SECONDRY02 Secondary education

This specialisation will prepare you to teach adolescents (12–18 years of age) in secondary schools from Year 7 to Year 12 in two teaching areas. You will actively engage with contemporary theories, concepts and practices of secondary education. You will develop inclusive teaching and learning practices to meet a diverse range of adolescents' cognitive, social and emotional needs, while building a repertoire of strategies to manage their learning in classroom settings. You will engage in the development and evaluation of various teaching approaches relevant to adolescent learning. You will develop specialist expertise in curriculum and pedagogy up to VCE-equivalent level and you will qualify as a specialist teacher in two discipline areas; your major and minor study sequence from your undergraduate studies will determine your specialist areas as a secondary teacher. Throughout the course, you will focus on understanding that how adolescents learn is as varied as the individual learner themselves, and you will develop adaptive and inclusive teaching practices to respond effectively to learner needs. You will be challenged to develop the capacity to make considered and effective professional decisions which are learner focused.

The secondary education specialisation has both a standard stream and a residency stream*.  By default you will be enrolled in the standard stream and you will have the opportunity to apply to participate in the residency stream which has limited availability. You will receive the same course content (although units may differ) regardless of the stream you are undertaking, however your placement arrangements will be different. If you are undertaking the standard stream you will complete 'block placements' whereby you will be placed in a range of schools across your course. If completing the residency stream, you will be allocated to one school throughout the duration of your course and you will complete all your placement in this school via a distributed day and block placement format.

Availability
Secondary education is listed in D6001 Master of Teaching as a postgraduate specialisation and offered full time and part time at the Clayton campus.

*The residency stream is not available in 2024.