D30014 Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary and Secondary Education

The course develops through the five themes of Part A. Core studies, Part B. Education studies, Part C. Curriculum studies, Part D. Discipline studies and Part E. Professional experience. The nature and proportion of units required among these themes will differ depending on your course.

Part A. Core studies

These units are designed to ground you in evidence-based practices, preparing you to navigate diverse classroom environments and enhance student learning effectively. A key focus of this theme is developing your knowledge and skills to choose strategies that support students to learn, retain, and apply knowledge effectively.

You will explore effective teaching practices, such as sequencing for learning, modelling expected outcomes, assessing and reporting student progress, and providing constructive feedback to support student growth. Classroom management is another major component where you will learn to create structured, supportive environments using clear rules, routines, and high expectations. 

You will also develop skills to build positive relationships with students, engaging them actively in their learning journey. Inclusivity is embedded throughout the units and you will gain foundational knowledge of First Nations cultures and perspectives, along with other enabling factors that promote cultural responsiveness and support for diverse learners. 

These units will equip you to become an adaptable, culturally aware, and skilled teacher, ready to apply evidence-based practices for impactful and inclusive teaching and learning.

Part B. Education studies    

The units in this sequence cover essential aspects of learning to teach and are tailored to prepare you appropriately to enter the profession in the primary and secondary education sector. 

These studies include an examination of the learning and teaching relationship, child and adolescent development, alongside classroom culture and practice. You will build your professional skills, knowledge and understanding of teaching through a process of personal inquiry into effective teaching practices, informed by current research. 

These units will challenge you to consider global and local influences on education as well as the effective and innovative incorporation of emerging technologies to ensure the relevance of your teaching. You will build a deep understanding of learners, families, schools and communities. Societal trends are explored as well as how to effectively engage local communities, parents and carers.

Part C. Curriculum studies

With a focus on the Victorian Curriculum, these units will provide you with content-specific pedagogical knowledge, as well as discipline-specific pedagogies for teaching, covering Foundation to Year 10, as well as specific pedagogy appropriate for teaching VCE in a particular discipline or disciplines. You will develop the understanding and skills needed to become a skilled, innovative and effective educator who is able to draw on a repertoire of strategies to suit particular students, educational contexts and learning outcomes. 

You will learn how to design, plan and implement engaging learning experiences to meet diverse learners' needs. You will develop your knowledge and skills in key learning areas relevant to the educational level of your course, deepening your understanding of teaching and learning, assessment strategies, theories and practices related to the subjects you will be teaching.

You will be prepared to teach in one secondary teaching area as well as the curriculum areas required for teaching in primary schools.

Part D. Discipline studies

These units are designed to develop your content knowledge in the key learning areas that you will be teaching in schools or other education settings. They will provide you with a focused six-unit sequence of study that will deepen and advance your knowledge in your teaching specialist area. 

Part E. Professional experience 

Integral to the course, professional experience opportunities have been designed as a developmental learning sequence that you will engage with at every stage of your course. This component is an opportunity for you to build connections between the core, education, curriculum and discipline themed unit content and apply these in a professional context. You will operate within a particular social and legislative environment unique to your placement setting, and interact with sector professionals as you work collaboratively with them whilst on placement. An opportunity to further explore these professional elements is facilitated through the Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) unit.

Note: All first-year students must complete EDF1002 Preparing for the profession (0 credit points). This unit provides students with an early and consistent introduction to LANTITE requirements, preparation strategies and available support. It enables students to identify their literacy and numeracy strengths and areas for development, supporting early identification of students who may benefit from additional assistance.

Course progression map

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

The course requires the completion of 204 credit points structured into five parts: Part A. Core studies, Part B. Education studies, Part C. Curriculum studies, Part D. Discipline studies and Part E. Professional experience and any special course requirements.

Students are also required to complete the Supporting studies.

Units are 6 credit points unless otherwise stated.

Supporting studies - 0 credit points

You are also required to complete the following unit to support progression in your course.

• EDF1002 Preparing for the profession (0 credit points).

Part A. Core studies (42 credit points)

You must complete the following units:

• EDF1058 Learn to learn, learn to teach

• EDF1059 Fostering classroom culture

• EDF2088 Planning and assessing for teaching and learning

• EDF2099 Inclusive education: Teaching learners with diverse abilities

• EDF3064 Transition to the profession

• EDF3065 Reconciliation, respect and recognition: Indigenous Australian education

• EDF4068 Teaching performance assessment

Part B. Education studies (48 credit points)

You must complete the following units:

• EDF1069 Cross-cultural understandings of education

• EDF1070 Understanding students as learners

• EDF2062 Education policy and practice

• EDF3061 Student centred pedagogies

• EDF4062 Emerging technologies and innovative practices in education

• EDF4065 Working in partnerships

• EDF4067 Evidence into action

• 1 x 6cp elective unit

You must complete a 6 credit point elective unit. You can select a level 2 or 3 unit from across the university in which you are eligible to enrol. You can also select from a range of flagship rich educational experiences (FREE), including the Monash Innovation Guarantee, RED or volunteering. These FREE units may be credited in place of your free elective if approved by the faculty.  

You must discuss your eligibility with your Education Success Adviser (ESA) prior to enrolling in FREE. 

Part C. Curriculum studies (78 credit points)

You must complete the following units:

• EDF1079 Digital technologies

• EDF1084 English and literacies 1

• EDF2049 English and literacies 2

• EDF2066 Mathematics 1

• EDF2067 Health and physical education

• EDF2069 Primary creative arts

• EDF2070 Humanities and social sciences

• EDF3079 English and literacies 3

• EDF3099 English and literacies 4

• EDF4064 Mathematics 2

• EDF4095 Science education

Secondary method 1A and 1B (12 credit points)

You must select secondary teaching method units based on your discipline studies taken in Part D. Refer to the full list of available secondary method units.

You must compete 12 credit points, comprising:

• Secondary method 1A

• Secondary method 1B

Part D. Discipline studies (36 credit points)

A six-unit discipline sequence (36 credit points) chosen from the discipline studies list with at least 12 credit points each at Levels 2 and 3.

If you have entered the course via the Diploma of Higher Education you complete only four units in the discipline area.

Part E. Professional experience (0 credit points)

You must complete 80 days of supervised professional experience in primary and secondary schools.

You must complete the following:

• EDF1083 Secondary professional experience 1A (0 credit points)

• EDF2081 Primary professional experience 2B (0 credit points)

• EDF3082 Secondary professional experience 3A (0 credit points)

• EDF3083 Secondary professional experience 3D (0 credit points)

• EDF3087 Primary professional experience 3D (0 credit points)

• EDF4082 Secondary professional experience 4A (0 credit points)

• EDF4086 Primary professional experience 4D (0 credit points)

International students who wish to meet current AITSL skill assessment requirements for secondary teachers must complete EDF3083 Secondary professional experience 3D in place of EDF3082 Secondary professional experience 3A. EDF3083 provides the required 10 days of professional experience to meet course requirements, plus an additional 5 days of professional experience in a secondary setting, totalling 15 days of placement.  You are advised to independently check AITSL skill assessment requirements.