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Course Overview
Combine your passion for the arts with a desire to inspire the next generation, with a Bachelor of Arts/Master of Teaching (Secondary) at Deakin, Australia's #2 university for education and educational research*. Fast-track your studies and graduate with two versatile degrees in just four years. The 14 arts majors on offer, including history, media studies, performing arts, complement your teaching expertise while diversifying your career options. In both streams of study, you will be prepared for the challenges of professional life through practical learning. Deakin's Professional Experience Program provides the perfect preview to your future role in teaching. Get a taste for what it is like to be a secondary educator and develop your skills in the real world. Deakin is also the only university to embed the Berry Street Education Model into all of our initial teaching degrees. You'll graduate equipped with practical, trauma-informed strategies to support every learner. In the arts stream of this combined course you can tailor your studies around your interests, creating unique combinations of majors and minors. While studying your undergraduate degree, you will also be building your foundation knowledge that will take you into your postgraduate studies. Deakin is the only university in Australia to embed the Berry Street Education Model into all of our teaching degrees. You'll know how to manage safe, healthier and more engaging learning environments and build positive classroom relationships to promote academic success – giving you and your employer confidence. You can also add a global perspective to your degree by undertaking a study tour, internationally focused internship in Australia or overseas, language study, or longer study abroad exchange experience.
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Career & Study Pathways
Quality & Recognition
Course Content
Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin
Compulsory 0-credit-point unit to be completed in the first study period.
Literacy, Numeracy and Multi-Tier Systems of Supports (MTSS) across the Curriculum
Compulsory undergraduate education unit.
The Brain and Learning
Compulsory undergraduate education unit.
Culture, Diversity and Participation in Education
Elective undergraduate education unit.
Education and Humanitarian Development
Elective undergraduate education unit.
Education, Communication and Technology
Elective undergraduate education unit.
Australian Literacy Test
Zero credit-point compulsory unit to be completed in the first year of study.
Australian Numeracy Test
Zero credit-point compulsory unit to be completed in the first year of study.
Trauma Informed Practice
Zero credit-point compulsory unit to be completed in the first year of study.
Pedagogy in Action: Research and Design Foundations
Core postgraduate unit.
Relational Pedagogies for Collaborative Engagement: Independent Research Project
Core postgraduate unit.
Youth Identities - Diversity and Inclusion
Core postgraduate unit.
Decolonising Teaching and Learning: Recognition, Relationships, and Reconciliation on Unceded Land
Core postgraduate unit.
Orientation to the Teaching Profession
Professional experience placement unit.
Building Capacity in Professional Experience
Professional experience placement unit.
Transition to the Profession 1
Professional experience placement unit.
Transition to the Profession 2
Professional experience placement unit.
Teaching English: Middle Years
Secondary curriculum studies unit for English method.
Teaching English: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum studies unit for English method.
Teaching Humanities: Middle Years
Secondary curriculum studies unit for Humanities and History methods.
Teaching Humanities: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum studies unit for Humanities method.
Teaching History: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum studies unit for History method.
Teaching Strategies for the Middle Years
Used when a student is completing both Humanities and History, replacing the second offering of EHU701.
Theory and Practice of Languages Teaching
Secondary curriculum studies unit for LOTE method.
CLIL Pedagogy
Secondary curriculum studies unit for LOTE method.
Teaching Arts Education: Middle Years
Secondary curriculum studies unit for single Arts method (one of Dance, Drama, Media, Music or Visual Arts).
Teaching Arts Education: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum studies unit for single Arts method (one of Dance, Drama, Media, Music or Visual Arts).
Teaching Arts Education 2: Middle Years
Secondary curriculum studies unit for second Arts method (one of Dance, Drama, Media, Music or Visual Arts).
Teaching Arts Education 2: Senior Years
Secondary curriculum studies unit for second Arts method (one of Dance, Drama, Media, Music or Visual Arts).
Introduction to Teaching in the Middle Years
Secondary curriculum studies unit for Religious Education method.
Introduction to Teaching in the Senior Years
Secondary curriculum studies unit for Religious Education method.
Common Questions
Following successful completion of the first 3 undergraduate levels of the course, students with a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) above 60 who also meet the entry requirements for the Master of Teaching (Secondary) will progress to the postgraduate level of the course. Students cannot progress to the postgraduate level of study without completing all 24 credit points at undergraduate level. An alternative exit from D303 with an A310 Bachelor of Arts award is available to students with a WAM of less than 60.
Before beginning the Master of Teaching (Secondary), prospective education students need to successfully complete the Casper test – an online, video scenario-based test that lets you demonstrate your suitability for a teaching career.
Deakin's Professional Experience Program will arrange at least 60 days of placements for you in schools where you will learn from experienced teachers. Deakin works with more than 1,400 schools across Australia. Students will be required to hold a valid Working with Children (WWC) Check prior to undertaking professional placements as part of this course in Year 3, Trimester 3.
You can choose from a wide range of arts majors to form your teaching specialisations, including English (Children's Literature or Literature), History, Languages Other Than English (Arabic, Chinese, Indonesian, or Spanish), Media Studies, Performing Arts, Religious Studies, Visual Arts and Photography, and Humanities disciplines such as Anthropology, Indigenous Studies, International Relations, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Politics and Policy Studies, and Sociology.
Deakin is the only university in Australia to embed the Berry Street Education Model into all of its teaching degrees. Through this model, you will know how to manage safe, healthier and more engaging learning environments and build positive classroom relationships to promote academic success. You will graduate equipped with practical, trauma-informed strategies to support every learner, giving you and your employer confidence.
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