Master of Education (Leadership and Management) [1.5 years]

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Program of study

To qualify for the Master of Education (Leadership and Management), a student must complete 54 units, including approved credit, with a grade of P or NGP or better, according to the program of study listed below.

Students are expected to discuss their option topics with the specialisation coordinator. The final program of study must be approved by the specialisation coordinator.

The Dean (Education) may approve an alternative pattern or the inclusion of other topics from an appropriate Graduate Certificate or Masters program offered by the University or another institution.

Core and specialisation topics are offered on a rotational basis.  

International English Language Pathway

Students who are admitted to the degree under the International English Language Pathway are required to enrol in one or both of the following English Language tuition topics, based on their IELTS entrance score, as part of the option component of the degree.

English Language tuition topics

ESOL9100  Skills for Success: Academic Presentation  (4.5 units)
ESOL9101  Skills for Success: Academic Writing  (4.5 units)

To be eligible to complete the requirements of the degree, students must complete the required English Language tuition topics.

Except with the permission of the Course Coordinator, enrolment in the English Language tuition topics must be undertaken in the first semester of study.

Core - Research topics

18 units comprising:

EDUC9607 Preparation for Coursework Project (4.5 units)
EDUC9722 Coursework Project in Education (Part 1) (4.5 units) 
EDUC9723 Coursework Project in Education ( Part 2) (4.5 units)
EDUC9761 Approaches to Research  (4.5 units)

# This topic must be undertaken before commencing Coursework Project topics

Option A - Year 1 & 2 topics

Plus 4.5 units from the following list:

EDUC8602  Leaders and Leadership in Educational Contexts  (4.5 units)
EDUC9603  Theories of Organisational Change  (4.5 units)
EDUC9609  Leadership and Management in Rural Contexts  (4.5 units)

Option - Specialisation topics

Specialisation option topics are designed to enable students to diversify their studies and engage in areas of interest and relevance to their employment.

Plus at least 13.5 units from:

EDUC8601  Strategic Thinking and Planning  (4.5 units)
EDUC8618  Pedagogical Leadership  (4.5 units)
EDUC9604  Managing Human Resources  (4.5 units)
EDUC9605  Leading Knowledge Management for Organisational Learning  (4.5 units)
EDUC9606  Planning Change in Organisations (4.5 units)
EDUC9608  Globalisation, Development and Education  (4.5 units)
EDUC9610  Developing People in Organisations  (4.5 units)
EDUC9611  Managing Innovation in Organisations  (4.5 units)
EDUC9616  Leadership and Management in Education  (4.5 units)
EDUC9617  Education Governance  (4.5 units)
EDUC9707  Leading Change in the Digital Age (4.5 units)
POAD9037  Public Financial Management  (4.5 units) 
POAD9135  Project Governance  (4.5 units)

Option B - Year 1 & 2 topics

Plus the remaining topics to fulfil the 54-unit course requirement from the list of specialisation topics above or topics below:

 EDUC8129  Contemporary Issues in Special Education  (4.5 units)
 EDUC8541  Studies in Vision Impairment 1  (4.5 units)
 EDUC8602  Leaders and Leadership in Educational Contexts  (4.5 units)
 EDUC8731  Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition in Learning  (4.5 units)
 EDUC8791  Gifted Education: Conceptions of Giftedness, Intelligence and Creativity  (4.5 units)
 EDUC8821  IBMYP Curriculum Foundations  (4.5 units)
 EDUC8881  Studies of Asia Across the Curriculum: An Introduction  (4.5 units)
 EDUC8883  Studies of Asia: Contemporary Issues and Values  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9307  Educational Planning and Assessment for Students with Diverse Learning Needs  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9314  Multimodal Childhoods in the 21st Century (4.5 units)
 EDUC9315  STEM Growing a Generation of New Learners (4.5 units)
 EDUC9501  Understanding Behaviour in Educational Contexts  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9502  Assessment, Planning and Teaching in Behaviour  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9503  Supporting Behaviour Change  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9504  Schoolwide Positive Behaviour Support  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9511  Complex Communication Needs and Augmentative and Alternative Communication  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9513  Personalised Curriculum Design for Learners with Disabilities  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9521  Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9522  Intervention for Students with Literacy Difficulties  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9531  Current Perspectives in Early Intervention  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9532  Early Intervention: Learning From and Through Play  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9544  Studies in Orientation and Mobility: Research and Practice  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9551  Introduction to Sensory Impairment  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9552  Collaborative Consultation  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9603  Theories of Organisational Change  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9609  Leadership and Management in Rural Contexts  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9612  Advanced Issues in Education  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9612A  Advanced Issues in Education A  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9701  Effective Use of ICT for Learning and Teaching  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9702  Teaching and learning to promote wellbeing and positive mental health in schools and early childhood services  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9704  Exploring Languages Pedagogy - Theory and Practice  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9705  Developing Literacies Through Intercultural Language Learning  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9706  Visualising Language Learning  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9708  New Technologies and e-pedagogy in Foreign Language Education  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9709  Mindfulness and the Inner World of Teaching and Learning  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9732  Teaching to Develop Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9733  The Psychology of Learning and Instruction  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9734  Applications of Psychology to Learning and Instruction  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9735  Research Design in Cognition and Instruction  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9736  Research Application in Cognition and Instruction  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9762  Introduction to Statistics  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9763  Survey and Questionnaire Methods  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9764  Methods in Ethnography  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9765  Researching Texts and Documents  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9766  Multivariate and Multilevel Statistics for Educational Research  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9767  Assessment in Education  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9792  Gifted Education: Curriculum and Differentiation  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9793  Design Thinking to Develop and Evaluate Educational Programs  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9794  Gifted Education: Affective Development  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9822  IBMYP Curriculum Processes  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9823  Teaching, Learning and Assessment in the IB  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9824  Classroom Diversity and the IBMYP  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9851  Constructions of Education and Social Justice  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9852  Ethics in Education  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9882  Studies of Asia: Premodern Asian Societies and Cultures  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9884  Studies of Asia: Arts Learning Area 1 (Sources and Contexts)  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9885  Studies of Asia: Arts Learning Area 2 (Contemporary Arts of Asia)  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9886  Studies of Asia: English Learning Area 1 (Literatures from Asia)  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9887  Studies of Asia: English Learning Area 2 (Contemporary Asian Literature)  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9888  Studies of Asia: Utilising In-Country Experience  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9921  Issues in Professional Learning  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9922  Models of Professional Learning  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9923  Leading Professional Learning  (4.5 units)
 ESOL9100  Skills for Success: Academic Presentation (4.5 units)
 ESOL9101  Skills for Success: Academic Writing (4.5 units)