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1514 Bachelor of Primary Education course map

For students commencing in 2009

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  • The following course information is provided in addition to the official Monash Handbook entry for this course and is subject to change.
  • Students who commenced their studies prior to 2009 should check their course requirements in the Archived handbook for the relevant year, or contact their Course/Pathway Adviser.

Gippsland campus

Year level Sem Placements Education Units
First
Year		 15 days EDF1305 Entering the profession 1 (6pts) EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1 (6pts) Discipline sequence 1 (6pts) Discipline sequence 2 (6pts)
25 days EDF1306 Spaces of difference (6pts) EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2 (6pts) Discipline sequence 1 (6pts) Discipline sequence 2 (6pts)
Second
Year		 110 days EDF1307 Early literacy and numeracy 1 (6pts) Elective
or
EDF3006 Adolescent development and learning (6pts)		 Discipline sequence 1 (6pts) Discipline sequence 2 (6pts)
25 days EDF2302 Re-imagining children's learning (6pts) Elective
or
**EDF2330 The middle years: a period of transition (6pts)		 Discipline sequence 1 (6pts) Discipline sequence 2 (6pts)
Third
Year		 1- EDF3301 Numeracy (6pts) EDF2301 Multiliteracies: mediating the world (6pts) Elective (6pts)
or
** Specialism 1 7-10		 Discipline sequence 2
or
Discipline sequence 3 (6pts)
215 days EDF2304 Early literacy and numeracy 2 (6pts) **EDF3311 Understanding space and place (6pts) EDF2306 Global educational contexts: policy, practice, and research (6pts) Discipline sequence 2
or
Discipline sequence 3 (6pts)
Fourth
Year		 120 days EDF4311 Professional contexts 2 (6pts) EDF3303 Integrating the curriculum 1: creative exchange (6pts) Elective (6pts)
or
** Specialism 2 7-10		 EDF2303 Movement, environment and community (6pts)
220 days EDF4312 Professional contexts 2 (6pts) EDF3304 Integrating the curriculum 2: different places. (6pts) EDF3306 Literacy (6pts) EDF4314 Entering the profession 2 (6pts)
Notes:
  1. To be eligible to graduate from the course students must have received a minimum of 80 days of satisfactory teaching assessment.
  2. ***Middle school option (Gippsland) *- students will be required to do 25 days of this 80 day placement in a secondary setting. Middle School option (Gippsland) students will be required to do EDF3006 Adolescent development and learning and EDF2330 The middle years: a period of transition plus 2 specialism (7-10) related to their discipline sequences. Discipline sequences - minimum of one sequence must be in Maths and/or science area.
  3. Students can do 2 or 3 sequences (6 units + 4 units or 4 units + 4 units + 2 units)
  4. Students wishing to major in Physical Education are required to complete the AUSTSWIM certificate, which is included in unit EDF2611 Experiencing aquatic environments (this unit is a Bachelor of Sport & Outdoor Recreation discipline).

This is a conceptual outline only. Queries regarding the course structure should be directed to the Course Adviser or relevant Administrative Officer, Student Services (Pre-service programs).

 

Peninsula campus

Year level Sem Placements Education Units
First
Year		 15 days EDF1305 Entering the profession 1 (6pts) EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1 (6pts) EDF1120 Multicultures in Australian society (6pts) EDF1124 Music fundamentals (6pts)
25 days EDF1306 Spaces of difference (6pts) EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2 (6pts) EDF1121 Exploring science (6pts) EDF1126 Information and computer technology in education (6pts)
Second
Year		 110 days EDF1307 Early literacy and numeracy 1 (6pts) Elective (6pts) EDF2123 Exploring mathematics (6pts) EDF3125 Children's literature: issues and analysis (6pts)
25 days EDF2302 Re-imagining children's learning (6pts) Elective (6pts) EDF2127 Art fundamentals (6pts) EDF2125 Fitness leadership (6pts)
Third
Year		 1- EDF3301 Numeracy (6pts) EDF2301 Multiliteracies: mediating the world (6pts) Elective (6pts) EDF2120 Indigenous issues (6pts)
215 days EDF2304 Early literacy and numeracy 2 (6pts) EDF3311 Understanding space and place [15 days prac] (6pts) EDF2306 Global educational contexts: policy, practice, and research (6pts) EDF1125 Sustainable futures (6pts)
Fourth
Year		 120 days EDF4311 Professional contexts 2 (6pts) EDF3303 Integrating the curriculum 1: creative exchange (6pts) Elective (6pts) EDF2303 Movement, environment and community (6pts)
220 days EDF4312 Professional contexts 2 (6pts) EDF3304 Integrating the curriculum 2: different places. (6pts) EDF3306 Literacy (6pts) EDF4314 Entering the profession 2 (6pts)
Notes:
  1. To be eligible to graduate from the course students must have completed a minimum of 80 days of satisfactory teaching practice.
  2. To receive the award of Bachelor of Primary Education, a student must successfully complete units totalling 192 points, as described above.

This is a conceptual outline only. Queries regarding the course structure should be directed to the Course Adviser or relevant Administrative Officer, Student Services (Pre-service programs).