A challenging and rewarding career in secondary education is a unique opportunity for you to inspire and positively influence the lives of all young people who enter your classroom. Become the teacher who is confident, adaptable, and able to design and implement engaging and flexible learning experiences to meet the needs of your students. This is a graduate entry, preservice teacher education course for those who want to become secondary school teachers.
Whether you are looking for a complete career change or are a recent graduate, you can use your undergraduate degree to inform your specialist teaching areas in this course. Depending on your undergraduate degree and campus of study, this course will prepare you to teach in two specialist areas.
By combining the Graduate Certificate in Religious Education, you will gain the certification and knowledge to teach Religious Education in Catholic Schools in addition to your other teaching areas.
This course provides you with 60 days of valuable professional experience through a range of school and community-based placements. You will have the flexibility to study this course fully online or on campus. You can accelerate your studies if you wish to complete this course in 18 months.
CRICOS Code: 096831M
Part A : Education Studies and Effective Teaching Units
Complete exactly 100 credit points from the following:
EDES590, Foundations of Teaching 1: The Learners, their Development and Influences, 10, Education Studies
EDES591, Foundations of Teaching 2: The Nature of Learning and Theoretical Perspectives of Teaching, 10, Education Studies
EDES600, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories, Cultures and Education, 10, Education Studies
EDES601, Catering for Diversity in the Inclusive Classroom, 10, Education Studies
EDES690, Critical Thinking, Literacy and Numeracy Across Secondary Curricula, 10, Education Studies
EDES691, Teacher Enquiry and Information Technology, 10, Education Studies
EDET590, Effective Teaching 1: Promoting Positive Behaviour, 10, Effective Teaching: 15 days professional experience
EDET690, Effective Teaching 2: Engaging Learners, 10, Effective Teaching: 20 days professional experience
EDET691, Effective Teaching 3: Teacher Inquiry and Evidence-based Practice, 10, Effective Teaching: 25 days professional experience
EDET692, Applied Educational Assessment Across the Secondary Curriculum, 10, Effective Teaching
Part B : Curriculum Studies Units
Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:
EDAR599, Visual Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Visual Arts
EDAR699, Visual Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: Visual Arts
EDCB599, Commerce and Business Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Accounting, Business Studies, Economics
EDBU699, Business Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, 10, Teaching Area: Business Studies
EDAT699, Accounting Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, 10, Teaching Area: Accounting
EDEO699, Economics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, 10, Teaching Area: Economics
EDDR599, Drama Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Drama
EDDR699, Drama Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: Drama
EDEN599, English Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: English
EDEN699, English Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: English
EDGE599, Geography Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Geography
EDGE699, Geography Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: Geography
EDHE599, Health Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Health
EDHE699, Health Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: Health
EDHI599, History Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: History
EDHI699, History Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: History
EDIT599, ICT and Digital Technology Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: ICT and Digital Technology
EDIT699, ICT and Digital Technology Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: ICT and Digital Technology
EDLA599, Language Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Language
EDLA699, Language Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: Language
EDMA599, Mathematics Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Mathematics
EDMA699, Mathematics Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Mathematics
EDMS599, Media Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Media Arts
EDMS699, Media Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: Media Arts
EDMU598, Music Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Music
EDMU599, Music Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 3, 10, Teaching Area: Music
EDMU698, Music Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: Music
EDMU699, Music Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 4, 10, Teaching Area: Music
EDOE599, Outdoor Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area : Outdoor Education
EDOE699, Outdoor Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area : Outdoor Education
EDPH599, Physical Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area : Physical Education
EDPH699, Physical Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area : Physical Education
EDSI599, Science Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Science, Biology, Earth and Environmental Science, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology
EDSI699, Science Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: Science
EDBI699, Biology Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, 10, Teaching Area: Biology
EDCH699, Chemistry Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, 10, Teaching Area: Chemistry
EDEE699, Earth and Environmental Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, 10, Teaching Area: Earth and Environmental Science
EDPY699, Physics Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment, 10, Teaching Area: Physics
EDPS699, Psychology Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, 10, Teaching Area: Psychology
EDSS599, Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Legal Studies, Society and Culture, Politics and International Relations, Psychology
EDSO699, Society and Culture Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, 10, Teaching Area: Society and Culture
EDLS699, Legal Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, 10, Teaching Area: Legal Studies
EDPI699, Politics and International Relations Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, 10, Teaching Area: Politics and International Relations
EDRE527, Religious Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Religious Education
EDRE528, Religious Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: Religious Education
EDTE599, Design and Technologies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Design and Technologies
EDTE699, Design and Technologies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: Design and Technologies
EDTL599, TESOL Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: TESOL
EDTL699, TESOL Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: TESOL
EDVS599, Vocational Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10, Teaching Area: Vocational Studies
EDVS699, Vocational Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10, Teaching Area: Vocational Studies
EDCU599, Extension Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 3, 10, Extension unit for double teaching areas
EDCU699, Extension Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 4, 10, Extension unit for double teaching areas
Part C : Literacy and Numeracy Test
Complete exactly 2 of the following:
LNTE510, Literacy and Numeracy Diagnostic, 0,
LNTE511, Literacy and Numeracy Test, 0,
Part D : Electives
Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:
EDLL605, Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leadership, 10,
EDLL606, Leading Change in Education, 10,
EDRE642, Religious Foundations of Catholic Schools, 10,
Other Education electives at Master’s/AQF Level 9 as approved by the Course Coordinator.
Students undertaking the Lutheran strand enrol in the following Lutheran units via the Australian Lutheran College and gain a Graduate Certificate in Religious Education from that Institution: BS1101L (10cp) Exploring the Bible, CT1002L (10cp) The Christian Faith, DE1007L (10cp) Principles and Context of Lutheran Schooling, DE1012L (10cp)The Practice of Lutheran Education
Part E : Religious Education and Theology units
Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:
EDRE527, Religious Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1, 10,
EDRE528, Religious Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, 10,
THBS501, Biblical Studies, 10,
THCT500, Foundations of Christian Faith, 10,
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