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Structure

200 credit points

Please note there will be no part time intake into the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) in 2021.

The Part Time Plan of the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) is completed over:

  • 3 years of study for the Coursework Option; or
  • 3.5 years of study for the Research Pathway Option.

Subject sequencing and options for the Part Time plan are detailed below. Overall course structure and rules can be found on the Course Structure page for the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood).

Subject Options

FIRST YEAR SUBJECTS (Part Time)

Subjects undertaken in first semester of part time program

Total credit points this semester: 31.25

  • Enrol in the Year Long part time offering of Clinical Teaching Practice (EC) 1

Code Name Study period Credit Points
EDUC90892 Clinical Teaching Practice (EC) 1
Semester 1
Year Long (Extended)
August
 12.5
EDUC90895 Educational Foundations (EC)
February
 6.25
EDUC90898 Introduction to Clinical Practice (EC)
February
 6.25
EDUC90897 Infant & Toddler Learning & Development
February
 12.5

Subjects undertaken in second semester of part time program

Total credit points this semester: 31.25

  • Continue the Year Long part time offering of EDUC90892 Clinical Teaching Practice (EC) 1; and
  • Take the two subjects below

Code Name Study period Credit Points
EDUC90891 Becoming a Clinical Practitioner (EC)
February
Semester 2
 12.5
EDUC90890 3-8 Year-Olds Learning and Development
Semester 2
 12.5

SECOND YEAR SUBJECTS (Part Time)

Subjects undertaken in third semester of part time program

Total credit points this semester: 31.25

  • Enrol in the Year Long offering of Clinical Teaching Practice (EC) 2

Code Name Study period Credit Points
EDUC90893 Clinical Teaching Practice (EC) 2
Semester 1 (Early-Start)
June
Year Long (Extended)
August
 12.5
EDUC90705 Language & Literacy Learning in Children
February
 12.5
EDUC90563 Engaging Children in the Arts
February
June
 12.5

Subjects undertaken in fourth semester of part time program

Total credit points this semester: 31.25

  • 1 elective (may be taken in winter or in Semester 2); and
  • Continue the Year Long part time offering of Clinical Teaching Practice (EC) 2; and
  • Take the subject below

Code Name Study period Credit Points
EDUC90899 Numeracy in Early Childhood
Semester 2
 12.5

THIRD YEAR SUBJECTS (Part Time)

Subjects undertaken in fifth semester of part time program

Coursework Option

Total credit points this semester: 37.5

  • Professional Learning Capstone is a Year Long subject, taken over Fifth and Sixth semester of the program

Code Name Study period Credit Points
EDUC91005 Professional Learning Capstone (EC)
Year Long (Extended)
 25
EDUC90896 Educational Leadership (EC & Prim)
February
 6.25
EDUC90889 Scientific and Environmental Learning
February
 6.25
EDUC90894 Clinical Teaching Practice (EC) 3
Semester 1 (Early-Start)
August
 12.5

Research Pathway Option

Total credit points this semester: 37.5

Code Name Study period Credit Points
EDUC90419 Education Research Methodology
February
February
July
 12.5
EDUC90896 Educational Leadership (EC & Prim)
February
 6.25
EDUC90889 Scientific and Environmental Learning
February
 6.25
EDUC90894 Clinical Teaching Practice (EC) 3
Semester 1 (Early-Start)
August
 12.5

Subjects undertaken in sixth semester of part time program

Coursework Option

Total credit points this semester: 37.5

  • 2 electives (may include one Place Based Elective); and
  • Continue EDUC91005 Professional Learning Capstone (EC)

Research Pathway Option

(Selection of the Research Pathway Option is dependent on meeting eligibility criteria. See the Course Structure section for details)

Total credit points this semester: 18.75

  • Part 1 of the continuing subject Education Research Study (EDUC90931; 18.75 pts)

Code Name Study period Credit Points
EDUC90931 Education Research Design Part 1
Semester 2
 18.75

FOURTH YEAR (Part Time) - Research pathway option only

Subjects undertaken in seventh semester of part time program

Research Pathway Option

Total credit points this semester: 18.75

  • Part 2 of the continuing subject Education Research Study (EDUC90932; 18.75 pts)

Code Name Study period Credit Points
EDUC90932 Education Research Design Part 2
Semester 1
 18.75

Electives

Code Name Study period Credit Points
EDUC90972 Active Pedagogies
Summer Term
 12.5
EDUC90493 Arts and Artistry: Studio to Classroom
July
 12.5
EDUC90609 Australian Curriculum Perspectives Not available in 2021 12.5
EDUC90425 Australian Indigenous Education
July
 12.5
EDUC90841 Comparative Education Systems & Contexts Not available in 2021 12.5
EDUC90261 Curriculum Frameworks in the IB PYP
Term 2
Term 4
 12.5
EDUC90740 Historical Thinking
July
 12.5
EDUC90333 Introduction to the IB
Term 1
Term 3
 12.5
EDUC91016 Languages for Young Learners (EC) Not available in 2021 12.5
EDUC90504 Leadership in Educational Settings
Summer Term
June
July
 12.5
EDUC90861 Leading Mathematics Across the School
July
 12.5
EDUC90913 Personalising Learning with Technology Not available in 2021 12.5
EDUC90842 Perspectives on Childhood and Youth Not available in 2021 12.5
EDUC90711 Physical Education Pedagogy
July
 12.5
EDUC90916 Place Based Elective (Alternative)
Semester 2
 12.5
EDUC90922 Place Based Elective (International)
Semester 2
 12.5
EDUC90919 Place Based Elective (Indigenous)
June
 12.5
EDUC90923 Place Based Elective (Rural / Remote)
Semester 2
 12.5
EDUC90976 Positive Learning Environments
June
 12.5
EDUC90794 Science in the Integrated Curriculum
July
 12.5
EDUC90974 Teaching Critical and Creative Thinking
Summer Term
July
 12.5
EDUC90492 Teaching for a Sustainable World Not available in 2021 12.5
EDUC90727 Teaching Global Perspectives
July
 12.5
EDUC90971 Teaching in, through and across the Arts Not available in 2021 12.5
EDUC90915 Working with Grammar in Context Not available in 2021 12.5

Last updated: 16 March 2021