Course code: 0337
Course leader: Robert Marshall
This course takes a minimum of one year full-time or two years part-time study.
Admission requirements
Applicants should hold:
1. Diploma of Teaching (Primary), Bachelor of Teaching (Primary), or its equivalent registered with ACTA; or
2. Certificate B awarded by the Ministry of Education, or its equivalent awarded by the Catholic Education Commission; or
3. an equivalent to 1 or 2.
The course
The Bachelor of Education provides teachers with an approved fourth year of study. Students must obtain the approval of the course leader for their choice of subjects.
Objectives of the Bachelor of Education (fourth year of study)
In keeping with the stated Mission Statement of Monash University, the main aim of the course is to provide a program of studies which should provide its graduates with:
* the knowledge, competence, skills and attitudes that will enable them to operate in their chosen field at a level at least equal to the best of their peers in Australia or overseas;
* a broad and critical understanding in order to encourage and enable a continuing professional approach to work, community responsibilites and personal development;
* intellectual and cultural curiosity as a preparation for life long learning;
* other skills and attributes, for example computing skills, problem solving and interpersonal skills;
The course is structured, therefore, to:
* allow students to continue to gain knowledge and specific competencies as well as the development of skills and attitudes which will foster learning that contributes to continued personal development and professional growth;
* provide a fourth year of study for students which continues to prepare confident and effective primary school teachers;
* allows teachers to retrain and upgrade their qualifications to help continue professional growth during their teaching careers;
* continue to produce teachers who are well educated and have a knowledge of the theoretical foundations and the necessary professional skills and competencies.
By the end of the course students will have engaged in learning experiences that should enable them to develop knowledge and understandings about the:
* important contribution to human thought and research in the areas of the arts and humanities, the sciences and foundation studies in education;
* introduction to the breadth and nature of contemporary research into teaching;
* contributions made to educational theory and practice by significant thinkers and practitioners;
By the end of the course students should be able to demonstrate skills in the ability to:
* structure a variety of classroom situations to motivate and stimulate approaches to learning;
* judge the value of various ideas, resources and teaching strategies;
* apply relevant research findings to school and classroom situations.
At the end of the course students will have engaged in learning experiences which should enable them to:
* demonstrate an awareness of the need to acquire knowledge and competencies, skills and attitudes as a continuing experience required by teachers;
* develop an enthusiasm for teaching and a desire to contribute to the betterment of students;
* develop and demonstrate an interest in the professional problems of education;
* show an acceptance of the responsibility for recognising and developing students to their full potential.
Course structure
Full-time students take four subjects in each semester for one year. Part-time students would normally take two subjects in each semester for two years.
Subjects to be offered in 1995
Full-time course
First semester
* EDN5095 Practicum studies 1
Two electives chosen from:
* EDN4265 Computer studies 7
* EDN4285 Area studies in music: Asia
* EDN4845 Seminar: teaching across cultures
* EDN5195 LOTE methodology and practice
* EDN5421 Poetry and drama within the school curriculum
* EDN4465 Social education: cultural studies A
* EDN5425 Play and education in a pediatric setting
* EDN4515 Contemporary issues in early childhood education
* EDN4415 Integrating music in the curriculum
Second semester
* EDN4165 Exceptionality in schools
* EDN5105 Practicum studies 2
* EDN5437 Mathematics education 4
Two electives chosen from:
* EDN4275 Computer studies 8
* EDN4295 Area studies in music: Australia and the Pacific
* EDN4795 Language education 4
* EDN5195 LOTE methodology and practice
* EDN4475 Social education: cultural studies B
* EDN4245 Health education 1
* EDN5414 Practice of the effective school and preschool
Part-time course
First semester
* EDN5451 Sports studies 7
* EDN5453 Recreation studies 7
* EDN5605 Program development in art education
* EDN5473 Computers in education 3
* EDN5493 The junior primary specialist
* EDN5409 Studies in teaching 8: project
* EDN5413 Theory of the effective school and preschool
* EDN5499 Dance in education
* EDN5472 Computers in education A
Second semester
* EDN5465 Technology education
* EDN5474 Computers in education 4
* EDN5601 Aesthetics and the arts
* EDN5467 Parental involvement in literacy
* EDN5408 Studies in teaching 7: field studies
* EDN5452 Sports studies 8
* EDN5454 Recreation studies 8
* EDN5443 Science education 3: teaching and learning in science
* EDN5409 Studies in teaching 8: project
* EDN5608 Education and change