Master of Educational Studies (Advanced) (MEdSt(Adv)) - Course List

Information valid for students commencing 2011

Master of Educational Studies Advanced

Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7000 2 Dilemmas of Development: Risks of Youth
EDUC7001 2 On the Edge: Identifying and Assisting Students at Risk
EDUC7002 2 Behavioural Support in Schools: Managing Student Behaviour
EDUC7006 2 Issues In Special Needs Education
EDUC7016 2 Authentic Assessment
EDUC7017 2 Pedagogy and Educational Reform
EDUC7020 2 Professional Development, Mentoring & Supervision
EDUC7023 2 Policy Politics & Education Reform
EDUC7024 2 Globalisation & Education
EDUC7025 2 Using Educational Research
EDUC7031 2 TESOL Curriculum & Pedagogy: Classroom Strategies
EDUC7032 2 Critical Perspectives on TESOL in Educational Contexts
EDUC7038 2 Teacher Professionalism in Reforming Schools
EDUC7039 2 Pedagogy, Curriculum & Assessment for the Middle Years of Schooling
EDUC7040 2 Youth and Futures
EDUC7041 2 Becoming a Qualitative Researcher: Design, Theory and Practice
EDUC7047 2 Language in Education Planning
EDUC7205 2 Developmental Processes & Disability

or #2-4 of other courses with the approval of the Program Director.

or one of the following -

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7910 4 Project A: MEdSt
EDUC7911 4 Project A: MEdSt Part B
EDUC7912 4 Project A: MEdSt Part B

or one of the following -

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7915 6 Project B: MEdSt
EDUC7916 6 Project B: MEdSt Part B
EDUC7917 6 Project B: MEdSt Part B

or one of the following -

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7920 8 Project C: MEdSt
EDUC7921 8 Project C: MEdSt Part B
EDUC7922 8 Project C: MEdSt Part B

Guidance and Counselling

This field of study is only available to Grad Dip and Masters students.

#10 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7007 2 Tasks & Tests: Individual Assessment
EDUC7008 2 Counselling in Professional Contexts: Helping Groups & Individuals
EDUC7009 2 Career Guidance: Counselling for Life Planning
EDUC7010 2 Proactive Interventions in Guidance & Counselling

and one of the following -

Course Code Units Course Title
[ EDUC7011 2 Practicum in Guidance & Counselling Part B
[ or
[ EDUC7012 2 Practicum in Guidance & Counselling Part B

Leadership

#2 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7100 2 Debates in Educational Leadership

plus #6 from

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7101 2 Meeting the Challenges of Educational Change
EDUC7102 2 Competing Priorities: Resource Allocation in Education
EDUC7103 2 Work, Careers and Educational Leadership
EDUC7060 2 Building Leadership Capacity: Bridging Theory and Practice in the Workplace

Learning Support

#8 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7019 2 Knowledge, Understanding & Reasoning: Supporting Cognitive Development
EDUC7033 2 Practicum: The Role of the Support Teacher
EDUC7034 2 Practicum: Effective Programs for Students with Learning Difficulties
EDUC7035 2 Working with Students with Learning Difficulties

Mathematics

#8 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7302 2 Mathematics curriculum, pedagogy and assessment
EDUC7303 2 Navigating Numeracies: Pathways, Patterns and Priorities
[ EDUC7030 2 Curriculum Design and Practice
[ or
[ MATH7040 2 Basic Mathematics
[ or
[ MATH7050 2 Mathematical Foundations
STAT7101 2 Analysis of Data & Experiments

Science

#8 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7305 2 Contemporary Approaches in Science Teaching (A)
EDUC7306 2 Contemporary Approaches in Science Teaching (B)
EDUC7307 2 Issues in Science Education
EDUC7308 2 Working in Science

Behaviour Management

#8 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7000 2 Dilemmas of Development: Risks of Youth
EDUC7001 2 On the Edge: Identifying and Assisting Students at Risk
EDUC7002 2 Behavioural Support in Schools: Managing Student Behaviour
EDUC7027 2 Guided Study: Educational Investigation

Inclusive and Special Needs

#8 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7006 2 Issues In Special Needs Education
EDUC7202 2 Learning and Diversity: Assessment, planning and instruction
EDUC7205 2 Developmental Processes & Disability
EDUC7002 2 Behavioural Support in Schools: Managing Student Behaviour

Literacy

#8 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7005 2 Teaching Reading in the Middle and Secondary Years of Schooling
EDUC7014 2 Creating Classrooms of the Future with Educational Technology
EDUC7015 2 Teaching for Literacy and Multi-literacies
EDUC7026 2 Special Topics in Education
EDUC7301 2 Connections: Reading in and Beyond School

Public Education

#8 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7060 2 Building Leadership Capacity: Bridging Theory and Practice in the Workplace

CLN656 Futures: Designing Spaces for Learning
CLN657 Teachers Work 2
ED5922 Leading Communities of Learners
ED5921 Raising Expectations : Professional Practices, Diverse Learners and Communities

Career Development

#8 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
EDUC7008 2 Counselling in Professional Contexts: Helping Groups & Individuals
EDUC7009 2 Career Guidance: Counselling for Life Planning
EDUC7051 2 Career Counselling: Narrative Approaches
EDUC7052 2 Career Development In Practice: Constructing Careers

Important information for students wishing to undertake fields in both Career Development and Guidance and Counselling
EDUC7008 Counselling in Professional Contexts: Helping Groups and Individuals and EDUC7009 Career Guidance: Counselling for Life Planning are common to the #8 field in Career Development and the #10 field in Guidance & Counselling. Students who wish to graduate with both fields will complete either #4 for EDUC7910 Project A or #2 for EDUC7026 Special Topics in Education and #2 for EDUC7027 Guided Study: Educational Investigation on a relevant project in the Career Development field.