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BACHELOR OF TEACHING - BACHELOR OF ARTS BTeach BA
320 credit points INDEX
Duration 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time Available at Strathfield Campus NSW (Mount Saint Mary) Overview This combined course is designed for those intending to become teachers in secondary schools. It also provides considerable career flexibility. Graduates are eligible for employment both in government and non-government schools, dependent on selection of appropriate major and minor studies. Students who wish to qualify as secondary teachers must include appropriate major and minor studies, curriculum and teaching units, and secondary school teaching practice in their program in order to receive dual registration for primary and secondary schools in New South Wales. A range of Bachelor of Arts sequences and units are available and students have free choice of their major and of one minor sequence. Students are advised to select at least one of these sequences from a main school teaching area. There is also a minor Education sequence. The Bachelor of Teaching requirements foster the acquisition and development of the basic professional knowledge, skills and attitudes required of an effective classroom teacher. The inclusion of units in Religious Studies and Religious Education enables graduates to gain accreditation to teach Religious Education in New South Wales schools. Particular attention has been given to political and community pressure for increased discipline studies and content, and pedagogical-content knowledge in teacher education courses. This is reflected in the balance between discipline and professional studies, all of which have been chosen so that they provide the professional basis for teacher education. The course facilitates, within a Catholic Christian tradition, the development of reflective, educated, culturally aware and responsive individuals able to function effectively as beginning teachers in a variety of settings and who are committed to their continuing professional development. The
course has as its foundation the conviction that the quality of education
in a society is closely associated with the preparation of teachers. Their
professional expertise, attitudes and values equip them to develop in
others sound knowledge, skills and ideals and a capacity and readiness
to undertake responsibility in the community. Quality of education depends
also on teachers being prepared to meet the challenge of continued growth
in knowledge, accelerating technological development, social change and
heightened community expectations. Apply to UAC. These courses are separate entries in the UAC Guide and have individual UAC course codes.
Prerequisites: Computing, Humanities and Technology Nil. Mathematics Assumed Knowledge Advanced Mathematics. Visual Arts Recommended Studies Visual Arts. There are special admission arrangements for applicants who have completed previous tertiary studies, for non-Year 12 applicants, and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. Applicants whose educational qualifications do not satisfy the requirements for admission to the course, but who have a sound and sufficient basis for application supported by documentation, may be granted admission. Intending applicants should contact the Student Centre for further details.
Unit Offerings Unit
offerings will vary subject to student demand and lecturer availability.
These enable individual students to choose to study two or three disciplines in the liberal arts in conjunction with the Bachelor of Arts program. Students are required to undertake studies in two discipline areas that correlate with curriculum studies in those two areas. The disciplines currently available at Strathfield Campus (Mount Saint Mary) both as approved Arts Major sequences and as curriculum studies are:
Students choose two of these disciplines. One will become their Major, the other their Minor 1. The Arts Minor 1 is taken in conjunction with curriculum studies in the second discipline and provides the second teaching subject. Students are advised to consider their future employment prospects when selecting their Arts Major and Arts Minor 1. The Arts Minor 2 may or may not relate directly to the curriculum studies undertaken by the student. Approved Arts Minors are available from the areas listed above and also:
This component covers key areas in learning and educational theory to introduce students to the language, concepts and understandings of practice within the field of education. The
Education Major consists of eight units taken from the following:
Professional Studies (8 units) This sequence aims to provide a grounding in commonly used teaching skills and management strategies, as well as providing a foundation for the Curriculum units. Students will also complete a unit in teaching children with special needs to meet state mandated requirements.
Curriculum Studies (4 units)These units will build on discipline sequences already taken and will include: 2 units Curriculum and Teaching Studies - first teaching subject; 2 units Curriculum and Teaching Studies - second teaching subject. To
be eligible to enrol in a curriculum sequence or teaching method an applicant
either must have satisfactorily completed the pre-requisite study stipulated
for that method or be able to demonstrate knowledge or skills accepted
by the School of Education (New South Wales) Committee as equivalent.
In the case of Religious Education, the designated Theological Studies
units provide co-requisites. Field ExperienceThe Field Experience required for successful completion of the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) - Bachelor of Arts is linked to units within the Professional Studies units. There are two components: school-based experience and a community-based experience. The first school based Field Experience placement occurs in the second year of the course, and comprises one week of placement in which the student observes the functioning of the school, and identifies some of the roles and practices of teachers. This time orients the student to classroom teaching by emphasising professional interaction, and guided observation. During the third year of the course, students undertake 9 morning-a-week visits in schools, followed by a four week teaching placement in the same school. Its purpose is to vivify theoretical perspectives of teaching and learning, and begin to develop basic teaching skills. The Internship is conducted in the final year of the course. It is designed as induction into the teaching profession, in which students gain an understanding of the rhythm of the school term, of the functioning of the school as a whole, and of the role of the classroom teacher within it. Over the 10 week period of the Internship, students develop their skills in planning, implementing and evaluating teaching and learning experiences, until they are able to function within the expectations of the profession. The
community component comprises 70 hours of work undertaken in a community
setting other than educational setting or a place where the student may
be employed part-time. The student is responsible for arranging the community
placement and identifying the expected learning to be achieved from the
time spent in the placement.
Requirements for Completion of Award To
be eligible to receive the award of Bachelor of Teaching - Bachelor of
Arts, students must complete the following 32 units of study, each with
a value of 10 credit points.
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