The double degree Bachelor of Education (Middle and Secondary Schooling)/Bachelor of Health Sciences - Middle Schooling Strand, is a four year pre-service teacher education program designed to effectively develop the specialist knowledge and skills required for teachers in the middle years of schooling (Year 6 to Year 9). This band of schooling encompasses the transition from primary to secondary schooling and requires teachers who have a specific understanding of the educational and personal needs of young adolescents. Graduates from this program typically seek employment in secondary schools, middle schools, R-12 schools or primary schools.
To qualify for the Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Health Sciences, a student must complete 144 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study:
The Bachelor of Education component must include:
The Bachelor of Health Sciences component must include:
Except with the permission of the Dean (Education):
Students should note that professional experience topics require full-time commitment for their duration.
18 units comprising:
EDUC1120 Teaching and Educational Contexts (4.5 units)
EDUC1223 Middle Schooling Philosophy and Pedagogy (4.5 units)
HLTH1101 Health Promotion for Health Professionals (4.5 units)
HLTH1306 Health Practitioner Practice 2 (4.5 units)
EDUC1227 Professional Experience: Year 1 (Middle and Secondary Schooling) (0 units)
Plus 9 units Teaching Minor.
Plus 9 units Health Education major or the Physical Education major.
13.5 units comprising:
EDUC2320 Learners and their Development - Middle and Secondary Schooling (4.5 units)
EDUC2420 Teaching Indigenous Australian Students (4.5 units)
HLTH2101 Critical Social Analysis of Health (4.5 units)
EDUC2326 Professional Experience: Year 2A (Middle and Secondary Schooling) (0 units)
EDUC2426 Professional Experience: Year 2B (Middle and Secondary Schooling) (0 units)
Plus 9 units Teaching Minor.
Plus 13.5 units Health Education major or the Physical Education major.
27 units comprising:
EDUC3531 Curriculum Specialisation A1: Curriculum Development in the Middle Years (4.5 units)
EDUC3526 Literacies Across the Curriculum in the Middle and Secondary Years (4.5 units)
EDUC3620 Relationships for Learning (4.5 units)
EDUC3626 Contemporary Issues in Middle Schooling (4.5 units)
EDUC3530 Professional Experience: Year 3A (Middle and Secondary Schooling) (0 units)
EDUC3642 Professional Experience: Year 3B (Middle and Secondary Schooling) (4.5 units)
EDUC3643 Curriculum Specialisation B1: Curriculum Context in the Middle Years (4.5 units)
Plus 9 units Health Education major or the Physical Education major.
31.5 units comprising:
EDUC3628 Numeracy and ICT Across the Middle and Secondary Curriculum (4.5 units)
EDUC4720 Differentiation for Diverse Learners (Middle and Secondary Schooling) (4.5 units)
EDUC4728 Curriculum Specialisation: Middle Years 3 (4.5 units)
EDUC4729 Curriculum Specialisation: Senior Years 1 (4.5 units)
EDUC4742 Professional Experience: Final Assessment for Registration (Middle and Secondary Schooling) (4.5 units)
EDUC4820 The Professional Educator (4.5 units)
HLTH3105 Quantitative Methods for Social Health Research (4.5 units)
Plus 4.5 units Health Education major or the Physical Education major.
9 units comprising:
HLPE1540 Foundation Studies in Health Education (4.5 units)
HLPE1541 Social Determinants of Health (4.5 units)
13.5 units comprising:
HLPE2540 Theories and Practices of Health Promotion (4.5 units)
HLPE2541 Sexualities and Sexual Health (4.5 units)
Plus one of
HLPE2542 School Health Promotion - Nutrition and Physical Activity (4.5 units)
HLTH2106 Project Management for Health Promotion (4.5 units)
9 units comprising:
HLPE3540 Drugs, Politics and Public Health (4.5 units)
HLPE3541 Mental Health and Wellbeing (4.5 units)
4.5 units comprising one of:
HLPE1531 Social Contexts of Health and Physical Education (4.5 units)
HLPE3542 Media Advocacy and Policy Change (4.5 units)
9 units comprising:
HLPE1530 Foundation Studies in Physical Education (4.5 units)
HLPE1531 Sociocultural Constructions of Movement in Physical Education (4.5 units)
13.5 units comprising:
HLPE2530 Physical Activity and Health (4.5 units)
HLPE2531 Sport and Physical Education (4.5 units)
HLPE2532 Exercise Physiology for Physical Educators (4.5 units)
9 units comprising:
HLPE3530 Sport in Society (4.5 units)
HLPE3531 Skill Acquisition and Biomechanics for Physical Educators (4.5 units)
4.5 units comprising one of:
HLPE2541 Sexualities and Sexual Health (4.5 units)
HLPE2542 School Health Promotion - Nutrition and Physical Activity (4.5 units)
HLPE3532 Introduction to Outdoor Education (4.5 units)
HLPE3533 Applied Exercise Science (4.5 units)
HLPE3534 Introduction to Sport Coaching, Management and Administration (4.5 units)
Students undertake an 18 unit teaching minor consisting of:
from one of the following teaching minor areas.
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* Phasing out Teaching Minor areas - for pre-2011 students only.
# Phasing out Teaching Minor area - for pre-2015 students only
^ Only available as a Chinese Beginners stream. Advanced level students can enrol in the Advanced Chinese stream available cross-institutionally at the University of Adelaide. Please visit the University of Adelaide webpage for topic information.
** German and Japanese are available cross-institutionally at the University of Adelaide. Please visit the University of Adelaide webpage for topic information.
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