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.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
July 2025
Bedford Park Campus
Sturt Road,
BEDFORD PARK,
South Australia,
5042, ADELAIDE, Australia
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
March 2025
Bedford Park Campus
Sturt Road,
BEDFORD PARK,
South Australia,
5042, ADELAIDE, Australia
Applicants must normally hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification.
English language requirements
IELTS (Academic): 6.0 Overall with 6.0 Speaking, 6.0 Writing; TOEFL iBT: 72 Total score with 18 Speaking, 21 Writing; Pearson PTE Academic: 50 Overall with 50 Speaking, 50 Writing; Cambridge C1 Advanced: 169 Overall with 169 Speaking, 169 Writing; Occupational English Test (OET): 300 Speaking, 300 Writing, 300 Reading, 300 Listening; Duolingo (Up to and including Semester 2, 2024): Overall 95-100
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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