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9

Division

Tropical Environments and Societies

Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 3c – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy.

All students must meet minimum literacy standards as required by the Queensland College of Teachers. Test results must be no more than 2 years old. Cost of testing will be met by the applicant.

Special admission requirements

Experienced teachers who do not meet the above requirements may be permitted by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor to be admitted to the course and be required to complete such subjects and other work as may be prescribed in addition to completing the requirements specified below.

Note:  This course does not lead to teacher registration.

Students admitted to the Bachelor of Education Professional Development will be required to prepare a study plan and have it registered and approved by the relevant teacher registration authority and / or their employer before they commence study.

Additional course rules

Nil

Course learning outcomes

The Bachelor of Education Professional Development builds on student’s existing teaching qualifications to enable them to meet the same Course Learning Outcomes as the Bachelor of Education courses. Students will be required to enrol in ED4991 Independent Study where they prepare a portfolio that demonstrates evidence of attainment of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. Students who enrol in the Bachelor of Education Professional Development will be required to prepare a study plan and have it registered and approved by Queensland College of Teachers before they begin their study.

On successful completion of the Bachelor of Education Professional Development, 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.

Credit points in major

24 credit points

Cairns

Maximum time to complete

3 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Professional accreditation requirements

Nil

Supplementary exam for final subject

Not applicable

Maximum allowed

6 credit points

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 13 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the student has not completed this course.

Approved abbreviation

BEdProfDev

Exit with lesser award

Not applicable

Eligibility