Course and Subject Handbook 2014

Course and Subject Handbook 2014 Course Information Undergraduate Courses Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

Information valid for students commencing in 2014.

Course Code	109410
Version	1
Faculty	Arts, Education and Social Sciences

Award Requirements

Admission Requirements

Course pre-requisites	English
Additional selection requirements	All students must meet minimum literacy standards upon entry and completion as required by the Queensland College of Teachers. Applicants also need Chemistry and Maths B if they wish to teach Science related (Physics, Chemistry and Science) secondary disciplines. Applicants wishing to teach secondary mathematics require Maths B.
Special admission requirements	Applicants wishing to enter the Secondary Vocational Education and Training must have a trade certificate plus four years of industry experience. Students must also have a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or will be required to complete Certificate IV qualification concurrently before completing 72 credit points of study (i.e. three years) in the Bachelor of Education.
Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements	Students of non-English speaking backgrounds must have an adequate English language capacity assessed under the Australian International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The IELTS score required for admission to this course can be found in Schedule II of the JCU Admissions policy. The cost of the testing will be met by the applicant. English test results must be no more than two years old.
Post admission requirements	Professional practice: This course includes prescribed professional placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense. Further information about placements can be found at Enrolment Policy – Coursework Students Suitability to Work with Children Card (blue card): This course includes prescribed professional placements that may involve contact with children under 18 years of age. Students are required to obtain a Suitability to Work with Children Card (which involves a criminal history check undertaken by the Queensland Police) before the start of the first placement. Students must retain a current Suitability to Work with Children Card for the duration of their course, as failure to do so will result in the termination of their admission to the course. For more information, refer to: https://www.bluecard.qld.gov.au/ Students enrolled in the Secondary Vocational Education and Training Major must complete a TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment before enrolling in the third year Professional Experience subject.

Academic Requirements for Course Completion

Credit points	96 credit points as per course structure
Additional course rules	Nil
Additional completion requirements	Nil
Course learning outcomes	On successful completion of the Bachelor of Education (Secondary), graduates will be able to: Demonstrate broad and coherent understanding of professional knowledge, practice and engagement with depth in the National Professional Standards for Teachers Demonstrate broad and coherent understanding of underlying principles and concepts, and teaching and learning approaches for the tropics in the areas of Indigenous education, education for sustainability, rural and regional education Review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise professional knowledge, practice and engagement to enhance outcomes for diverse students Communicate professional knowledge clearly and coherently through oral and written modes to students and key stakeholders during professional practice and engagement Identify and solve problems and make informed decisions in diverse professional contexts with well-developed judgement and initiative Develop and demonstrate dispositions required for effective teaching that embrace responsibility and accountability for professional knowledge, practice and engagement including collaboration with stakeholders.

Course Structure

Level 1

ED1401:03 Foundations of Education

ED1421:03 Foundation of Language and Literacies in Education

ED1481:03 Foundations of Educational Psychology

ED1491:03 Foundations of Mathematics and Numeracy in Education

Level 2

ED2442:03 Inclusive Education for Special Needs (Secondary)

ED2488:03 Second Year Professional Experience

ED2491:03 Teaching for Learning 1

ED2990:03 Education for Cultural Diversity

Level 3

ED3293:03 Teaching for Learning 2 (Secondary)

ED3441:03 Technologies Across the Curriculum

ED3443:03 Teaching ESL to Indigenous Students

ED3488:03 Third Year Professional Experience

Level 4

ED4293:03 Teaching for Learning 3 (Secondary)

ED4488:03 Fourth Year Professional Experience A

ED4489:03 Fourth Year Professional Experience B

ED4999:03 Teaching for Learning 4

Options

Select a major from the table below

Majors

Type of major

Mandatory

Single

Credit points in major

48 credit points

Special requirements

Nil

MAJOR	AVAILABLE AT	HONOURS	NOTES
Secondary Education	Cairns Townsville	Available as separate graduate entry course	On-campus only
Health and Physical Education	Townsville	Available as separate graduate entry course	On-campus only
Vocational Education and Training	Cairns Townsville	Not Available	On-campus only Applicants wishing to teach Secondary Vocational Education and Training require a recognised trade certificate, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and continuing and recent industry experience in a subject area taught in secondary schools.

Campus

COURSE AVAILABLE AT	NOTES
Cairns	Not all Teaching Areas are available at the Cairns campus. Only the first year of the Secondary Physical Education Major is delivered in Cairns. Students must transfer to the Townsville Campus to complete the Major.
Townsville

Candidature

Expected time to complete	4 years full-time or equivalent part-time
Maximum time to complete	10 years
Maximum leave of absence	3 years

Progression

Course progression requisites	Nil
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)	This course includes prescribed professional placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense. Further information about placements can be found at Enrolment Policy – Coursework Students. To undertake the final Professional Experience and Co-requisite subjects, students must have completed 72 credit points of study excluding any level 4 subjects.
Special assessment requirements	Suitability to Work with Children Care (blue card): This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements that may involve contact with children under 18 years of age. Students are required to obtain a Suitability to work with Children Card (which involves a criminal history check undertaken by the Queensland police) before the start of the first placement. Students must retain a current Suitability to Work with Children Card for the duration of their course, as failure to do so will result in the termination of their admission to the course. For more information, refer to: SOE Blue Card Candidates who do not complete the required number of days of a professional experience subject or a professional component of a subject, without the approval of the Director of Professional Experience, will be determined to have failed the subject.
Accreditation requirements	Nil
Maximum allowed Pass Conceded (PC) grade	3 credit points (only permitted in a non-Education discipline)
Supplementary exam for final subject	Not applicable

Advanced Standing

Eligibility	Candidates may apply for advanced standing for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Advanced Standing for Previous Studies and Recognised Prior Learning policy associated procedures.
Maximum allowed	63 credit points
Currency	Advanced standing will be granted only for studies completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course.
Expiry	Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 20 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the candidate has not completed this course.
Other restrictions	Candidates may seek approval to do concurrent studies at another university in approved disciplines not offered at this university. Candidates normally will be granted a maximum of 15 credit points of advanced standing for these studies. The maximum advanced standing allowable for professional development courses within the degree is three credit points except where one course is judged to be larger in size than one faculty subject. Advanced standing may be granted for professional development courses smaller than a faculty subject. However, no credit will be given for courses smaller than two credit points, or equivalent. Recognition of Current Competence (RCC) may apply where a teacher education student can clearly demonstrate outcomes relevant to a specific professional experience component of a Bachelor of Education program. If these outcomes can be demonstrated, the pre-service teacher will be granted advanced standing for a part of the requisite days of the professional experience requirement. Demonstration of attainment of outcomes may be in the form of professional experience reports from other institutions and/or statements of teaching or related service.

Award Details

Inclusion of majors on testamur	The major studied shall not appear on the testamur.
Exit with lesser award	Candidates who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed 72 credit points of study and appropriate subjects, may be eligible to receive the award of Bachelor of Education Services.
Course articulation	Not applicable

Honours

Honours availability

Available as separate graduate entry course

Eligibility

By invitation of the Head of School

Normally a minimum average grade of Credit is required in the pass degree subjects relevant to the field in which Honours is to be taken.