Course Learning Outcomes
- Apply cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, evaluate and synthesise teaching theory and practice in authentic situations.
- Apply communication and collaboration skills to design innovative curriculum, learning and assessment activities in primary education.
- Reflect critically on a complex body of education knowledge, research principles and methods to demonstrate mastery of primary teaching.
- Use high level self management skills to initiate, plan and execute an extended practicum.
Specialisations you can study in this course
Course structure
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| Personal Literacy | |
| Personal Numeracy | |
Students must complete the above two units LIT1200 (Personal Literacy) and NUM1200 (Personal Numeracy). The Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia requires that all students who enrol in a pre-service teacher education course (undergraduate and graduate) from 1st January 2017 will have to successfully complete tests about their personal levels of literacy and numeracy to graduate, and therefore, be eligible for registration as a teacher.
Year 1 - Semester 1 | Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| Learners and Learning | 10 |
| Language Education | 10 |
| Teaching the Arts | 10 |
| Primary Mathematics Education | 10 |
| First Professional Practice | 20 |
Year 1 - Semester 2 | Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| Positive Learning Environments | 10 |
| Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences (Primary) | 10 |
| Technologies | 10 |
| Teaching Health and Physical Education | 10 |
| Second Professional Practice | 20 |
Year 2 - Trimstr 1 | Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| Strategies for Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students | 15 |
| Programming and Assessment in Numeracy | 15 |
| Primary Science Education | 15 |
| Programming and Assessment in Literacy | 15 |
Year 2 - Trimstr 2 | Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| Third Professional Practice | 20 |
Year 2 - Trimstr 3 | Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| All students complete the following unit: |
| Transition to Teaching | 10 |
As well as complete one of the following options (30 credit points):
OPTION 1: PROFESSIONAL LEARNING - RESEARCH MODE | Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| Research Preparation: Methods of Research | 20 |
| Advanced Seminar | 10 |
OPTION 2: PROFESSIONAL LEARNING - INTERNSHIP MODE | Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
| Internship | 30 |
OPTION 3: PROFESSIONAL LEARNING - GRADUATE CERTIFICATE MODE
In consultation with the course coordinator, students may select two Graduate Certificate of Education units totalling 30 credit points.
OPTION 4: PROFESSIONAL LEARNING - SPECIALISATION MODE
Students may select one specialisation totalling 30 credit points.
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Practicum requirement
Central to this course is an extensive program of Professional Practice in schools culminating in a final Teaching Practicum I the final semester of the course. Students have the shared responsibility for the education, safety and well-being of children in schools, therefore the teaching profession demands the highest professional standards and personal ethics.
Attendance requirements
All Professional Practices are undertaken on a full-time basis and teaching students are required to give a full-time commitment to the school during the scheduled Professional Practice periods.
Clearances and/or Risk Management Protocols Required
To undertake a Professional Practice in a school or childcare setting, all pre-service teacher education students over the age of 18 must have supplied ECU with evidence of the following two clearances:
A valid National Police History Check from the Department of Education WA.
A valid Working with Children Check from the Department for Child Protection and Family Support WA.
Further information can be found at:http://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/education/professionalpractice/clearances
Professional practice rules
The Professional Practice Rules and Procedures and Code of Professional Conduct for ECU Pre-service Teachers can be accessed at www.ecu.edu.au/schools/education/professional-practice.
Registration
Students will need to graduate to be eligible to register with the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia (TRBWA).
Registration with the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia (TRBWA) is required to practice in the profession.
Graduates must meet the Teacher Registration Board of WA (TRBWA) literacy and numeracy proficiency requirements prior to graduation for teacher registration in Western Australia. Further information is available at http://www.trb.wa.gov.au
Employment opportunities
This course will prepare you to teach in primary schools in all states and territories in Australia. It may also be possible to work in industry, TAFE, community organisations, private tutoring, consultancies, personnel training, administration and public relations.
Possible future job titles
Primary Teacher
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