Master of Education (Early Childhood Studies) [1.5 years]

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To qualify for the Master of Education (Early Childhood Studies) [1.5 years], a student must complete 54 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

Core – Year 1 & 2 topics

13.5 units comprising:

EDUC9403 Numeracy and Multiliteracies in Design and Technology (4.5 units)
EDUC9719 Independent Research Study (4.5 units)* 
EDUC9761 Approaches to Research (4.5 units)

*Other research options such as a 9-unit Coursework Project or an 18-unit Dissertation may be taken instead of EDUC9719 with the approval of the Course Coordinator.

Option – Year 1 topics

Plus 18 units of topics from the following list:

EDUC9315 STEM Growing a Generation of New Learners (4.5 units) 
EDUC9314 Multimodal Childhoods in the 21st Century (4.5 units) 
EDUC9120 Introduction to Teaching and Research in the Education Profession (4.5 units) 
EDUC9222 Researching Play and Pedagogies (4.5 units) 
EDUC9303 Critical Pedagogies for a Changing World (4.5 units)

Option – Year 1 & 2 topics

Select remaining topics to fulfil the 54 units course requirement from:  

EDUC8129  Contemporary Issues in Special Education (4.5 units)  
EDUC8541  Studies in Vision Impairment 1  (4.5 units)  
EDUC8601  Strategic Thinking and Planning  (4.5 units)  
EDUC8602  Leaders and Leadership  (4.5 units)  
EDUC8618  Pedagogical Leadership (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)
EDUC8836  Partnerships, Parents and Participation GE  (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 Special Needs  (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)  
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)  
EDUC9609  Leadership and Management in Rural Contexts  (4.5 units)  
EDUC9610  Developing People in Organisations  (4.5 units)  
EDUC9611  Managing Innovation in Organisations  (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)  
EDUC9703  Postgraduate Education: Purposes and Practices  (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)  
EDUC9707  Leading Change in the Digital Age (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) 
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)