COURSE MAP: for commencing students 2012
Fieldwork
Placements
Semester
Education Units
1
5
days
EDF1305
Entering the profession 1
(6 pts)
2
5
days
EDF1306
Spaces of Difference
(6 pts)
1
10
days
EDF1303
Learning and
educational inquiry 1
(6 pts)
[5 days placement]
EDF1127
Understanding Science
(Discipline sequence 2)
EDF1128
Gateway to Mathematics
(Discipline sequence 2)
(Discipline sequence 1)
(Discipline sequence 2)
[10 days placement]
Education Elective
Or **EDF3006
Adolescent
development (6pts)
Education Elective
Or **EDF2330
The middle school: a
period of transition
(6pts)
(Discipline sequence 1)
(Discipline sequence 2)
EDF2301
Multiliteracies:
mediating the world
(6 pts)
EDF1308
Early literacy
(6pts)
2
5
days
EDF2302
Re-imagining children’s
learning
(6 pts)
[5 days placement]
1
—
days
EDF3301
Numeracy
(6 pts)
2
15
days
EDF2304
Early numeracy
(6 pts)
1
20
days
2
20
days
Fourth Year
Third Year
Second Year
First Year
Year Level
1514 BACHELOR OF PRIMARY EDUCATION — GIPPSLAND campus
EDF1304
Learning and educational
inquiry 2 (6 pts)
[5 days placement]
Education Elective
or
**Specialism 1 7-10 1
Discipline sequence 2
Or
Discipline sequence 3
EDF3311
Understanding
space and place (6 pts)
[15 days placement]
EDF2306
Global educational contexts:
policy, practice, and
research (6 pts)
Discipline sequence 2
Or
Discipline sequence 3
**EDF4311
Professional contexts 1
(6 pts)
[20 days placement]
EDF3303
Integrating the
curriculum 1: creative
exchange (6 pts)
Education Elective
or
**Specialism 2 7-1
EDF2303
Movement, environment and
community
(6 pts)
EDF4312
Professional contexts 2
(6 pts)
[20 days placement]
EDF3304
Integrating the
curriculum 2: different
places (6 pts)
EDF3306
Literacy
(6 pts)
EDF4314
Entering the profession 2
(6 pts)
Note:
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To be eligible to graduate from the course students must have received a minimum of 80 days of satisfactory teaching
assessment.
**Middle school option (Gippsland) – students will be required to do 25 days of this 80 placement in a secondary setting.
Middle school option (Gippsland) students will also be required to do EDF3006 Adolescent development and learning, and
EDF2330 The middle years: a period of transition, plus 2 Specialisms (7-10) related to their discipline sequences.
Discipline sequences – minimum of one sequence must be in Maths and/or science area.
Students can do 2 or 3 sequences (6 units + 4 units or 4 units + 4 units + 2 units)
Students wishing to a 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. Any queries regarding the course structure should be directed to the Course Adviser or to the
Student Services Office, at your relevant campus.