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Monash teaches in NSW

7 December 2005

Monash Education faculty staff will train primary and secondary educators in New South Wales under an agreement signed with that state's Department of Education.

Monash won an open tender bid to deliver re-training programs for special and inclusive education teachers. The training programs will start in second semester 2006.

The trainees will gain a Postgraduate Diploma of Education (Special and Inclusive) through the course, which will be delivered at venues in Sydney and NSW regional TAFE colleges.

The training will be a supported distance education model, and will include intensive face-to-face teaching and online tutorials and other resources.

The Development Manager of the Education faculty, Ms Sarah Newton, said the NSW Department of Education chose Monash because it sought a new model based on leading-edge research and flexible delivery and methodology.

"They liked the fact that we underpin the whole delivery with an action research model that allows trainees to receive practice work and participate in research," Ms Newton said. "So it is not just learning, but reflecting on and applying what they have learnt. There is continuous improvement through researching their organisational approaches and their own practice.

"Our model of inclusive education aims to integrate students with diverse needs into mainstream education so they can become productive in school and in the wider community."

The delivery team is headed by Krongold Centre Director Professor Dennis Moore and includes special education lecturer Dr Umesh Sharma and senior lecturer Dr Joanne Deppeler.