Education
Course map for students commencing study in 2016
D3001 Bachelor of Education (Honours)
THEMES
Education Studies
Curriculum Studies
Discipline Studies
Professional Studies
D3001 Handbook entry: refer to the Handbook for authorised course and unit information.
Specialisation
Primary Education
Year
Sem
Campus
Mode
Peninsula
On-campus
Units
Duration
4 years standard
full-time
Overload
1
EDF1303
Learning and educational
inquiry 1 (6 pts)
Education
elective (6 pts)
EDF1053
Primary professional
experience 1A
5 days (0 pts)
EDF1028
Information and
communication technologies
across the curriculum (6 pts)
Discipline/stream unit 1
(6 pts)
2
EDF1304
Learning and educational
inquiry 2 (6 pts)
Education
elective (6 pts)
EDF1054
Primary professional
experience 1B
5 days (0 pts)
EDF1029
Learners with special needs
in the primary classroom
(6 pts)
Discipline/stream unit 2
(6 pts)
1
EDF2210
Child and adolescent
development (6 pts)
EDF2021
Mathematics and
numeracy 1 (6 pts)
EDF2053
Primary professional
experience 2A
5 days (0 pts)
EDF2028
Health, wellbeing and social
learning in primary contexts
(6 pts)
Discipline/stream unit 3
(6 pts)
2
EDF2031
Indigenous perspectives on
teaching and learning (6 pts)
EDF2020
English and literacies 1
(6 pts)
EDF2054
Primary professional
experience 2B
5 days (0 pts)
EDF2029
Active citizenship and
community connections:
Local and global (6 pts)
Discipline/stream unit 4
(6 pts)
EDF2006
Education priorities (6 pts)
1
EDF3210
Education policy and practice
(6 pts)
EDF3021
Mathematics and
numeracy 2 (6 pts)
EDF3053
Primary professional
experience 3A
10 days (0 pts)
EDF3023
Advanced pedagogy in the
primary years A
(6 pts)
Discipline/stream unit 5
(6 pts)
EDF3036
Professional studies (6 pts)
2
EDF3211
Inclusive education: Teaching
diverse learners (6 pts)
EDF3022
Arts education in the primary
years (6 pts)
EDF3054
Primary professional
experience 3B
10 days (0 pts)
EDF3024
Advanced pedagogy in the
primary years B
(6 pts)
Discipline/stream unit 6
(6 pts)
1
EDF4260
Curriculum, assessment and
evaluation (6 pts)
EDF4022
Humanities and social
education in the primary
years (6 pts)
EDF4053
Primary professional
experience 4A
20 days (0 pts)
EDF4024
Health and physical
education for wellbeing in the
primary curriculum (6 pts)
EDF4100
Researching teaching and
learning (6 pts)
2
EDF4020
English and literacies 2
(6 pts)
EDF4023
Science and technology
education in the primary
years (6 pts)
EDF4054
Primary professional
experience 4B
20 days (0 pts)
EDF4025
Studies of science,
environment and
sustainability (6 pts)
EDF4101
Research project in education
(6 pts)
1
2
3
4
This is a conceptual outline only. Enquiries regarding the course structure should be directed to the Course Adviser or to the Student
Services Office at your home campus. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is correct at the time of
publication. Monash University reserves the right to alter this information as required. D30013.1. July 2015. Version 1.
1 of 2
Education
Course map for students commencing study in 2016
Requirements for the Bachelor of Education (Honours)
Specialisation: Primary Education
Total credit points – 204 points
Overload – Students are required to overload by 6 points in year 2 and 6 points in year 3 to complete the course in 4 years.
Themes
1. Education studies – seven units/42 points
2. Curriculum studies – fourteen units/84 points
(Includes EDF1028, EDF1029, EDF2028, EDF2029, EDF2006 which cover enrichment
curriculum but not core content and are not available within the double degree.)
3. Discipline studies – eight units/48 points
Students complete one of the discipline sequences below plus the following two units:
• EDF3023 Advanced pedagogy in the primary years A
• EDF3024 Advanced pedagogy in the primary years B
Leadership in English and literacy
• EDF1151 Fundamentals of the English language
• EDF1152 Reading and writing the world
• EDF2151 New literacies
• EDF2152 Diverse literacies
• EDF3151 Literacy theory, policy, and practice
• EDF3152 Leading English and literacy
Leadership in mathematics and numeracy
• EDF1161 Doing and learning mathematics
• EDF1162 Subject knowledge for teaching: Number and algebra
• EDF2161 Numeracy and mathematics for learning and life
• EDF2162 Subject knowledge for teaching: Measurement and geometry
• EDF3161 Subject knowledge for teaching: Statistics and probability
• EDF3162 Leading mathematics and numeracy
LOTE (Languages other than English)
•
Students complete a sequence of six language units from the Faculty of Arts. The
sequence must comprise two units at each of levels 1, 2 and 3. The following
languages are available: Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese,
Modern Greek, Spanish.
4. Professional studies - three units/18 points and eight professional experience units/80
days of satisfactory teaching practice
(Includes EDF3036 which covers enrichment professional studies content but not core content
and is not available within the double degree.)
Other
Elective units – two units/12 points
Students may choose units from a second discipline sequence for their electives in first year.
Notes
•
Language units are taught at the Clayton campus.
This is a conceptual outline only. Enquiries regarding the course structure should be directed to the Course Adviser or to the Student
Services Office at your home campus. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is correct at the time of
publication. Monash University reserves the right to alter this information as required. D30013.1. July 2015. Version 1.
2 of 2