Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice
Overview
What is going on when students are trying to understand texts or diagrams, or when they are trying to solve problems?
Can you help students change their motivational states?
Can you influence learners’ self-regulation of learning in the face-to-face and online environments?
Study Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice, and you will uncover the answers to these questions and more. This unique program is designed to meet the increasing demand for professional education about teaching-learning issues such as motivation, cognition and metacognition.
If you are a classroom teacher, lecturer, tutor, trainer, coach, principal, educational consultant, professional working in the education sector, leading or advising about teaching and learning in your organisation, or if you simply want to understand your own learning processes, this course will equip you to apply the cognitive psychology of learning to problems that arise in learning and teaching.
This course is also suitable to develop your research capacity and transition into educational research and lead educational change. Enhance your research skills, become an informed consumer of research, analyse educational policy and practice and gain insights to ultimately improve professional decision making.
Both the Graduate Certificate and Masters can be completed fully online, providing you with the flexibility to study at your own pace and in your own time.
Up to 80% off fees due to Government subsidies*.
*Government subsidies enable Flinders to offer Domestic applicants a reduction of up to 80% off full course fees through Commonwealth Supported Places. Offer subject to change.
Overview
What is going on when students are trying to understand texts or diagrams, or when they are trying to solve problems?
Can you help students change their motivational states?
Can you influence learners’ self-regulation of learning in the face-to-face and online environments?
Study Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice, and you will uncover the answers to these questions and more. This unique program is designed to meet the increasing demand for professional education about teaching-learning issues such as motivation, cognition and metacognition.
If you are a classroom teacher, lecturer, tutor, trainer, coach, principal, educational consultant, professional working in the education sector, leading or advising about teaching and learning in your organisation, or if you simply want to understand your own learning processes, this course will equip you to apply the cognitive psychology of learning to problems that arise in learning and teaching.
This course is also suitable to develop your research capacity and transition into educational research and lead educational change. Enhance your research skills, become an informed consumer of research, analyse educational policy and practice and gain insights to ultimately improve professional decision making.
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Courses
Graduate Certificate in Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice
Duration: 1 year (part-time only)
Delivery mode:
In person
Online
Location:
Bedford Park
Availability:
Part-time only
Start dates:
March
July
SATAC code:
2GC647 (full fee paying)
2GC147 (commonwealth supported)
Annual indicative fees (2023):
$2,062 (Commonwealth supported)
$10,764 (Full fee paying)
Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice
Duration: 1.5 years
Delivery mode:
In person
Online
Location:
Bedford Park
Availability:
Full-time
Part-time
Start dates:
March
July
SATAC code:
2CM692 (full fee paying)
Annual indicative fees (2023):
$4,124 (Commonwealth supported)
$22,066 (Full fee paying)
Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice
Duration: 2 years
Delivery mode:
In person
Online
Location:
Bedford Park
Availability:
Full-time
Part-time
Start dates:
March
July
SATAC code:
2CM659 (full fee paying)
2CM259 (commonwealth supported)
Annual indicative fees (2023):
$4,124 (Commonwealth supported)
$22,066 (full fee paying)
Course
Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice
Duration: 1.5 years
Delivery mode:
In person
Location:
Bedford Park
Start dates:
March
July
CRICOS code: 111913B
Annual fees:
2024: $35,300
Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice
Duration: 2 years
Delivery mode:
In person
Location:
Bedford Park
Start dates:
March
July
CRICOS code: 105118B
Annual fees:
2024: $35,300
Shape your degree according to your needs
Our postgraduate education courses are designed to adapt to your needs and career goals, providing flexibility, versatility and diversity.
- Apply your learning to your own work environment, ensuring ongoing relevance and real-world results
- Develop your research capacity, transition into educational research, and/or lead educational change. Plan ahead for personal career goals such as a Higher Degree by Research.
Choose from our wide range of topics across the following Minor programs of study or elect to complete one or more Minors to develop areas of expertise within your Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice degree. The completion of a Minor program of study, each comprised of four topics, will be recorded on your transcript.
- Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice (embedded in the course)
- Educational Design and Digital Learning
- Educational Research Evaluation and Assessment
- Gifted Education
- Inclusive Education
- International Baccalaureate
- Leadership in Education
- Languages Education
- Learning Difficulties
- Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health
Progress into the Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice from any of the following Graduate Certificates:
- Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice
- Education
- Educational Design and Digital Learning
- Educational Research Evaluation and Assessment
- Gifted Education
- Inclusive Education
- International Baccalaureate Education
- Languages Education
- Leadership in Education
- Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health in Education
The Graduate Certificate in Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice can be credited towards a Master degree at Flinders University in which a minor in Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice is included, enabling you to progress from the Graduate Certificate in Cognitive Psychology and Education Practice to Master qualification.
The following Master courses offered at Flinders University include a minor in in Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice:
- Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice
- Master of Education
- Master of Leadership in Education
- Master of Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health in Education.
Shape your degree according to your needs
Our postgraduate education courses are designed to adapt to your needs and career goals, providing flexibility, versatility and diversity.
- Apply your learning to your own work environment, ensuring ongoing relevance and real-world results
- Develop your research capacity, transition into educational research, and/or lead educational change. Plan ahead for personal career goals such as a Higher Degree by Research.
Choose from our wide range of topics across the following Minor programs of study or elect to complete one or more Minors to develop areas of expertise within your Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice degree. The completion of a Minor program of study, each comprised of four topics, will be recorded on your transcript.
- Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice (embedded in the course)
- Educational Design and Digital Learning
- Educational Research Evaluation and Assessment
- Gifted Education
- Inclusive Education
- International Baccalaureate
- Leadership in Education
- Languages Education
- Learning Difficulties
- Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health
Your career
A Master degree from Flinders University is an asset recognised locally, nationally and internationally for anyone seeking and/or furthering a career in educational contexts.
Graduates will be equipped for careers in a wide range of settings, from early childhood, primary, secondary and post-secondary, vocational and higher education to policy and curriculum advisory, or corporate training contexts.
Potential occupations:·
- Teacher/educator/lecturer/trainer/tutor
- School/educational site principal/director
- Teaching and learning coordinator/advisor/director/
- Coordinator of educational programs
- Education policy advisor
- School counsellor or wellbeing coordinator
- Psychologist working with learners
- Researcher
Potential employers:
- Schools and education sites in all education sectors nationally and internationally
- Post-secondary/higher education providers
- Non-government agencies and community development organisations
- Education research institutions (in Australia and Internationally)
- Organisations in a range of contexts where expertise in teaching, learning, and training is involved (e.g., community organisations, corporate training)
Professional accreditation/recognition:
These courses can count towards professional learning.
These courses do not lead to teacher registration in South Australia.
Potential occupations:
- Teacher/educator/lecturer/trainer/tutor
- School/educational site principal/director
- Teaching and learning coordinator/advisor/director/
- Coordinator of educational programs
- Education policy advisor
- School counsellor or wellbeing coordinator
- Psychologist working with learners
- Researcher
Potential employers:
- Schools and education sites in all education sectors nationally and internationally
- Post-secondary/higher education providers
- Non-government agencies and community development organisations
- Education research institutions (in Australia and Internationally)
- Organisations in a range of contexts where expertise in teaching, learning, and training is involved (e.g., community organisations, corporate training)
What you will study
In the Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice you will study six core topics, and can select from a range of elective topics and minor programs of study to shape the degree according to your needs and interests.
In the Graduate Certificate in Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice you will study four core topics. The topics equip students with in‐depth knowledge about theory, research, practice and policy to engage in informed, constructive debate and in professional reflective practice within the field of cognitive psychology and education.
The program provides educators with opportunities to examine their own teaching and to develop evidence‐based models for practice, and facilitates improved professional decision making in learning and teaching practice, experiences and outcomes.
What you will study
In the Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice you will study six core topics, and can select from a range of elective topics and minor programs of study to shape the degree according to your needs and interests.
The program provides educators with opportunities to examine their own teaching and to develop evidence‐based models for practice, and facilitates improved professional decision making in learning and teaching practice, experiences and outcomes.
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Entry requirements
Applicants must normally hold a degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution.
Masters (1.5 year)
Applicants must normally hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification in Education, Teaching or a closely related discipline.
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