Information valid for students commencing in 2022.
Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
Handbook year | 2022 |
Course code | 109410 |
Course type | Bachelor Degree (AQF Level 7) |
Professional accreditation status | This course is nationally accredited through the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) in association with the Queensland College of Teachers (QCT). Graduates of this course are eligible for Teacher registration in Australia. |
Owner | Division of Tropical Environments and Societies |
College | Arts, Society and Education |
Award Requirements
Admission Requirements
Course pre-requisites | English and General Mathematics or Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3/4,C). Students considering Mathematics or Physics as teaching areas will need to have passed Mathematical Methods (Units 3/4,C) (or equivalent). Students considering Chemistry as a teaching area will need to have passed Chemistry (Units 3/4,C) (or equivalent). Trade qualified students (with Apprenticeship and Trade Certificate III qualifications in Fitting and Turning/Machining, Metals Engineering, Carpentry, Joinery, or related areas) considering Industrial Technologies and Design as a teaching area will to have a minimum three years of recent, relevant industry experience (post training). Students considering Food Technologies and Design as a teaching area will need to have full chef qualifications (Apprenticeship and Trade Certificate III in Commercial Cookery), or equivalent; and have a minimum three years of recent, relevant industry experience (post training). Trade qualified students considering either Industrial Technologies and Design or Food Technologies and Design as a teaching area will only be granted admission to these teaching areas on the basis of pre-approval by the course coordinator of suitable credit for prior learning and/or industry experience. |
Minimum English language proficiency requirements | Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of an overall score of 6.5 in Academic IELTS (or equivalent) with sub-scores no less than 7.0 in Speaking and Listening and no less than 6.0 in Reading and Writing. The cost of the testing will be met by the applicant. English test results must be no more than two years old at the commencement of the course. Further information is available on the website. |
Additional selection requirements | All applicants for initial teacher education courses must satisfy both academic and non-academic entry criteria. Applicants’ non-academic capabilities will be assessed by way of an instrument applied by QTAC and developed in consultation with the Australian Council of Deans of Education. Students must meet English language proficiency requirements for teacher registration in Australia, either on entry to or on graduation from the program. |
Post admission | 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 Coursework Enrolment Procedure 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: English Proficiency: Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds are advised that the Queensland College of Teachers requires graduating teachers to provide evidence of meeting the following English language requirements prior to graduation:
The cost of the testing will be met by the applicant. Students are advised that the Queensland College of Teachers requires graduating teachers to provide evidence of meeting the English language requirements as stated above prior to graduation. Further information is available on the website. |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 96 credit points as per course structure |
Additional completion requirements | Successful completion of Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) is an expected requirement of the Australian Ministers for Education for all graduates. Therefore all students enrolled in an initial teacher education course (either undergraduate or postgraduate) will be expected to sit and meet the test standard prior to graduation. All students must sit and meet the standard of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (LANTITE) prior to graduation. The cost of the testing will be met by the applicant. Refer to All students must successfully complete a final-year teaching performance assessment (Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment [GTPA]) embedded in a subject and a professional placement of no less than four weeks in the final year of the degree, prior to graduation that is shown to: a) be a reflection of classroom teaching practice including the elements of planning, teaching, assessing and reflecting; b) clearly assess the content of the Graduate Teacher Standards; and c) demonstrate an understanding of moderation processes that support consistent decision-making against achievement criteria. The GTPA is built into course requirements and assessments. All students must possess dispositional attributes deemed suitable for the profession of teaching. Trade qualified students undertaking either Industrial Technologies and Design or Food Technologies and Design as a teaching area will require a current TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment in order to graduate. For all students undertaking the Bachelor of Education (Secondary), mandatory participation in a 5-day intensive Professional Orientation Program on campus in the final year of the course is a requirement to complete this degree. This program may be undertaken at either the Cairns or Townsville Campus. |
Course learning outcomes | On successful completion of the Bachelor of Education (Secondary), graduates will be able to:
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Inherent Requirements
Inherent Requirements | Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University's learning, assessment, and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession. For more information please visit: Bachelor of Education (Secondary). |
Reasonable adjustments | All 心跳直播 students have the opportunity to demonstrate, with reasonable adjustments where applicable, the inherent requirements for their course. For more information please visit: Student Disability Policy and Procedure. |
Course Structure
CORE SUBJECTS
Level 1
ED1401:03 Education Perspectives and Practice
ED1421:03 Foundations of Language and Literacy in Education
ED1481:03 Educational Psychology: Learners and Learning
ED1491:03 Foundations of Mathematics and Numeracy for Secondary Teachers or MA1000:03 Mathematical Foundations (students selecting Mathematics as a First or Second Teaching Area must select MA1000)
Level 2
ED2491:03 Planning for Engaging Learning
ED2991:03 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
Level 3
ED3297:06 Reflective Teaching Cycles and Positive Learning Environments (Secondary)
ED3442:03 Inclusive Education: Differentiated Learning for Students with Special Needs and Abilities
ED3443:03 English as an Additional Language/Dialect for Indigenous learners
Level 4
ED4460:03 Service Learning for Sustainable Futures or ED4493:03 Advanced Studies in Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing
(students selecting Health and Physical Education as a Teaching Area must select ED4493)
ED4461:03 Indigenous Futures
ED4486:03 Fourth Year Professional Experience A
ED4490:06 Fourth Year Professional Experience B
ED4621:03 Leading Wellbeing and Sustainability in Learning Communities
ED4623:03 Teachers as Ethical and Collaborative Change Agents
ED4995:03 Education across Culturally Diverse Contexts
OPTIONS
Select a first teaching area from Table A
PLUS
Select a second teaching area or specialisation from Table B
TABLE A (FIRST TEACHING AREAS)
Credit points in teaching area | 24 credit points |
Special requirements | Nil |
FTA | AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Townsville | Chemistry (or equivalent) is a prerequisite for study of this teaching area | |
心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | Students taking this teaching area must undertake the Vocational Education and Training (VET) Specialisation Mixed mode *Two curriculum subjects will be taught out of Townsville and Cairns with the remaining subjects offered externally via cross institutional study. | |
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | Students taking this teaching area will be required to undertake a two week French immersion field trip in a Francophone country located in the Pacific region. | |
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | Students taking this teaching area must undertake the Vocational Education and Training (VET) Specialisation Mixed mode *Two curriculum subjects will be taught out of Townsville and Cairns with the remaining subjects offered externally via cross institutional study. | |
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | Mixed mode *Two curriculum subjects will be taught out of Townsville and Cairns with the remaining subjects offered externally via cross institutional study. | |
心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | Sound achievement in Year 11 and Year 12 Japanese (or equivalent) is a prerequisite for study in this teaching area Mixed mode *Two curriculum subjects will be taught out of Townsville and Cairns with the remaining subjects offered externally via cross institutional study. | |
心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Townsville | Mathematics B (or equivalent) is a prerequisite for study of this teaching area | |
心跳直播 Townsville | Mathematics B (or equivalent) is a prerequisite for study of this teaching area The Mathematics Second Teaching Area is recommended for students selecting the Physics First Teaching Area (FTA) in order to meet the subject prerequisite requirements of the Physics FTA. |
TABLE B (SECOND TEACHING AREAS/SPECIALISATION)
Credit points | 18 credit points |
Special requirements | Nil |
STA | AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Townsville | Chemistry (or equivalent) is a prerequisite for study of this teaching area | |
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | Mixed mode *Two curriculum subjects will be taught out of Townsville and Cairns with the remaining subjects offered externally via cross institutional study. | |
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Townsville | ||
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | Mathematics B (or equivalent) is a prerequisite for study of this teaching area | |
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | Mixed mode *Two curriculum subjects will be taught out of Townsville and Cairns with the remaining subjects offered externally via cross institutional study. | |
心跳直播 Townsville | Mathematics B (or equivalent) is a prerequisite for study of this teaching area | |
心跳直播 Townsville 心跳直播 Cairns | Mixed mode *Two curriculum subjects will be taught out of Townsville and Cairns with the remaining subjects offered externally via cross institutional study. | |
SPECIALISATION | AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
心跳直播 Cairns 心跳直播 Townsville | Only available to trade qualified students undertaking the Food Technologies and Design [Industry Entry] or the Industrial Technologies and Design [Industry Entry] First Teaching Areas |
Location
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
心跳直播 Cairns | Not all Teaching Areas are available at the 心跳直播 Cairns campus. |
心跳直播 Townsville |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time |
Maximum time to complete | 11 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 3 years |
Progression
Course progression requisites | Students must successfully complete LANTITE prior to their placement and GTPA assessment in their final year of study. |
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 Coursework Enrolment Procedure. To undertake the final Professional Experience and Co-requisite subjects, students must have completed 72 credit points of level 1, 2 and 3 subjects in this course. |
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: Education Blue Card Students 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. Refer to Review of a Student’s Suitability to Continue a Course Involving Placement policy. |
Professional accreditation requirements | Successful completion of all subjects contributes to the requirements for the Queensland College of Teachers Graduate level of the Australian Professional Standards (APST). Please also see `Additional Completion requirements’ in reference to the GTPA. |
Supplementary exam for final subject | Not applicable |
Credit
Eligibility | Students may apply for a credit transfer for previous tertiary study or informal and non-formal learning in accordance with the Credit Transfer Procedure. |
Maximum allowed | 63 credit points |
Currency | Credit will be granted only for studies completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course. |
Expiry | Credit gained for any subject shall be cancelled 21 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit is based if, by then, the student has not completed this course. |
Other restrictions | Students may seek approval to do concurrent studies at another university in approved disciplines not offered at this university. Students normally will be granted a maximum of 15 credit points of credit for these studies. The maximum credit 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 division subject. Credit may be granted for professional development courses smaller than a division 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 credit 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
Award title | BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (SECONDARY) |
Approved abbreviation | BEd(Secondary) |
Inclusion of majors on testamur | Not Applicable - this course does not have majors |
Exit with lesser award | Students who have completed 24 credit points of their course award requirements, and withdraw from or fail to meet the requirements for progression in the later years, may be eligible for the award of Diploma of Tertiary Studies. Students 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 Educational Services. |
Course articulation | Not applicable |