Master of Education [1.5 years]

Program of Study

To qualify for the Master of Education advanced entry program without a named specialisation, 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.

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.

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 - Year 1 & 2 topics

EDUC9761  Approaches to Research  (4.5 units)
EDUC9719  Independent Research Study  (4.5 units)

Option - Year 1 & 2 topics

Select remaining topics to fulfil the 54-unit 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)
 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)
 EDUC9406  Differentiation and Inclusive Educational Practices  (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  Supporting Positive Behaviour in Schools  (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 Difficulties in Schools  (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)
 EDUC9553  Autism Spectrum Disorders: Teaching and Learning  (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)
 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  Gifted Education: Program Design and Evaluation  (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 IBMYP  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9824  Classroom Diversity and the IBMYP  (4.5 units)
 EDUC9845  Creating Calmer Classrooms: A Trauma Sensitive Approach  (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)
 INDG9000  Indigenous Research Methodologies  (4.5 units)