Welcome to the School of Education

The School of Education embraces the mission of Deakin University: that our teaching and learning, research, partnerships and international programs will be relevant, innovative and responsive. As you browse the pages of this website, we hope that you will find many examples of our relevance, our innovation and our responsiveness.

We conduct our work across three of the University's four campuses: at the Melbourne Campus at Burwood, the Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds and the Warrnambool Campus. Burwood and Waurn Ponds are the main operational centres, with a small enrolment option in the B.Ed. (Primary) offered at Warrnambool. We also maintain a strong commitment to distance education and flexible learning. The opportunity to 'learn where you live' means that our students are enrolled not only in all areas of Victoria, but also across Australia and internationally. We are also proud to welcome students from many regions, including Canada and North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, to study with us on-campus.

The School offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses encompassing school education and life-long learning. School education is the largest sector for which our courses are designed, with pre-service and in-service courses provided for primary and secondary teaching. We offer a comprehensive range of major and minor secondary curriculum areas. School education is the main focus for initial teacher education, but at the graduate and in-service level we also offer professional development programs for those involved in TAFE and other VET provision, workplace learning and training, community and adult education, early childhood education, as well as higher education.

The School continues to foster and maintain a vibrant culture of research with a critical mass of researchers associated with the major discipline of education. We have increased our research performance each year and maintain our leadership position in Australia, both in educational research, and in the provision of innovative and flexible doctoral programs. We foster collaborative and team-based research programs through our Research Groups and also host a Deakin University Research Priority Area (RPA) - Educational Futures and Innovation.

Please feel free to contact any of the members of staff that you will encounter during your visit to our site. We will be pleased to provide any further information you might require about any of our activities and/or to receive your feedback about our activities.