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Bachelor of Education - Future Students - University of Tasmania

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Bachelor of Education (43D)

Duration:

4 years full-time, part time availble

Location:

Launceston

Study Areas

The Bachelor of Education is a 4 year pre service teaching program intended to provide teaching practice and skills to enable the beginning teacher to embrace the secondary years of teaching (grade 7 grade 12), with the exception of the Health & Physical Education specialisation which prepares for Kindergarten to grade 12.

The course will lay a foundation for further professional development in both theory and practice of education. The program is offered internally at Launceston, full time or part time.

Specialisations available:

  • Health & Physical Education (Kindergarten to year 12)
  • Health & Physical Education AND Health Science (Secondary)
  • Health & Physical Education AND Outdoor Education (Secondary)
  • Health & Physical Education AND Design & Technology (Secondary)
  • Design & Technology (Secondary)
Design & Technology: The single Design & Technology specialisation provides students the choice of the following combinations; Wood & Metal Design AND Computer Aided Design, Wood & Metal Design AND Textiles, Food Studies & Nutrition AND Textiles, or Food Studies & Nutrition AND Computer Aided Design. The combination of Design & Technology with Health & Physical Education specialisation provides students with the choice of either Food Studies & Nutrition OR Wood & Metal Design.

Special Requirements

No subject prerequisites apply, however applicants are expected to meet normal university entry requirements.

Further study options

Honours, Grad Cert, Masters, PhD.

Career opportunities

The program is informed by core theoretical knowledge, evidence-based practice and underpinned by a strong theory-practice nexus enacted in collaboration with appropriate employing authorities. At the core of the program is the pre-service teacher who is educated to:

  • Have ownership of a reasoned and critical perspective
  • Have capacity to operate inclusively in highly diverse contexts
  • Have curricular and pedagogical competence
  • Be appropriately collaborative and context-honouring in a community of learners
  • Have capacity to be resilient learners who make evidence-based lifelong contributions to their field
The course content and practical experience provides theoretical and practical opportunities to practice what is learned in a safe and supportive environment.

Graduates of the Bachelor of Education will be qualified to teach in public and private sector schools from Grade 7 to Grade 12.

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