Course codes: 1641 + Course abbreviation: BA/BEd + Total credit points required: 192 + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time + Managing faculty: Education
On-campus (Clayton; Gippsland)
This
double-degree course provides students with an arts major and minor field of
study as well as a sequence of studies in education leading to registration is
a secondary school teacher. This course offers the most common pathway to
teaching by way of a double-degree program in arts and education.
When students take the Bachelor of Arts degree and the Bachelor of Education
degree in combination, they are able to complete both courses in four years of
full-time study at a normal course load for each year. A feature of these
courses is their interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of some units.
To
receive the awards of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education, a student
must successfully complete units totalling 192 points, consisting of:
(a) Studies in arts (96 points) including:
For
full details on the majors and minors offered, refer to the `Areas of study'
section on the Arts faculty website at
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/.
(b) Studies in education (96 points) including a series of units relating to
the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum. Fieldwork
placements are also included.
Candidates
intending to qualify as secondary school teachers need to be aware that their
major and minor studies in arts must satisfy the requirements for the study of
two methods and practice-of-teaching unit sets (A and B sequence = method set)
in their fourth year (or third and fourth years for Gippsland students) and the
requirements for employment laid down by the Victorian Institute of
Teaching.
Generally, to qualify for a secondary teaching method, a candidate will require
a minimum of two years of full academic study in that discipline. There are
additional requirements for some disciplines.
Progressively over the course, students will be completing more of the
education component, until the final year, which will be entirely education
including an extended teaching fieldwork. This fieldwork is a program of field
visits to different educational sites and includes structured teaching
experience. The fieldwork placement is an integrated part of work in the
Bachelor of Education program.
| Secondary stream (Clayton) | Secondary stream (Gippsland) |
First year EDF1301 Perspectives on learning |
First year EDF1301 Perspectives on learning |
Second year EDF2001 Beyond the classroom |
Second year EDF2003 Changing classrooms |
Third year EDF3001 Assessing learning |
Third year EDF3004 Language and literacy |
Fourth year EDF5421 Professional issues 1 - a focus on the classroom |
Fourth year EDF3001 Assessing learning |
These
are conceptual outlines only. They give a general indication of how the course
will progress and are subject to change without notice. | |
Students must complete teaching practice which consists of a minimum of 80 days of satisfactory supervised school experience. Students who are employed in schools must complete a minimum of 40 days of supervised fieldwork in a setting other than the school in which they are employed.
On completion of the double degrees, graduates will be eligible for registration and employment as secondary school teachers in Victoria. For interstate and overseas positions, applicants are advised to check registration and employment requirements with local authorities.
Inquiries
(Clayton): telephone +61 3 9905 2819 or email
info@education.monash.edu.au.
Inquiries (Gippsland): telephone +61 3 9902 6367, email
undergraduate.gippsland@education.monash.edu.auemail or
info@education.monash.edu.au or visit
http://www.education.monash.edu.au/.
Ms Jennifer Brown (Clayton), Dr Monique Osborn (Gippsland)
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