David Pitts cannot speak highly enough of his time at Charles Darwin University (CDU) and encourages others to experience the CDU lifestyle.
David graduated in 2003 with a post-graduate primary teaching qualification from CDU and has not looked back since.
Now in a permanent teaching position in Victoria, David has held teaching posts around the world in destinations such as England, Germany and Japan.
“It’s by virtue of these international posts that I feel I have gone full circle and I am going back to the theory I learnt at CDU, such as planning my teaching using an inquiry cycle and modifying my teaching for EASL students,” he said.
“I would thoroughly recommend CDU teacher training courses. I completed my course with a combination of on-campus and off-campus study.”
David explains that the flexibility CDU offered him throughout his studies was incredibly beneficial.
“I wanted to finish my course as quickly as I could, so I took additional units during the long holiday periods and was also able to work part-time in a restaurant to support myself.”
David offers a few tips to mixed-mode students: “If you decide to study externally I would recommend trying to study on-campus for a semester. It gives you a chance to put faces to the names and meet people going through the same thing as yourself. Alternatively, you can organise to meet other off-campus students who are living in your area and CDU can put you in touch with them.”
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