Master of Teaching(Secondary)

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Commencing Students

Commencing Students

Mode of offering

Admission

Course Structure

Field Experiance

Unit Offerings

Required for Completion

Continuing Students

Continuing Students

Mode of offering

Admission

Course Structure

Field Experiance

Unit Offerings

Required for Completion

MTeach

160 credit points

For Students Commencing 2006

Duration                                2 years full-time or equivalent part-time

Available a                             Canberra Campus (Signadou)*
                                             Strathfield Campus NSW (Mount Saint Mary)
                                             Melbourne Campus Vic (St Patrick's)

Overview

This course has as its foundation the conviction that the quality of teacher 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 responsibilities in the community. Quality of education depends also on teachers being prepared to meet the challenge of continued growth in knowledge, accelerating technological development, evidence-based decision making, social change and heightened community expectations.

Successful completion of this course enables graduates to apply for registration to teach in Catholic, state or independent schools in their state.

Students have the option to exit with a Graduate Diploma in Education.

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Mode of Offering

The course is offered on-campus, normally full-time for 2 years and part-time for 4 years. Classes for the full-time course and part-time course are normally held in daytime hours. Study of units throughout the course may require students to engage in a process of field-based learning where part or the whole of their teaching and learning is conducted in a school context.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must have the equivalent of an Australian University three-year bachelor’s degree/diploma that meets the required prerequisites for entry into teaching subject methods in a particular state.
International applicants must also meet the Faculty’s English language requirements as follows:

  • IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with an overall score of 7.0, including an individual score of 6.0 for writing and speaking tests and 6.0 for listening and reading tests; OR
  • TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 600 and a TWE 5.0; or a computer-based score of 250 with an essay rating of 5.0; OR
  • A minimum of three years study with English documented as the medium of instruction at accredited and NOOSR recognised secondary and/or tertiary institutions plus a minimum overall IELTS score of 7.0 or equivalent.

Students should develop their English language skills during their candidature to meet employment requirements, which usually require a score of 7 on each sub-test.

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Admission

Canberra and Strathfield Campuses.

Apply to UAC.

"Apply-by-Web" applications are available at www.uac.edu.ac. Go to the postgraduate section then click on the apply-by-Web under Login Access and follow the instructions provided. Application Forms (Form PG) and instructions are also available from the Student Centre or UAC. Applications through UAC do not require academic records as they are available electronically.

Melbourne Campus

Application should be made on the Direct Entry Application Form available on the ACU National website, www.acu.edu.au/forms.cfm or from the Student Centre. Direct Entry Application Forms, together with any supporting documentation, should be submitted to the ACU National Admissions Section.

Applicants must have the equivalent of an Australian University three-year bachelor's degree/diploma that meets the required prerequisites for entry into teaching subject methods in a particular state. Students may take two teaching methods from those offered. Alternatively, a number of methods are available as double methods. In general, a double method requires a background of study for three years. Although in some states additional requirements may need to be met. Teaching method areas are offered subject to sufficient enrolments.

To be eligible to enrol in a teaching method, an applicant must have satisfactorily completed the pre-requisite study stipulated for that method. In the case of Religious education, the units Biblical Studies and Foundations in Christian Faith provide co-requisites.

Applicants without a satisfactory result in any standard Year 12 English in Australia will be required to sit for a test of English proficiency.

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Course Structure

The Master of Teaching has two separate and distinct stages.

Stage 1

80 credit points comprising
8 core units
The course is comprised of the following strands:
Education Studies (4 units)
Curriculum Studies (4 units)
These units include a field-based learning component equivalent to between six to nine weeks (depending on relevant state registration requirements).

Stage 2

80 credit points comprising:
3 core units and a 20 credit point directed field-based research project
3 elective units.

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Professional Experience/Field Experience

Field Experience covers all school and community-based experiences designed to assist student develop professional competence and personal commitment in accordance with the expressed Catholic philosophy of the University. The theoretical and methodological components of the program need practical application in a classroom setting in order to be refined and consolidated. To develop such application, a developmental approach to practical experience is linked with students' expanding knowledge.

Field Experience applies skills, techniques and processes taught in the Education Studies and Curriculum Studies components of the course.

Students may be placed in Catholic, government and independent schools.

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Unit Offerings

Unit offerings will vary subject to student demand and lecturer availability.
Elective units will vary between campuses and from year to year.

Semester 1

Semester 2

Educational Studies

EDFD446 Development and learning

EDFD448 Effective Teaching and professional practice

EDFD453 Social and cultural contexts of education

EDFD447 Diversity in the classroom.

Curriculum Studies

Curriculum 1 A

Major teaching subject: Middle School Focus.

Curriculum 1 B

Major teaching subject: Upper Secondary Focus

Curriculum 2 A

Second teaching subject: Middle School Focus

Curriculum 2 B

Second teaching subject: Upper Secondary Focus

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Teaching studies/methods available

At Melbourne

EDAR416 Visual Arts Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDAR417 Visual Arts Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDAR418 Visual Arts Curriculum and Teaching 3

EDAR419 Visual Arts Curriculum and Teaching 4

EDAR412 Visual Arts Method +

EDAR420 Visual Arts Method Part A (EDAR420 and EDAR421 combined are equivalent to EDAR412)

EDAR421 Visual Arts Method Part B

EDFD649 Research Project (Part A)

EDFD650 Research Project (Part B)

EDFD652 Issues in Inclusive Schooling

EDFX503 Graduate Professional Experience 1

EDFX504 Graduate Professional Experience 2

EDLA436 English Method +

EDLA442 English Method Part A (EDLA442 and EDLA443 combined are equivalent to EDLA436)

EDLA443 English Method Part B

EDLA438 English Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDLA439 English Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDLA437 ESL Method +

EDLA444 ESL Method Part A (EDLA444 and EDLA445 combined are equivalent to EDLA437)

EDLA445 ESL Method Part B

EDLA440 ESL Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDLA441 ESL Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDLO407 LOTE Method +

EDLO413 LOTE Method Part A (EDLO413 and EDLO414 combined are equivalent to EDLO407)

EDLO414 LOTE Method Part B

EDLO408 LOTE Method B +

EDLO415 LOTE Method B Part 1 (EDLO415 and EDLO416 combined are equivalent to EDLO408)

EDLO416 LOTE Method B Part 2

EDLO409 LOTE Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDLO411 LOTE Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDLO410 LOTE Curriculum and Teaching 3

EDLO412 LOTE Curriculum and Teaching 4

EDMA415 Mathematics Method+

EDMA421 Mathematics Method Part A (EDMA421 and EDMA422 combined are equivalent to EDMA415)

EDMA422 Mathematics Method Part B

EDMA417 Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDMA418 Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDMA419 Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 3

EDMA420 Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 4

EDMU406 Music Method A+

EDMU412 Music Method A Part 1 (EDMU412 and EDMU413 combined are equivalent to EDMU406)

EDMU413 Music Method A Part 2

EDMU407 Music Method B+

EDMU414 Music Method B Part 1 (EDMU414 and EDMU415 combined are equivalent to EDMU407)

EDMU415 Music Method B Part 2

EDMU408 Music Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDMU410 Music Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDMU409 Music Curriculum and Teaching 3

EDMU411 Music Curriculum and Teaching 4

EDPH413 Physical Education Method+

EDPH416 Physical Education Method Part A (EDPH416 and EDPH417 combined are equivalent to EDPH413)

EDPH417 Physical Education Method Part B

EDPH414 Physical Education curriculum and Teaching 1

EDPH415 Physical Education curriculum and Teaching 2

EDRE425 Religious Education Method+

EDRE432 Religious Education Method Part A (EDRE432 amd EDRE433 combined are equi valent to EDRE425)

EDRE433 Religious Education Method Part B

EDRE527 Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 1

EDRE528 Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 2

EDRE427 Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 3

EDRE428 Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 4

EDSS420 History Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDSS421 History Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDSS415 SOSE Method+

EDSS426 SOSE Method Part A (EDSS426 and EDSS427 combined are equivalent to EDSS415)

EDSS427 SOSE Method Part B

EDST414 Commerce and Business Studies Method+

EDSS424 Commerce and Business Studies Method A (EDSS424 and EDSS425 combined are equivalent to EDST414)

EDSS425 Commerce and Business Studies Method B

EDSS416 Commerce and Business Studies Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDSS417 Commerce and Business Studies Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDSS418 Commerce and Business Studies Curriculum and Teaching 3

EDSS419 Commerce and Business Studies Curriculum and Teaching 4

EDST432 Information Technology Method+

EDST449 Information Technology Method Part A (EDST449 and EDST449 combined are equivalent to EDST432)

EDST450 Information Technology Method Part B

EDSS422 Humanities Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDSS423 Humanities Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDST433 Science Method+

EDST451 Science Method Part A (EDST451 and EDST452 combined are equivalent to EDST433)

EDST452 Science Method Part B

EDST434 Technology Method+

EDST453 Technology Method Part A (EDST453 and EDST454 combined are equivalent to EDST434)

EDST454 Technology Method Part B

EDST443 Science Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDST444 Science Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDST445 Science Curriculum and Teaching 3

EDST446 Science Curriculum and Teaching 4

EDST322 ICT Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDST323 ICT Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDST447 Technology Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDST448 Technology Curriculum and Teaching 2

THEO502 Biblical Studies

THEO558 Foundations of Christian Faith

+ These methods are only available for students who enrolled in the course prior to 2006.
* This method is available subject to a viable class size.
**The languages available are Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Spanish, or Vietnamese. Other languages may be available on request prior to the VTAC closing date.

At Strathfield Campus (Mount Saint Mary)

EDAR416 Visual Art Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDAR417 Visual Art Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDAR418 Visual Arts Curriculum and Teaching 3

EDAR419 Visual Arts Curriculum and Teaching 4

EDLA438 English Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDLA439 English Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDMA417/300 Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDMA418/301 Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDMU408/300 Music Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDMU410/301 Music Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDPH300 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDPH301 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDPH401 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching 3

EDPH412 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Curriculum and Teaching 4

EDRE527 Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 1

EDRE528 Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 2

EDSS308 Economics/Business Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDSS309 Economics/Business Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDSS310 Geography Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDSS311 Geography Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDSS420 History Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDSS421 History Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDST300 Biology Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDST302 Chemistry Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDST308 Physics Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDST443/312 Science Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDST444/313 Science Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDST322 ICT Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDST323 ICT Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDST447/324 Technology Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDST448/325 Technology Curriculum and Teaching 2

At Canberra Campus (Signadou)

EDAR416/302 Visual Arts Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDAR417/303 Visual Arts Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDDA300 Dance Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDDA301 Dance Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDDR300 Drama Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDDR301 Drama Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDFD446 Development and Learning

EDFD447 Diversity in the Classroom

EDFD448 Effective Teaching and Professional Practice

EDFD453 Social and Cultural Context of Education

EDFX503 Graduate Professional Experience 1

EDFX504 Graduate Professional Experience 2

EDLA438 English and Curriculum Teaching 1

EDLA439 English and Curriculum Teaching 2

EDLO411 LOTE Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDST322 ICT Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDST323 ICT Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDMA417/300 Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDMA418/301 Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDMU408/300 Music Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDMU410/301 Music Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDLO409 LOTE Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDRE527 Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies1

EDRE528 Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies2

EDSS320 SOSE Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDSS321 SOSE Curriculum and Teaching 2

EDSS416 Commerce/Business Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDST447/324 Technology Curriculum and Teaching 1

EDST448/325 Technology Curriculum and Teaching 2

THEO502 Biblical Studies

THEO558 Foundations of Christian Faith

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Stage 2 (all states)

EDFD632 Reading and Interpreting Research in Education

EDAC620 Social Research Methods in Commuity Contexts

EDFD604 Managing Challenging Behaviour

EDFD617 Research Project (20 credit points)

3 elective units from the following list:

EDAC615 Indigenous Education in Australia

EDAC611 Designing and Implementing Child Abuse Prevention Programs

EDCU603 Current Issues in Curriculum

EDFD620 Social Justice and Curriculum

EDFD636 Issues in School Counselling and Guidance

EDLA513 Language and Literacy

EDLA601 Literacy in Society and in the Classroom

EDLA611 Literature for Children and Young Adults

EDLE605 Leading Educational Change

EDMA607 Contextual Influences on Mathematics Education Evaluation

EDMA608 Learning, Assessment and Intervention in Mathematics

EDMA609 Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Development

EDMA610 Technologies and Mathematics Learning

EDST501 Online Instructional Design

EDST601 Education for the 21st Century

EDST603 Implementing Change in ICT

EDST604 Implementing Online Learning Environments

EDST605 ICT in Education and Training

EDTS602 Teacher Growth and Change

EDTS604 Creating Collaborative Learning Communities

EDTS605 Critical Theories of Education

THEO502 Biblical Studies

THEO558 Foundations of Christian Faith

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Requirements for Completion of Award

Stage 1:

4 units Education Studies
4 units Curriculum Studies(80 cp)

Stage 2:

7 prescribed units (80 cp)
Total of -160 credit points.

 

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MTeach

180 credit points

For Continuing Students Only

 

Duration                                2 years full-time or equivalent part-time

Available at                             Brisbane Campus QLD (Banyo)
                                             Canberra Campus (Signadou)*
                                             Strathfield Campus NSW (Mount Saint Mary)
                                             Melbourne Campus Vic (St Patrick's)

Overview

This course has as its foundation the conviction that the quality of teacher 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 responsibilities in the community. Quality of education depends also on teachers being prepared to meet the challenge of continued growth in knowledge, accelerating technological development, evidence-based decision making, social change and heightened community expectations.

Successful completion of this course enable graduates to apply for registration to teach in Catholic, state or independent schools in their state.

Students have the option to exit with a Graduate Diploma in Education

Index

Mode of Offering

The course is offered on-campus, normally full-time for 2 years. Classes for the full-time course and part-time course are normally held in daytime hours. Study of units throughout the course may require students to engage in a process of field-based learning where part or the whole of their teaching and learning is conducted in a school context.

Index

Admission

Applicants must have the equivalent of an Australian University three-year bachelor's degree/diploma that meets the required prerequisites for entry into teaching subject methods in a particular state. Students may take two teaching methods from those offered. Alternatively, a number of methods are available as double methods. In general, a double method requires a background of study for three years. Although in some states additional requirements may need to be met. Teaching method areas are offered subject to sufficient enrolments.

To be eligible to enrol in a teaching method, an applicant must have satisfactorily completed the pre-requisite study stipulated for that method. In the case of Religious education, the units Biblical Studies and Foundations in Christian Faith provide co-requisites.

Applicants without a satisfactory result in any standard Year 12 English in Australia will be required to sit for a test of English proficiency.

Index

Course Structure

The Master of Teaching has two separate and distinct stages.

Stage 1

110 credit points comprising:
8 core units and 2 electives in Victoria and Queensland
9 core units and one elective in New South Wales and Victoria
These units include a field-based learning component equivalent to between six to 8 weeks (depending on relevant state registration requirements)

Stage 2

80 credit points comprising:
3 core units and a 20 credit point directed field-based research project
3 elective units.

Index

Field Expereince

Field Experience covers all school and community-based experiences designed to assist student develop professional competence and personal commitment in accordance with the expressed Catholic philosophy of the University. The theoretical and methodological components of the program need practical application in a classroom setting in order to be refied and consolidated. To develop such application, a developmental approach to practical experience is linked with students' expanding knowledge.

Field Experience applies skills, techniques and processes taught in the Foundation Studies and professional Studies components of the course.

Students may be placed in Catholic, government and independent schools.

Index

Unit Offerings

Unit offerings will vary subject to student demand and lecturer availability.
Elective units will vary between campuses and from year to year.

Stage 1 (Queensland)

Education Foundation Studies

EDFD103 Education and Society OR

EDFD204 Catholic Education and Schooling

EDFD436 Human Development and Learning

EDST411 Teaching with Information Technologies

Professional Studies

EDTS418 Secondary Teaching and Classroom Management 1/Field Experience

EDTS416 Teaching and Classroom Management 2/Field Experience OR

EDCU412 Curriculum and Assessment /Field Experience

EDTS103 Teaching Students with Special Needs

Teaching Method 1A

Teaching Method 1B

Teaching Method 2A

Teaching Method 2B

Stage 1 (New South Wales and ACT)

Education Foundation Studies

EDFD103 Education and Society OR

EDFD204 Catholic Education and Schooling

EDFD436 Human Development and Learning

EDFD213 Technology and Learning

Professional Studies

EDTS207 Secondary Teaching and Classroom Management 1/Field Experience

EDTS310 Secondary Teaching and Classroom Management 2/Field Experience

EDTS103 Teaching Students with Special Needs

Curriculum and Teaching Studies 1A

Curriculum and Teaching Studies 2A

Curriculum and Teaching Studies 1B

Curriculum and Teaching Studies 2B

Stage 1 (Victoria)

Education Foundation Studies

EDFD204 Catholic Education and Schooling#

EDFD441 Human Development and Special Needs in Education

EDFD431 Learning and Learning Technologies

Professional Studies

EDTS423 Teaching and Classroom Management and Curriculum

EDFX405 Field Experience

THEO558 Foundations of Christian Faith*

Teaching Method 1

Teaching Method 2

2 Elective units from

Teaching Method 3

THEO502*# Biblical Studies

EDFD442 Global Education Policy

EDFD443 Adolescent Mental Health and the School Community

EDFD444 The Middle Years of Schooling

Approved units from the Faculty's preservice teacher education courses

# Required units for students wishing to teach in Catholic schools. Students may take approved equivalent units if they do not wish to teach in Catholic schools.
* These units are required as co-requisites for the Religious Education method. Students who have received an exemption for relevant undergraduate theological studies will undertake elective units in place of the co-requisite unit for the Religious Education method.

Stage 2 (all states)

EDFD632 Reading and Interpreting Research in Education

EDFD633 Methods in Educational Research

EDFD604 Managing Challenging Behaviour

EDFD617 Research Project (20 credit points)

3 elective units from the following list:

EDAC615 Indigenous Education in Australia

EDAC611 Designing and Implementing Child Abuse Prevention Programs

EDCU603 Current Issues in Curriculum

EDFD620 Social Justice and Curriculum

EDFD636 Issues in School Counselling and Guidance

EDLA513 Language and Literacy

EDLA601 Current Development in Literacy Learning

EDLA611 Literature for Children and Young Adults

EDLE605 Leading Educational Change

EDMA607 Contextual Influences on Mathematics Education Evaluation

EDMA608 Learning, Assessment and Intervention in Mathematics

EDMA609 Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Development

EDMA610 Technologies and Mathematics Learning

EDST501 Online Instructional Design

EDST601 Education for the 21st Century

EDST603 Implementing Change in ICT

EDST604 Implementing Online Learning Environments

EDST605 ICT in Education and Training

EDTS602 Teacher Growth and Change

EDTS604 Creating Collaborative Learning Communities

EDTS605 Critical Theories of Education

THEO502 Biblical Studies

THEO558 Foundations of Christian Faith

Index

Requirements for Completion of Award

New South Wales and ACT
3 units of Education Foundation Studies (30cp);
7 units of Professional Studies (70cp)
7 prescribed Stage 2 units (80 credit points)

Victoria
3 units of Education Foundation Studies (30cp);
5 units of Professional Studies (50cp);
2 units Elective Studies (20cp)
7 prescribed Stage 2 units (80 credit points).

Total of 180 credit points.

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