully deliver professional and practitioner based learning programmes. Our current provision includes the Postgraduate Diploma in Education, undergraduate degree programmes, a wide range of Continuous Professional Development courses and an expanding part-time higher degrees programme.
The wide range of expertise in the Faculty covers all stages of formal education, principally from the early years, through the primary and secondary stages of schooling, but also extending to the post-compulsory, further and higher education sectors; it also includes all the main subjects of the National curriculum. The Faculty is therefore well placed to make major contributions both to the advancement of knowledge and practice about issues of contemporary significance and to the development of individuals and educational institutions.
Department of Early Childhood Education
Department of Child Psychology
Department of Practitioner Professional Development
Department of Educational Research
Department of Continuing Teacher Education
Department of Early Childhood Education
In the department of Early Childhood Education (ECE), faculty members are very active in professional activities and organizations in the university, the community, the state and the nation. ECE is engaged in scholarship in many areas including constructivism, literacy, teacher development, mathematics, children’s play, urban education, and multicultural issues.
For those of you who are considering a degree in Early Childhood Education, at the undergraduate or graduate level, I encourage you to consider joining our department where faculty members are passionate about the work they do.
ECE is a community of Early Childhood educators committed to equity, collaboration and excellence in a field-based teacher education, research and service. As a community of Early Childhood educators we are striving to be: diverse, research oriented, innovative, collaborative, recognized leaders in the field while maintaining our field based focus. Competence, diversity, well being of child, collaboration, reflection, trailblazing innovation, commitment, inquiry, caring trust, humor and initiative.
Undergraduate Programs
| Certificate in Early Childhood Education | 14410101 |
| Diploma in Early Childhood Education | 14411101 |
| Advanced Diploma in Early Childhood Education | 14412101 |
| Bachelor of Science in Education (Early Childhood Education) | 14413101 |
Postgraduate Programs
| Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education | 14414101 |
| Master of Education (Early Childhood Education) | 14415101 |
| Doctor of Philosophy (Early Childhood Education) | 14416201 |
The department of Gifted Learning commits to the belief that education is a means by which each individual has the opportunity to reach his or her fullest potential. We believe that all students have a right to educational experiences that challenge their individual development whether it is below, at, or beyond the level of their age peers. In accordance with this philosophy, Georgia schools provide educational programs that recognize and make provisions for the special needs of gifted and talented learners.
Gifted Student – a student who demonstrates a high degree of intellectual and/or creative ability(ies), exhibits an exceptionally high degree of motivation, and/or excels in specific academic fields, and who needs special instruction and/or special ancillary services to achieve at levels commensurate with his or her abilities.
There are many other opportunities for advanced learning experiences for gifted children in addition to the gifted programs offered through WCIMT Australia.
Undergraduate Programs
| Certificate in Gifted Learning | 14420101 |
| Diploma in Gifted Learning | 14421101 |
| Advanced Diploma in Gifted Learning | 14422101 |
| Bachelor of Science in Education (Gifted Learning) | 14423101 |
Postgraduate Programs
| Graduate Diploma in Gifted Learning | 14424101 |
| Master of Education (Gifted Learning) | 14425101 |
| Doctor of Philosophy (Gifted Learning) | 14426201 |
Department of Child Psychology
The department of child psychology provides training to graduate students to provide services and conduct research with children, adolescents, and families. Child-related courses include child psychopathology, child and adolescent assessment, child and adolescent therapy, developmental psychology, family therapy and seminars in school-based interventions and disruptive behavior disorders. In addition, students in the child track receive training in evidence-based assessment and intervention techniques for children, adolescents, and families in the context of the WCIMT Australia Psychology and Social Work. Child-focused traineeship sites provide experiential training opportunities that prepare students for research and practice in an interdisciplinary climate. Traineeship sites include schools, community mental health centers, residential treatment centers, and medical hospitals. These advanced clinical training opportunities help students develop the competencies necessary for interdisciplinary assessment, consultation, collaboration, and coordination of service delivery.
Many of the child psychology faculty members are engaged in research associated with intervention design and outcome evaluation. Faculty research interests include school-based mental health programming, violence prevention, children’s self-perceptions, internalizing and externalizing disorders, dual diagnoses, family-related issues and sexual abuse.
Undergraduate Programs
| Certificate in Child Psychology | 14440101 |
| Diploma in Child Psychology | 14441101 |
| Advanced Diploma in Child Psychology | 14442101 |
| Bachelor of Science in Education (Child Psychology) | 14443101 |
Postgraduate Programs
| Graduate Diploma in Child Psychology | 14444101 |
| Master of Education (Child Psychology) | 14445101 |
| Doctor of Education (Child Psychology) | 14446101 |
| Doctor of Philosophy (By Research) | 14446201 |
Department of Practitioner Professional Development
The Department of Practitioner Professional Development contains several Centres and areas of activity. In general the department engages in teaching and learning at a range of levels from Foundation degree through to Doctoral level (Ed.D). In addition the department engages in consultancy work and knowledge transfer / exchange.
Members of the department are all research active and members of locally and International associations which are engaged in education and other public service sectors.
Undergraduate Programs
| Certificate in Practitioner Professional Development | 14450101 |
| Diploma in Practitioner Professional Development | 14451101 |
| Advanced Diploma in Practitioner Professional Development | 14452101 |
| Bachelor of Science in Education (Practitioner Professional Development) | 14453101 |
Postgraduate Programs
| Graduate Diploma in Practitioner Professional Development | 14454101 |
| Master of Education (Practitioner Professional Development) | 14455101 |
| Doctor of Education (Practitioner Professional Development) | 14456101 |
| Doctor of Philosophy (By Research) | 14456201 |
Department of Educational Research
Research in our Department has been ranked consistently at international standard. We have a global reputation for research in several areas, particularly our evaluative work, our research on advanced learning technologies and our specialist expertise in higher education research.
Much of our research is interdisciplinary in nature. We have various research projects in collaboration with Computing, Linguistics, the Management School and Psychology. We are especially active in cross-departmental research centres in WCIMT Australia Research Centre.
Meanwhile our teaching also is excellent, gaining the highest appraisal in the last five years.
We take pride in our collegial approach, offering students a friendly, inclusive environment in which to study. Feedback from our students confirms that we are successful in providing an environment for successful and enjoyable study, a fact reflected in student satisfaction surveys.
As well as our teaching and research work towards publication we carry out a large number research and development projects, putting us among the top earners of research and development among departments at WCIMT Australia and, together with our other activities.
Undergraduate Programs
| Certificate in Education Studies | 14460101 |
| Diploma in Education Studies | 14461101 |
| Advanced Diploma in Education Studies | 14462101 |
| Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Education Studies | 14463101 |
Postgraduate Programs
| Graduate Diploma in Education Studies | 14464101 |
| Master in Education | 14465101 |
| Master of Philosophy in Education | 14465201 |
| Doctor of Education | 14466101 |
| Doctor of Philosophy (By Research) | 14466201 |
Department of Continuing Teacher Education
Welcome! The Department for Continuing Teacher Education offers courses covering a wide range of subjects, and many of them lead to university qualifications. Provision is made for individuals, education organisations, and professional groups. Courses are offered on a part-time basis, online, or in the form of short courses.
In recent years the Department has grown very considerably, and now every year more than 1,000 people join one or more of our courses. Our students may be members of the public and private schools, who wish to study a subject out of general interest or for personal satisfaction, members of professional groups or business organisations who wish to update their professional knowledge and skills, or participants in our increasingly large number of courses for international groups.
Most of our longer courses now lead to a degree or other forms of credit, but the large number of short courses offered every year may be taken by those who are less interested in obtaining further qualifications. Courses last from one day to several weeks; the residential courses are held in Asia, but other part-time courses are also held in a large number of other centres.
The international programmes organised by the Department for Continuing Teacher Education attract hundreds of students each year. Participants come from over fifty countries, mainly the Asia, India, Africa, European countries, China and Hong Kong.
Undergraduate Programs
| Certificate in Continuing Teacher Education | 14470101 |
| Diploma in Continuing Teacher Education | 14471101 |
| Advanced Diploma in Continuing Teacher Education | 14472101 |
| Bachelor of Education (BEd) (Continuing Teacher Education) | 14473101 |
Postgraduate Programs
| Graduate Diploma in Continuing Teacher Education | 14474101 |
| Master in Education (Continuing Teacher Education) | 14475101 |
| Master of Philosophy in Continuing Teacher Education | 14475201 |
| Doctor of Education (Continuing Teacher Education) | 14476101 |
| Doctor of Philosophy (By Research) | 14476201 |