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The Graduate Diploma in Arts (History Education)

An on-line course for primary and secondary teachers

Have you ever wanted to tell your students:

The great Australian stories - of high profile people and events and the unsung quiet achievers
That their rights have a history and can't be taken for granted
How Australia became one of the world's most multicultural societies
Of the achievements and struggles of the nation and its citizens
How many of the characteristics of modern democracy started in Australia or were taken up here at an early date
The history behind events like September 11, the refugee crisis, the struggle for reconciliation
How Australia has searched for its place in the world?

If so, the online Graduate Diploma in Arts (History Education), a joint initiative of the University of Melbourne and Monash University could provide the practical support, skills and information you seek. The Graduate Diploma gives you an ideal opportunity to research historical and contemporary issues and communicate online with colleagues Australia wide, and then pass these skills onto your students.

The Diploma is available to all primary and secondary teachers. Five subjects are available:

The Past Around Us (offered by Monash in semester one)
Historical Understandings in Schools (offered by Monash in semester one)
Asia, the Pacific and the West (offered by Melbourne in semester one)
Rights and Justice in Australian History (offered by Melbourne in
semester two)
The Wrold Since 1900 (offered by Monash in semester two)

Successful completion of two subjects will give you the Graduate Certificate while four subjects gives you the Graduate Diploma and can lead to postgraduate studies in history.

To find out more about this course and how you can work with fellow primary and secondary teachers Australia wide, contact Liisa Williams, School of Historical Studies, Monash University, telephone 03 9905 2199 or e-mail Liisa.Williams@arts.monash.edu.au

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