PRISEC02 Primary and secondary education

This specialisation will prepare you to teach children and adolescents from five to 18 years of age in primary and secondary schools from Foundation to Year 12.

You will develop a knowledge and understanding of learning as a developmental continuum and will learn to employ a diverse pedagogical toolbox to meet the differentiated learning needs of students across the learning spectrum. You will actively engage with contemporary theories, concepts and practices of primary and secondary education, developing inclusive teaching and learning practices to meet a diversity of cognitive, social and emotional needs and building a repertoire of strategies to manage children's and adolescents' learning in classroom settings.

All the key elements of the primary curriculum including English and literacies, mathematics, geography, history, civics and citizenship, science, health and physical education, and the creative arts will be included. In addition, you will develop specialist expertise in curriculum and pedagogy up to VCE-equivalent level in one secondary subject area such as English, mathematics, the sciences, geography, history, social education, languages, the arts, business, or health and physical education.