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Faculty of Education
With its responsibility through teaching, scholarship and research to advance and disseminate knowledge in the field of education and training, the Faculty will:
The Department of Early Childhood Studies prepares early childhood professionals for work in early childhood settings in roles as diverse as directors, teachers, coordinators, administrators and assistants in kindergartens and the child care field. The Department offers subjects within its undergraduate program, the Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies. It offers study at the graduate level for practising professionals in the field to upgrade their qualifications and knowledge. Students may also undertake study by research for Master of Education, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Education.
The Department's research interests focus primarily on early childhood development and education, and on professional practices and programs in children's services.
The Department of Education Policy and Management offers studies in the fields of school systems, leadership and management, educational policy, educational administration, history and philosophy of education and education in today's society.
The Department offers subjects within the Faculty's undergraduate programs and also offers study at graduate and postgraduate level. Students may undertake study by research for Master of Education, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Education.
Key areas of research are in the fields of leadership and management of schools, theoretical and social foundations of education policy, and comparative and international studies of systems of education and training.
Two research Centres are associated with the department, the Centre for Program Evaluation (CPE) and the Youth Research Centre (YRC). The CPE provides consultative services in program evaluation and policy research in education and training. The YRC has achieved a growing national and international reputation in the area of youth behaviour and policy.
The Department of Language, Literacy and Arts Education offers studies at the undergraduate level to prospective teachers of primary, secondary and adult learners in English language and literacy, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and Languages Other Than English (especially Asian languages). Students from other undergraduate courses may apply to take Language, Literacy and Arts Education subjects.
The Department also offers studies at graduate and postgraduate level including specialist training for practising professionals in TESOL and LOTE. Students may undertake study by research for Master of Education, Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Education.
The Department of Learning, Assessment and Special Education offers undergraduate teaching in professional studies to intending primary and secondary teachers.
The Department also offers studies at graduate and postgraduate levels to prepare those working in the area of special education (e.g. Educational and School Psychology, Deafness Studies, High Intellectual Potential children, children with Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities), as well as in the area of assessment, curriculum development and policy, and improved practice in teaching, for practising primary and secondary teachers.
The Department includes the Deafness Studies Unit, the CHIP (Children with High Intellectual Potential) Unit and the School Support Unit (offering consultancy services to the school community).
The Department's key research areas are in the psychological factors in learning and behaviour, development and education of children with special needs, implications of the study of learning for curriculum, teaching and assessment, and teacher's work, knowledge and development.
The Department of Science and Mathematics Education is concerned with the education of primary and secondary teachers of mathematics, science, computer education, physical and outdoor education and health education. The Department aims to assist teachers, schools and school systems to achieve high quality learning by providing appropriate undergraduate courses for pre-service teachers and a range of professional development activities for practising teachers, and researching problems of teaching and learning, in mathematics and science education.
The Department also offers subjects at graduate and postgraduate level. Students may also undertake study by research for Master of Education, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Education. Graduate courses which enable teachers to upgrade or refresh their knowledge of the discipline of mathematics or computing at the same time as furthering their studies in education are also available.
Situated at Hawthorn, the Department of Vocational Education and Training focuses on the preparation of teachers and trainers for TAFE, industry and the community, and the development of administrators and managers of those activities. Students are predominantly adults in full-time work.
Courses are conducted for awards at Diploma, Certificate and Bachelor degree levels. Subjects are also offered for postgraduate study. Research in the Department includes a focus on workplace culture, work organisation and management technology, vocational training, and adult education and training.
The Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) offers studies and research supervision for Master of Education and Doctor of Philosophy degree candidates pursuing advanced studies in the field of higher education. The graduate program is closely aligned with academic staff research into higher education policy and process. Staff also undertake contract research on higher education issues.
In addition, the CSHE provides consultative services, induction and in-service courses for University teaching staff on undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and learning; academic leadership; multimedia technology for teaching use; and evaluation of teaching and courses. As an adjunct to these activities, the CSHE supplies and operates various education technology services.
Opportunities for employment exist in all branches of education - early childhood, primary and secondary - and in areas such as industry training, and public and private employment generally.
Bachelor of Early Childhood (BECS) graduates' career opportunities include professional roles as teachers, directors, coordinators and administrators in kindergartens and child care centres, as children's services advisers, as well as a diversity of other specialised roles in the rapidly developing field of early childhood services.
BEd(Secondary) graduates are employed by the Department of Education and in Independent and Catholic schools. Graduates with certain specialisations also find employment in non-teaching positions in government agencies and private industry, environmental agencies and related industries, library and information settings, private music teaching and professional performing groups.
BEd (Visual Arts) graduates are employed by the Department of Education, Independent and Catholic school systems as teachers in secondary schools. Some graduates seek employment as community arts organisers or recreation officers for municipal councils. Others gain private sector employment.
BEd(Primary) graduates are employed by the Department of Education and in Independent and Catholic schools as primary teachers to work across levels Prep to Grade 6 and all areas of the primary school curriculum. Alternatives to classroom teaching exist in child and education-related areas in both the government and private sectors, including the media and service industries.
BSocSc(InfoMgt) graduates have the knowledge and skills required to enter general administrative careers in business. They are able to be members of project teams and to liaise between computer users and specialist data processing staff. The student's vocational interests and second major study selection will influence career paths. Options include accounting, economics, librarianship, legal records management, computer studies, information services management, and office systems administration. Students choosing a humanities discipline may seek a vocation in journalism, publishing or general administration. Those choosing a science discipline may find employment in administration in a science or technology-based organisation.
The Bachelor of Teaching enables graduates to be registered as primary or secondary teachers and to gain employment in the Department of Education, Catholic and Independent school systems.
The GradDipEd enables graduates to be registered as secondary teachers and to gain employment in the Department of Education, Catholic and Independent school systems.
Courses in Vocational Education and Training prepare graduates for roles as industry trainers, consultants to a wide range of organisations, TAFE teaching, adult and community educators, vocational teachers and higher education teachers.
There are graduate diploma courses which provide avenues for teachers to develop further qualifications (in, for example, administration, computer science, mathematics and technology studies) or to meet particular requirements for specialist or consultant positions in schools (such as special education teacher, curriculum coordinator, student welfare).
Faculties carry out the general academic administration of the University.
Academic departments grouped within the faculties carry out the teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
The Education Faculty has a General Manager whose responsibilities include:
The General Manager is assisted by student advisers to provide these services.
The Faculty Office is the starting point for any question you may have concerning your course.
Faculty Office staff are happy to discuss any problem or query you may have concerning your study or enrolment.
Matters you may wish to discuss include: change of address, course planning, credit, deferment, selection, enrolment and re-enrolment, HECS liabilities, leave of absence, prerequisites, results, review of progress, selection, special consideration, subjects offered by other faculties/institutions, withdrawal from the course, and withdrawal or addition of subjects.
If you wish to discuss a matter in more detail it may be necessary to make an appointment to see a student adviser. Faculty Office staff are there to assist you plan your enrolment each year. It is your responsibility, however, to ensure that your enrolment is correct and that you will satisfy all the requirements of your course.
Parkville Campus
The Faculty Office is in the Alice Hoy Building. Tel. +61 3 9344 8285.
Hawthorn Campus
The Faculty Office at the Hawthorn Campus, 442 Auburn Road, Hawthorn, can be contacted on telephone +61 3 9810 3320.
There are two libraries located within the Faculty of Education:
As there is some variation in library rules, enquiries should be directed to the library concerned. All libraries are open for a range of hours during the week and on the weekend. An information brochure listing the libraries and their hours of opening is published each year and can be collected from the information desks.
Located at Parkville Campus, the book collection is located within the Education Resource Centre and houses 280,000 volumes (plus microforms) and 750 journal titles. The former Kew campus collection of 55,000 monographs, 425 journal titles and 100 audio-visual items, is now situated at Parkville.
This Unit contains a wide range of audio-visual material, for example, teaching kits, charts, video cassettes, computer software, etc. which is available to students.
Located at the Hawthorn Campus, this library holds 50,000 monographs, 892 journal titles, 10,600 audio-visual items including 3300 video cassettes.
At the Parkville Campus, undergraduate and graduate/postgraduate diploma students and staff are entitled to borrow books for two weeks. Higher degree students and staff are entitled to a four-week loan. Items can be renewed at the Loans Desk.
At the Hawthorn Campus, the loan period varies for different times.
Library guides describing services, facilities and detailed borrowing regulations are available in all libraries.
Information Desk +61 3 9344 8316
Loans Desk +61 3 9344 8313
Information and Loans +61 3 9810 3357
Audio-visual Information +61 3 9810 3365
For general information on courses contact the relevant Faculty Office.
Tel. +61 3 9810 3320
Tel. +61 3 9344 8285 or Email: enquiries@edfac.edu.au
Once you have enrolled in a subject, you must attend all classes (lectures, tutorials, practical work etc.), and submit all set assignments. If you do not meet these conditions, you may be excluded from examinations in the subject concerned.
It is important, therefore, to keep informed of the requirements of each subject you undertake. Make sure that you obtain all programs, instructions and guidelines issued by staff. All Faculty of Education subjects require a minimum of 80 per cent attendance at classes.
The workload of many undergraduate courses is represented using a points system. The normal maximum workload allowed for the first year of a course in Education is 100 points. In some circumstances approval may be given to enrol in up to 112.5 points.
In an assignment in which it is indicated that joint work is permitted, more than one student may participate in the submission of an answer to that assignment. In such cases only one answer is to be submitted and it is to list names of all students who jointly worked in its preparation. If the assignment is for examination purposes the answer will be assessed as a whole and each student will receive the same mark.
Work submitted for assessment in all subjects within the Faculty of Education must meet the requirements of satisfactory expression, presentation and referencing.
Students must show a satisfactory command of all elements of the conventions of written expression, including spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, paragraphing and text structure. If there are problems in any of these areas, it is the student's responsibility to put strategies in place to deal with them. The University's Learning Skills Unit at 260-262 Faraday St, Carlton (Phone 9344 4698) is able to help with these and other study-related problems.
Students should normally present word-processed assignments, except in the case of assignments involving scientific or mathematical notation, which may be hand-written. It is the student's responsibility to ensure the assignment is legible and clearly laid out.
All debts to works consulted in preparing assignments must be acknowledged, and a full bibliography of all such works must be included. Particular Departments or lecturers may require particular referencing systems, notice of which will be given in the initial assessment statements in the subjects. Otherwise, any generally recognised, consistent system will be acceptable.
The Faculty of Education is concerned to maintain an equitable grading system that clearly recognises and rewards different levels of achievement, and that is applied consistently across all Departments of the Faculty. All subjects will be graded in accordance with the approved University scale (see Subject grades and marks).
A fail grade indicates that minimal standards have not been met in one or more of the following areas:
A pass grade recognises work which competently meets all the requirements of the task. An honours grade recognises work in which the requirements of the task have been met more than competently. A First Class Honours grade is reserved for outstanding work.
Students must make every effort possible to submit assignments by the due date. If a student believes she/he will not be able to complete the assignment in time because of unexpected circumstances, permission to submit late may be applied for. The application for extension must be submitted, in writing, to the lecturer, giving reasons for the late submission. Most Departments have a standard form available for this purpose. Extensions are granted at the discretion of the lecturer concerned.
The extension period will in no case exceed two weeks unless a formal application for Special Consideration has been lodged with the Faculty Office and the consideration granted. Please note that the submission of an application for Special Consideration does not mean that the application has automatically been approved. You should follow the application up with your lecturer(s) to find out whether Special Consideration has been granted, and to negotiate the variation to the subject requirements that might be allowed.
Applications for late submission should ideally be lodged in advance, although it is acknowledged that this may not always be possible.
Assignments submitted late without an extension having been granted will normally not be accepted.
If the lecturer does accept a late assignment for which no extension has been granted, it will be penalised 5 per cent of the total possible score for each working day late until pass level is reached, then marked to pass level. For example, if the piece of work is assessed out of twenty, one mark per day will be deducted from the mark given, until a score of ten is reached. After that, 10/20 will be the highest possible score.
When an assignment is not satisfactory, there are three categories which may apply:
In all such cases, the assignment will have received an independent second marking that is in agreement with the first assessment.
Resubmission is not to be regarded as an automatic right. The staff member will consider whether there is sufficient justification for allowing the student to resubmit.
When students are granted the right to resubmit, in normal circumstances they can receive only a Pass (i.e. 50%).
When students from a non-English speaking first language background need additional development of their English language, sociocultural and/or learning skills, they may be granted a Special Resubmission, and be given the opportunity to rewrite the assignment. In such cases, the student can receive better than a Pass grade (i.e. the submission will be graded normally).
It is likely that a student granted a Special Resubmission will be advised to seek help from the Learning Skills Unit or the Centre for Communication Skills and ESL if she/he has not already done so.
Since students are expected to demonstrate developing capacity to handle assignments independently, the same student will not be regularly granted such a result.
In Statements of Final Results in subjects, students may get a WH result. This means that assessment in the subject has not yet been completed because the student has been granted an extension, a resubmission, or is to be required to do additional work. If you receive a WH result and have not been granted an extension or been notified of what is required for you to pass the subject, you should immediately contact the Lecturer-in-Charge of the subject.
If a student has not submitted an assignment and not been granted an extension, she/he will be given an "N" result. Only in the most exceptional circumstances, when the student has applied for and been granted Special Consideration, and when it has clearly been impossible for the student to contact the Lecturer-in-Charge of the subject, will this "N" result later be converted to a Pass.
It is University policy that cheating by students in any form is not permitted, and that work submitted for assessment purposes must be the independent work of the student concerned (or, where joint work is permitted, of the students concerned). This is in keeping with the rules made by University Council under Regulation 12.2.10 (as reprinted in the Student Diary).
Plagiarism, or copying of another's work without proper acknowledgment is not permitted, nor is it permissible for anyone to allow another person to copy their work for the purposes of assessment.
Plagiarism may take several forms. Any of the following, without full acknowledgment of the debt to the original source, counts as plagiarism:
Where a student is suspected of plagiarism by an examiner, the following procedures will apply:
'Unsatisfactory progress' is a term used to describe performance which is not up to the academic standard determined by the Faculty.
A student has made unsatisfactory progress in an Education course if he or she:
Students whose results have not met the required academic standard, may receive a letter at the end of the year requesting them to appear before the Faculty's Progress Committee to discuss their results and any problems that may have affected them. The Committee's concern is to look at the options available for enabling a student to progress at a satisfactory rate. However, in some circumstances, the Faculty's Progress Committee may recommend to the Academic Board that a student's enrolment be terminated because of poor academic progress.
The Education Faculty has initiated a mid year 'Student at Risk Program' for undergraduate students. Results are monitored so that any student considered at risk of failing their year may be given extra assistance.
Admission to the first year of the Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies and the Bachelor of Education (Primary) normally requires the VCE or equivalent Year 12 certificate.
Where students have previously completed one or more years of a recognised tertiary course, they may be eligible to apply for entry into the second year, or a later year, of an equivalent course. As application procedures vary for different courses, it is best to contact the Faculty Office for advice.
Places may be offered through the Targeted Access Program to people who have not had an opportunity to complete an approved secondary school program, but who are able to show they have the motivation and capacity to complete the course,.
For information on the entry requirements for courses offered at the Hawthorn Campus contact the Faculty Office at Hawthorn. Tel. +61 3 9810 3320.
Semester dates for all courses in the Faculty of Education may vary from the Principal Dates listed under 'General Information' at the beginning of this Handbook.
The dates for school experience are provided in the School Experience and Professional Practice General Manual.
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