Bachelor of Primary and Secondary Education (BPrimSecEd)

• General information
• Introduction to course
• Objectives
• Admission requirements
• Credit provision
• Course structure
  • General studies
  • Education studies
  • Teaching and curriculum studies
    • First year
    • Second year
    • Third year
    • Fourth year
• Majors and submajors available
• Subjects offered by other schools
  • Gippsland Centre for Art and Design
  • School of Applied Science
  • School of Business
  • School of Computing
  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Length of course/workload required
• Further information

General information

Gippsland campus
Course code: 1949 (formerly EBTEDG)
Contact: Dr Jane Southcott (please telephone (03) 51 22 6969 or (03) 9902 6969 for initial inquiries)
Year advisers: Dr Jane Southcott (First, third and fourth years); Mr Andrew Cope (Second year)

Introduction to course

The Bachelor of Primary and Secondary Education provides initial preparation for primary and/or secondary teaching. It satisfies the requirements for employment in both government and non-government schools.

Objectives

The objectives of this course are to provide students with:

• a well-balanced preservice professional development for teaching at either primary or both the primary and secondary levels of schooling;
• course experiences to develop a flexible approach to teaching based on a thorough range of practical and theory-into-practice activities aimed at producing teachers with a high level of capability;
• a professional education comprising a combination of academic discipline study, practical teaching and curriculum and the study of education;
• experiences to develop a background set of appropriate norms, ethics and values relevant to the teaching profession;
• experiences which assist in the development of appropriate reflection and critique as elements to assist in the advocacy, scrutiny and professional participation in education in society.

Admission requirements

Applicants must have satisfactorily completed the Victorian Certificate of Education or its equivalent, with at least a C in English.

Credit provision

Applicants contemplating admission to this course may seek formal credit or recognition of prior learning. Applicants should apply for credit prior to enrolment but currently enrolled students may also apply. The Faculty of Education considers each application on its merits within the context of the faculty guidelines on credit transfer which are contained in a booklet Learning from experience available from the Professional Development Institute, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Gippsland campus, Churchill 3842 ($7 postage and packing).

Course structure

The Bachelor of Primary and Secondary Education contains three interrelated components - general studies, education studies, and curriculum and teaching studies.

General studies

General studies are intended to extend the education of students and to give them a deeper understanding of the subjects which they are studying with a view to becoming teachers of these subjects in primary and secondary schools. These studies are undertaken in the areas of Social Sciences, Applied Science, Business and Art.

Education studies

Education studies provide the basis of students' understanding of children, learning, teaching, the nature of education and its relationship to society, and curriculum design, implementation and evaluation.

Teaching and curriculum studies

Teaching and curriculum studies familiarise students with the planning, implementation and evaluation of the school curriculum in mathematics, language, social studies, science, music, art, physical education, information studies and LOTE. These subjects include supervised teaching experience in schools and related teaching studies.

First year

• Six general studies subjects (36 points)
• GEC1101 Teaching and curriculum studies 1A (6 points)
• GEC1401 Education studies (6 points)

Second year

• Four general studies subjects (24 points)
• GEC1402 Curriculum development (6 points)
• GEC2101 Teaching and curriculum studies: English and mathematics (including twenty-five days of supervised school experience) (18 points)

Third year

• Two general studies subjects (12 points)
• GEC1403 Philosophy in education (6 points)
• GEC3101 Teaching and curriculum studies 3, including thirty days of supervised school experience (30 points)

Fourth year

Primary option

• GEC4201 Teaching and curriculum studies 4 (primary) (in a school) (12 points)
• Curriculum specialisation (24 points) - three subjects out of the advanced curriculum areas of Bachelor of Educational Studies offerings (distance education)
• General studies subjects (two at upper level for one major) (on campus) (12 points)

Secondary option

• Six general studies subjects (36 points)
• GEC4101 Curriculum and teaching studies 4 (double secondary methods), including twenty days of supervised school experience (12 points)

Majors and submajors available

The selection of eighteen general studies subjects (of six points or equivalent) must include at least two and not more than three subject areas. Students taking the secondary option must complete (two) majors, and two other subjects. A major consists of a minimum of eight subjects (forty-eight points) in one subject area. Students who undertake a major may not study more than four subjects at first-year level. A minimum of two third-year level subjects must be passed. Students taking the primary option must complete a major of eight subjects - ie build on the submajor (six subjects) completed in the Bachelor of Teaching.

Subjects offered by other schools

Gippsland Centre for Art and Design

Majors are available in a combination of art history or studio arts.

School of Applied Science

Majors are available in physics, chemistry and biology (Group 1); and in mathematics (pure and applied, and statistics), computing, and operations research and information management (Group 2). If a major of eight or more subjects is studied then a combination of two out of the three in Group 1 is allowable and a similar combination permitted for Group 2. A double major in three subjects from either group is permitted subject to course adviser approval.

School of Business

Majors are available in economics, accounting, management, marketing, and law.

School of Computing

Majors are available in computing and information systems.

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Majors are available in English, history/politics, Australian studies, community studies, gender studies, Indonesian, mass communications, sociology and psychology, visual arts and computing. History and politics can be combined with sociology to make up a social science major.

Length of course/workload required

This course consists of four years full-time study or equivalent part-time. Education subjects must be taken on-campus. General studies subjects may be taken by on-campus and/or by distance education. Education subjects include school placements for practica. The expected number of hours per week for a full-time student is forty-eight.

Further information

Details of all subjects, including reading lists, follow the course information in this handbook. Not all subjects are offered each year and students should consult the timetable or the course advisor(s).
Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the senior administrator, Faculty of Education, Gippsland campus (telephone (03) 51 22 6969 or (03) 9902 6969) or visit our web site at http://www.education.monash.edu.au/

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