Single-unit study
You can study individual units for personal or professional development without having to apply for a full QUT course.
If you successfully complete a unit, you may be eligible for credit if you decide to apply for a degree course in the future.
Units anyone can study
These units don’t have any requirements for previous study or background knowledge.
But if your previous studies were not in English, or were completed in a country where English is not the first language, you will need to demonstrate that you meet our English proficiency requirements when you apply.
Education
Education
EUB005 The Global Teacher, Learner and Citizen
This unit will provide you with opportunities to develop your capacity to teach in an interconnected, diverse and rapidly changing world. Building on your knowledge and expertise gained from your core units, the unit considers how learners can critically examine global developments that are significant to both the world at large and their own lives. Practitioner examples together with a variety of subject matter drawn from frameworks for global education including; global competence, intercultural education, global citizenship education, values education and education for sustainable development, will be considered through which key principles and practices of contemporary pedagogy will be explored. This unit will enhance your understanding of how a global and intercultural outlook can be embedded within your education setting.
EUB104 Future Focused Teaching
This unit introduces key concepts and skills required when working in education and understanding teachers' work. This unit will provide explicit academic and professional experience preparation underpinned by the Australian Professional Standards designed to support you through your degree and transition to the profession. The specific skills of observation, reflection and collegial conversations with peers and key personnel from the field will be considered and applied to educational contexts.
EUB108 Early Childhood Development and Learning (Birth-8 Years)
This unit introduces theories, features and processes of early childhood development and learning, from birth to 8 years. Child development and learning are shaped by both biological predispositions, and the interactions and experiences afforded to children in family and social contexts. Content in this unit is focused on children's physical, social and emotional development, along with speech, language, cognition and the brain. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges and perspectives on child development are embedded in this unit. Knowledge about the inter-relatedness of each area of child development, including influences on how children develop and learn, is fundamental to early childhood education practice. Early childhood teachers apply child development knowledge to plan and facilitate appropriate learning experiences.
EUB109 English, Literacies and Language 1
This unit will develop your ability to teach English curriculum, literacy and language acquisition to young children, from birth to year 6. This unit develops your understanding of the effective use of children's literature in literacy teaching in prior-to-school and primary school settings. Early years literacy teaching and learning, including play-based pedagogies will be explored, with particular focus on birth to Year 3. The Early Years Learning Framework, Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline, and The Australian Curriculum will be used to explore the ways teachers assist children to build knowledge and skills with English, language and literacy as they transition from prior-to-school to formal school contexts.
EUB110 Primary English Curriculum Studies 1
This unit provides an introduction to foundation understandings, skills and processes for studying Primary English Curriculum. In this unit, you will engage with current research about how educators teach children to learn about literature, including literacy theories, pedagogical models and assessment practices related to early reading. There will be a focus on the teaching of phonics, phonological awareness, vocabulary, speaking (oral language), listening, early reading fluency, reading comprehension, viewing and assessment of these vital English skills, drawing on current learning frameworks and curriculum documents.The unit supports the development of understanding that will be critical for further studies of language and literacies in EUB209 Primary English Curriculum Studies 2 and EUB306 Primary English Curriculum Studies 3. The units enable you to build informed professional practices for teaching listening, speaking, reading, and writing for the real world.
EUB112 Child and Adolescent Development and Learning
This introductory unit contributes to foundational knowledge for your pre-service teaching degree. This first-year unit facilitates understanding of developmental theory and how it applies to child and adolescent learners. The unit raises awareness of the physical, cognitive, social and emotional factors that influence development. The unit explores the links between developmental theory and the processes of learning, as well as learning experiences that facilitate positive learning outcomes for diverse learners. The unit contributes to your own professional development as a lifelong, autonomous learner, capable of reflection and high-level thinking, and of enabling you, as an educator, to promote similar development in your learners.
EUB150 World Regions
This unit offers an introduction to geography as a discipline and provides an overview of the physical and human characteristics of the world's geographical regions, and zones (e.g. climate zones and biomes). With a focus on the interactions between people and environments you will gain an understanding of geographical processes that shape the identity of places. Geographical processes are both bio-physical and anthropogenic in nature and result in patterns of change over time and space which has implications for people and places. Using an inquiry approach, you will explore the regions, sub-regions and zones of the world to develop and apply analytical and communication skills as well as the specific geographical skills of mapping and representing data. The skills and understanding developed in this course provide practical value to professions including journalism, teaching, law, hazard management, global security, conservation and environmental science.
EUB151 Nations and Nationalism in Modern Europe
This unit provides you with an understanding of matters pertinent to the evolution of nationalism in Europe in the modern era. This will include the influence of social movements, cultural and economic issues (1640-1990). Nationalism, nationhood and national identity have become subjects of heated debate in the post-cold war world. But what is nationalism? What constitutes a nation and how does nationality become one of the primary bases for the construction of individual and collective identities? This unit offers you the ability to critically evaluate the work of professional historians. You will explore how available evidence and methodologies employed influence cultural and political factors and shape the messages and values that historians advocate through their writing. These practices promote understandings of how historians work, the rules that govern their methods, the reliability of historical knowledge and the value of history socially and culturally.
EUB152 Young Adult Literature
This unit will provide you with a broad introduction to Young Adult (YA) Literature, created for and/or marketed to readers aged between 12 and 20 years. It addresses aspects of literary criticism that are of relevance to literature specifically intended for adolescents and young adults. In this unit you will also engage with a number of topics including the scope and nature of YA literature; strategies for evaluation of focus texts; recent research into teenagers' reading needs, interests and responses. You will also address questions about literariness, appeal, and the changing role and format of literary YA texts in learning environments dominated by digital media.
EUB153 Thinking and Communicating Mathematically
Ways of thinking, reasoning and communicating mathematically are important both for “doing” mathematics and for your future professional practice, when you will need to demonstrate these skills to assist others in their learning of mathematics. This unit is intended to reshape your way of thinking about mathematics, bridging you from a position of a learner at school to a learner of mathematics for your future profession.
EUB154 Foundations of Science
This unit aims to develop foundational discipline-specific knowledge across the sciences of biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences, or geography relevant to teachers of junior secondary schooling. Discipline knowledge will be presented across the domains of content knowledge, science as a human endeavour and inquiry whilst demonstrating pedagogical and assessment techniques consistent with teaching and learning in schools. Learners will also develop heutagogical capabilities to support life-long disciplinary learning as professional teachers.
EUB201 Early Childhood Mathematics Education 1
This introductory early childhood mathematics unit will develop your understanding of content knowledge and the teaching practices associated with Number and Algebra, including play-based pedagogies. The unit raises awareness of the importance of mathematical learning in early childhood, and considers ways to engage young children in meaningful mathematical learning in prior-to-school and primary school settings. Both the Australian Curriculum and Early Years Learning Framework will be utilised. This unit builds a foundation for the proceeding EUB302 Early Childhood Mathematics Education 2 unit.
EUB203 Science in Early Childhood
This unit focuses on the importance of quality science education for young children from birth to 8 years of age. In order to inspire young children to ask questions about their environment and become scientifically literate, teachers require knowledge of science concepts, pedagogy and curriculum, as well as diverse, contemporary and cultural perspectives on science education. This early childhood unit explores way to design and implement engaging science learning experiences that support children's conceptual development. It will build content knowledge, particularly in the areas of biology, chemistry, physics and earth, and space science. This unit will build on theories of teaching and learning to focus on inquiry-based and hands-on learning activities that are age-appropriate, early childhood science learning experiences.
EUB204 Building Partnerships with Families and Communities
Teaching and learning is enhanced when early childhood teachers build respectful and supportive relationships and work in partnership with families. This includes undertaking professional learning to enhance these skills. This unit promotes knowledge and understandings about the diversity, complexity and changing nature of contemporary childhoods, families and communities. This unit will draw on your experiences of working with children, families and communities in line with ACECQA requirements and the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. It will explore professional responsibilities and the need for professional learning to develop skills for engaging in active communication, consultation and collaboration with families for effective partnerships and to develop links with other child and family services.
EUB206 Visual Arts and Media Arts Education
This unit is the first of two curriculum units in the arts and examines the basic content of the Visual and Media Arts and how students learn in these disciplines. The unit provides opportunities for practical exploration of these art forms and theories, and introduces arts pedagogies that emphasise the role of the arts in society and in the education and care of children from birth to 12 years of age. The arts play an important part in early childhood and primary education with the potential to inspire children to reach their creative potential, and to enrich their experiences in prior-to-school and primary school contexts. This Visual and Media Arts unit focuses on the historical, social, emotional, cultural, and educational importance of the arts.
EUB207 Inclusive Education: Teaching Diverse Learners
This unit will cover the fundamental concepts underpinning inclusive education and your obligations under national legislation, with an emphasis on knowledge of theory of an MTSS framework, the direct relationship to evidence-based teaching practices and skill in how to practically implement tier 1 in inclusive classrooms and prior-to-school settings. The learning in this unit will develop your understanding of quality differentiated teaching practice to support the engagement, participation, and achievement of diverse learners in inclusive settings. The unit aims to build your pedagogical agility and ethical practice for creating safe and supportive inclusive learning environments. It will enhance your responsiveness to the learning strengths, rights and requirements of diverse learners and your knowledge of universal strategies to teach diverse learners in inclusive settings.
EUB210 Science in Primary Education 1
This unit will introduce you to science content knowledge and practices required to teach primary science from Foundation to Year 6. The content is relevant to the Science Understanding, Science as a Human Endeavour, and Science Inquiry Skills strands of the Australian Curriculum. It includes big ideas from the biology, chemistry, physics, and Earth and Space science disciplines. Adequate science disciplinary content knowledge has recently become a more focused requirement of Australian teachers working within educational systems. This unit will be built upon in EUB212 Science in Primary Education 2, where you will develop the knowledge and skills to plan, sequence, and assess inquiry-based student learning in primary science education using constructivism as a referent for your science teaching practice.
EUB213 Inclusive Practices for Diverse Learners
This unit will cover the fundamental concepts underpinning inclusive education and your obligations under national legislation, with an emphasis on knowledge of the MTSS framework, with a direct relationship to evidence-based teaching practices and skills in how to practically implement tier 1 in inclusive classrooms. This unit focuses on why, when and how to make adjustments to meet the learning needs of diverse students including those with complex learning profiles (disabilities), in partnership with parents/carers and in collaboration with teacher aides and external professionals. The unit aims to build your pedagogical agility and ethical practice for creating safe and supportive inclusive learning environments for all students. It will enhance your responsiveness to the learning strengths, rights and requirements of diverse students and your knowledge of quality differentiated teaching practice and adjustments for teaching diverse students in inclusive classrooms.
EUB250 Australian Geographical Studies
This unit explores the unique nature of the Australian continent, its landforms and landscapes, it's people and places. A vast nation with a small population, Australia is faced with challenges of remoteness not found in other regions of the world. This remoteness shapes the identity of places and the relationships of people with their environment and poses challenges for sustainability and liveability. Australia is home to the one of world's oldest living cultures, that of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who have a connection and relationship with the land that shapes their identity and underpins their belief systems. In this unit you will gain an understanding of Indigenous peoples' perspectives on the creation of and relationships with land. The skills and knowledge acquired in this unit are valued in a range of academic endeavours including regional and urban planning, resource management, native title, emergency management, environmental management.
EUB251 Environment and Society
This unit provides an applied geography approach to understand the dynamic nature of interactions between people and their environments, and the ways environments influence people's attitudes, perceptions, choices and decisions. This is a skills-based unit that provides an opportunity to transform, represent and analyse geographical data and information to recognise spatial and temporal patterns and trends and explain how these represent contemporary geographical challenges.The skills developed in this unit are applicable across a range of other academic geography and social science subjects and are utilised by specialists in a diverse range of professions including economists, demographers, spatial technicians, criminologists, environmental analysists and managers, urban and regional planners and those in hazard management professions.
EUB252 Australian Society and Culture
Australian Society and Culture combines literary and cultural studies, political analysis and history. It provides a context through which you can acquire knowledge about Australian institutions and traditions. Throughout the 20th century, numerous social, cultural and political ideas, policies and actions have shaped and re-constructed Australian society. Understanding how Australia has evolved as a nation, a community, a culture and a people involves critically analysing various constructions, meanings and interpretations. A study of Australian society and culture will therefore involve an appreciation of Australian people and the significant political and social debates that they engage in. This unit offers insights and understandings about issues that divide Australians as well as events and circumstances that unite the nation.
EUB253 The Ancient World
This unit facilitates understandings of ancient societies focusing on selected periods, features and individuals in the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome. Such understandings encourage questioning of established interpretations and knowledge, and provides a foundational understanding of these historical periods.
EUB254 Studies in Language
Pre-service English language teachers require a solid foundational understanding of the nature, complexity and diversity of language; of the ways in which it is acquired and learned and how it is used to perform a range of cognitive, social, cultural and personal functions. These understandings about language and literacy development are related to a broad range of teaching contexts. This unit will enable you to gain insight into various aspects of language that impact on teaching and learning in schools. The unit will develop your awareness of the nature, function and development of language and literacy and the role each plays in the constitution of social and cultural processes and practices, with particular reference to the role of language in classroom contexts. It aims also to provide you with a critical literacy tool kit and also extend your understanding of the dynamic, changing nature of 'English' in the current global context.
EUB255 Literature: Theory and Practice
This unit provides you with opportunities to explore literature and fiction, theories of how literary works are produced, and to engage in creative writing. You will explore, as both consumers and creators, how fictional texts can convey and transform personal and cultural perspectives. The unit invites you to draw on a wide repertoire of fiction across media when you interpret and create texts for a range of cultural purposes.
EUB256 Exploring, Representing and Interpreting Mathematical Change
Understanding the mathematical representation of numerical change is fundamental to modelling the physical world. This unit takes a fresh look at the ideas that contribute to such an understanding, building on some of the concepts you may have seen in earlier mathematics studies. This unit shows how algebra, geometry and trigonometry can be contextualised and represented, and how these topics can be extended into introductory calculus. A key aspect of this unit will be the development of your confidence and ability to communicate with others regarding these mathematical topics.
EUB257 Reasoning with Quantity, Space and Shape
A deeper understanding of measurement, shape and space will allow you to apply your mathematical knowledge to problems of interest in the real world. This in turn will provide you with new ways to explain mathematics to others and to assist them in their learning. In this unit you will further apply your growing mathematical knowledge-base, built from earlier discipline units, to problems of both real world and abstract natures that involve the use of measurement and geometry concepts. This unit intends to give you greater confidence in explaining mathematical ideas to others by exposing you to different applications and links between mathematical topics.
EUB303 Technologies Education
Technologies impact the lives of people globally and are essential to envisioning and developing innovative solutions to meet both current and future needs. This unit focuses on Digital Technologies and Design and Technologies - two distinct learning areas from the Australian Curriculum. Topics covered in this unit are the theoretical approaches, practical experiences, and the development of communities of practice as relevant to teaching in the technologies learning area. This unit also includes practical application of the ICT general capability.
EUB311 Indigenous Education
This unit provides foundational knowledge and skills to teach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures as governed by the Australian Curriculum, Early Years Learning Framework and the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline. It engages with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' knowledges, experiences, voices and perspectives and explores implications for practice through personal, professional and theoretical lenses. This unit provides opportunities to think deeply about the roles of teachers in diverse cultural and education contexts and establishes a critical foundation for practical teaching choices.
EUB350 Asia in Focus
This unit provides the opportunity to engage with a range of physical and human geography topics with Asia as the focus. A regional geography approach is used to explore and understand the features, elements and characteristics of the human and physical landscapes as well as the interconnection between Asian nations and Australia. A case study approach is used with topics include sustainability and liveability of places; natural and ecological hazard zones and the risks in these zones; population, urbanisation and the emergence of megacities; the unique and diverse physical environments and the relationships people have with places across Asia.Utilising a range of geographical technologies, this unit provides valuable analytical skills, including spatial analysis, that are valued in a range of professions including regional planning, foreign affairs, journalism, environmental management, emergency services, hazard management, resource management and global security.
EUB351 Space, Population and Territory
This unit focuses on three interrelated concepts that are foundational to the discipline of geography: space, population and territory. You are invited to examine the historical and contemporary environmental, economic, political, social and cultural factors that shape these concepts. You will engage in the examination of the practical and concrete impact that ideas about space, population and territory have on lived everyday life at both a local and global level and the implications for sustainable planning for the future. In this unit, which is placed towards the end of your course, you will be able to draw on, extend and contextualise knowledge and skills that you have acquired in your earlier discipline and curriculum studies in geography.
EUB352 Medieval Europe and the World
This unit traces the evolution of Europe from the Fall of Rome in the 5th century through to the centuries usually defined as the High Middle Ages including Renaissance and the Reformation periods. On a thematic level, the unit selectively examines topics concerned with political, religious and intellectual developments, along with the cultural history of Medieval Europe. You will develop an understanding of how events and forces have contributed to societal, political and cultural change in Europe in Medieval times. The Middle Ages constitute a crucial period in the formation of a European identity. The breakdown of the Roman world saw the gradual emergence of a Christian civilisation of striking originality. At the same time, it gave rise to political fragmentation, as well as to national characteristics and antagonisms that are still part of the European scene today. The content of this unit offers you understandings of issues that are still of central concern in our society.
EUB353 China and its Region
The unit provides you with the knowledge the ancient beginnings of Dynastic China, to Western Imperialism, through to the rise of Communism and Maoist China. The role of powerful individuals, and an understanding of how the country's fortunes changed over time are additional features of the content. To enhance understanding, and for comparative purposes, the unit also examines significant events in the history of India and Cambodia. Through appreciating the circumstances and personalities that have shaped China and its neighbours historically, you will be able to more readily and articulately analyse and interpret major events taking place in modern China.
EUB354 Screen Studies and New Media
This unit provides you with opportunities to explore screen and moving image media and their functions as important sources of information, education, cultural exchange and participation. The unit introduces you to different schools of theory in these areas and provides you with the tools to analyse and evaluate a wide diversity of screen texts and to work creatively with these texts. You will gain a working familiarity with a number of new media platforms.
EUB355 Uncertain Situations
Probability and statistics are used to describe and analyse phenomena involving uncertainty, and this unit will promote contemporary perspectives on these topics. Building on ideas from your first discipline unit, you will be equipped with understanding and skills to solve problems and communicate ideas and findings related to this often misunderstood areas of the mathematical sciences.
EUB356 Mathematics in Everyday Contexts
Applying mathematics and statistics to investigate real world phenomena and solve related problems is considered by some to be the ideal way the engage learners in mathematics and to illuminate for them, the most difficult ideas. In this unit you will draw on mathematical and statistical techniques of preceding discipline units, applying them to real world problems from a variety of contexts.
EUB410 Education and Society
This unit explores the complex relationship between our education system and the social and cultural contexts of which it is a part. The unit uses socio-cultural and sociological theory to better understand students and learners, as well as how students' and learners' diverse backgrounds, including the backgrounds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, shape their experiences with the modern school or early childhood site. The unit will develop reflective and critical understandings of the socially, culturally and historically constructed nature of education and care and of the social identities and socio-cultural practices influencing contemporary early childhood, primary and secondary schooling.
EUB411 Trauma-Aware Education
This unit is designed to develop your understanding and skill in neuroscience-informed support and education of early childhood and school learners who are living with the outcomes of complex childhood trauma. The behavioural and other concerns experienced by learners who have experienced complex trauma can be significant. By examining the impact of complex trauma on the developing brain and nervous system, you'll develop your understanding of why and how these concerns occur and explore approaches and strategies recommended to address short and longer-term impacts for learners. You'll be informed and prepared for the times you are responsible for the learning and well-being of these learners whilst minimising any negative impact on your own well-being or teaching practice.
EUB451 Australia, Britain and America
This unit focuses on British and American social and political influences on Australian foreign policy and social attitudes since 1900. It investigates Australia's, America's and Britain's relationship. The content examines World War 1, the interwar-years, World War 2 and the post-World War 2 period. A secondary objective is to examine the fight for independence and democracy, particularly in a number of former colonial countries. Before World War 2, reverence for the British Empire and appreciation of its protection influenced Australian attitudes and governmental decision-making. Most Australians seldom questioned this close relationship. During and after World War 2, America became Australia's great and powerful friend - and the influence of Britain diminished. Nevertheless, public affection for the mother country did not dissipate so quickly.
EUB452 Integrated STEM Investigation Project
Practitioners of STEM almost always require an ability to define problems connected with the needs and values of others, formulate justifiable questions, develop investigation methods that are rigorous and evidence-based, interpret data, and communicate findings verbally and in writing. This unit will build on foundational and specialist discipline knowledge, skills, and capabilities gained throughout your units of prior study. This unit prepares you to think critically about complex problems that can be addressed with STEM knowledge with a focus on the sciences (i.e. physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, or geography) and mathematics. During this unit you will critically analyse and reflect on your work and that of your peers, you will gain a deeper understanding of scientific methods, technology design and/or mathematical modelling and reasoning, and will become confident in applying them.
EUN606 From Neurons to Nurture: Applying Neuroscience in Early Childhood Education
Neuroscience has emerged as a critical field in understanding early childhood development, offering key insights into the intricate processes of brain growth and function from birth to eight years of age. This unit explores the intersection of neuroscientific research and early childhood education, exploring the application of these findings in educational settings. You will examine how environmental factors, including educational practices, influence brain development and shape cognitive, emotional, and social functioning in young children. The unit is designed to enhance educators' ability to create optimal learning environments by applying neuroscience-informed strategies. You will engage in professional development planning, focusing on translating neuroscientific principles into practical resources and activities for their educational settings, with a focus on empowering educators to implement evidence-based practices that support children's holistic development.
EUN607 Innovations and Trends in Early Childhood Education
In this unit you will identify and explore contemporary innovations and trends in early childhood education and how they influence pedagogy, learning environments and curriculum. You will critically analyse research, reflect on your own practice and discuss how particular innovations and trends can inform and strengthen your practice and that of your team.
EUN608 Leading Inclusive Practices in Early Childhood Education
This unit addresses the fundamental rights and concepts underpinning inclusive education and your obligations under international and national legislation to provide appropriate support and create inclusive early learning environments for all children. You will develop the knowledge and skills to provide all children equitable access to meaningful learning, and opportunities to achieve learning outcomes. The unit will strengthen your ability in making reasonable adjustments to optimise access, participation and engagement in learning. You will enhance your responsiveness to individual children and the skills to create learning.
EUN623 Inclusive Education: Concepts, Policy and Practice
This unit steps through the fundamental knowledge that educators need to meet their legal obligations and to understand inclusive practice. It provides a strong foundation for the three other core units in the inclusive education specialisation. Inclusive education is a process of systemic transformation that begins with educators acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure that all learners can access and participate in high-quality, age-appropriate curriculum, pedagogy and assessment in regular classrooms and early childhood education and care settings. This includes learners with a disability for whom inclusive education is a human right under international law and who are entitled to reasonable adjustments under national anti-discrimination legislation.
EUN624 Understanding and Supporting Neurodiverse Learners
This unit aims to create a more informed, supportive, and inclusive environment for neurodiverse learners by developing your understanding of the neurodiversity paradigm and its alignment with concepts of inclusion and the social model of disability. It promotes your understanding of neurodiversity, neurotypes and neurodivergent conditions, explores the strengths and challenges associated with different neurodiverse conditions, and examines the role of the environment in ensuring neurodivergent learners flourish. Additionally, the unit delves into neuro-affirming approaches and practices to support neurodivergent learners’ success, and considers the neurodivergent voice, positive identity, and a strengths-based approach to success and wellbeing. This unit is ideal for educators, support staff, and anyone interested in fostering an inclusive learning environment.
EUN625 Developing Inclusive Learning Environments: Multi-tiered systems of support for positive behaviour
This unit focuses on the use Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to develop inclusive learning environments guided by high-quality teaching and learning that supports positive behaviour, student engagement and success in inclusive classrooms and prior to school settings. It covers universal, targeted, and intensive approaches to designing positive learning environments that support engagement and positive behaviour for diverse learners, including those with complex profiles. The unit addresses educators' concerns about creating and maintaining safe and supportive learning environments, emphasising effective practices, collaborative partnerships, and behaviour support strategies. It includes theoretical approaches and practical strategies such as functional behavioural assessments, personal and social capabilities, connectedness, and wellbeing, enhancing your scholarly knowledge, pedagogical ability, and ethical practice to support all learners' participation and engagement.
EUN628 Pedagogy and Assessment in STEM
In this unit, you will delve into the dynamic world of STEM pedagogy and assessment, exploring innovative teaching strategies and frameworks essential for integrated STEM education. Understanding these pedagogies is crucial as they equip you to tackle the unique challenges of teaching STEM, fostering critical thinking and problem-solving skills in students. You will learn to design engaging Project-Based Learning (PBL) activities, appreciate diverse cultural perspectives, and First Nations knowledge in STEM education. Additionally, you will explore assessment techniques, including Backwards Mapping, the balanced use of assessment in PBL and use of AI to create effective assessment instruments. By the end of this unit, you will have experiences designing comprehensive and inclusive STEM learning and assessment project plans.
EUN629 Activating Innovation in STEM Education
In this unit you will explore how to harness digital technologies to re-think your teaching practices and foster innovation in your educational context. Understanding and utilising these technologies is crucial as they are not only tools for enhancing STEM learning but also integral topics within the field. You will learn to identify opportunities for innovation in your context, and design, implement, and evaluate STEM innovations. Additionally, the unit will equip you with professional development and learning strategies tailored for STEM educators. This unit will empower you to activate innovation in STEM Education.
EUN630 Designing STEM Learning Connected to the Real World
This unit equips educators with essential skills to integrate STEM and forge partnerships with industry, enhancing the relevance and impact of education. By using a STEM framework to analyse industry products and processes, educators can design projects that resonate with real- world applications. Building school-industry connections fosters practical learning experiences, while integrating content across curricula reflects how STEM is practiced in real-world contexts. Identifying conceptual connections within and between STEM disciplines and designing transdisciplinary curriculum aligned with learning goals prepares students for future challenges. This unit underscores the importance of contextualising STEM education, making it more meaningful to students’ lives and future careers.
EUN636 Designing for Connected STEM Understanding
There are numerous overlaps and interconnections between the content knowledge and skills of each STEM discipline, and in turn discipline-specific curricula. In this unit, you will focus on developing your ability to identify content and skill based conceptual connections within and between the STEM disciplines. From this, you will then consider defining learning goals that are aligned to the content and skills of the disciplines (including the connections you've identified), and then designing transdisciplinary curriculum and instruction that are aligned to the learning goals and which will develop your learners' connected STEM understanding and skills.
EUN637 STEM Inquiry Experience
STEM-based industries bring together experts from the various STEM disciplines to collaboratively solve problems, including the creation of new knowledge and products. Experiencing the real-world application of STEM knowledge and skill provides a basis for the design and implementation of authentic learning that achieves the intentions of STEM curricula.
EUN638 Applied STEM in Education
In this unit you will draw upon your integrated STEM knowledge, skills and experiences together with your knowledge of digital technology to construct a strategic plan that has the potential to advance STEM Education in an education context; preferably yours. This plan needs to incorporate principles and practices of STEM in Education, including the development of learners' transdisciplinary, connected understanding of the knowledge and skills of STEM. Your strategic plan will be aligned to relevant STEM curricula.
EUN644 Language Awareness for Second Language Teaching
In the context of teacher education, there is increasing acknowledgement of the importance of studying the relationships between language, pedagogy and society. This unit will provide you with understandings of these relationships and how they impact communities and educational settings in Australian and overseas contexts. The unit will also develop your ability to identify key grammatical features in authentic texts and plan for pedagogical approaches to teaching grammar in relation to specific sociolinguistic contexts. At a time of increasing migration and diversity, understanding the social and cultural influences on language use is crucial for ensuring educational access and social participation by all learners. It is also vital for understanding language choices and rights in multicultural, pluralistic societies.
EUN649 Policy in Indigenous Australian Education
In this unit, you will develop your understanding of policy eras that have shaped the treatment of Indigenous Australians since 1788, ending with a focus on present-day policy initiatives. The unit content will specifically investigate the role of education in delivering policy intentions and the impact this has had, and continues to have, on Indigenous Australians and their ways of knowing. These understandings will contribute to the development of your own critical practice in Indigenous Australians education.
EUN650 Leading Indigenous Australian Education
This unit on leading Indigenous Australians education equips educators with the skills to develop and lead professional development initiatives that foster meaningful engagement with Indigenous Australian communities. Understanding one’s cultural position and its impact on educational practice is crucial. The unit explores critical race theory, whiteness, and privilege, providing a theoretical foundation. You will learn to design effective professional development tailored to your context, drawing on best practices in Indigenous Australians education. Engaging in professional conversations and critically reflecting on your cultural position and design journey are key components. By the end of the course, you will have developed a comprehensive plan of action for future practice, ensuring sustained and respectful engagement with Indigenous Australian communities.
EUN656 Leadership Identity
Leadership within educational organisations occurs in various forms, from official leadership roles right through to the day-to-day professional practice of educators. In this unit, you will explore concepts of leadership and construct (and reconstruct) your own leadership identity as an aspiring or current leader. Throughout this unit you will engage with a wide variety of leadership theories and frameworks. You will then be supported to respond through a process of reflexive identity work that addresses the fundamental questions of “who am I as a leader?” and “what does leadership look like for me?”. Through this process you will consolidate your own critical understandings of adaptive, sustainable, resilient leadership as a dynamic and ongoing development career process that is shaped by knowing, doing and being.
EUN657 Leading the Learning and Wellbeing of Others
In this unit, you will learn how to lead the collective and individual learning and wellbeing of others. You will engage with adult learning theories and principles and explore how these can be applied to specific educational contexts. In this unit, you will also be introduced to principles of mentoring and how to establish and maintain a professional learning culture in workplace contexts. You will engage with specific work-based challenges for leaders such as workplace supervision and managing performance and explore ways to negotiate these challenges effectively and ethically.
EUN658 Leading Innovation
This unit focuses on how education leaders identify and cultivate innovations that purposefully respond to changing needs and new opportunities. This unit will provide you, as a current or emerging leader, with conceptual and practical tools for understanding, designing and activating innovation in the real world. You will explore relevant leadership models and processes, strategic thinking and planning, decision-making and governance, and the importance of understanding and working with people to realise meaningful change within and in response to the dynamics of educational institutions and contexts.
EUN659 Leading Evaluation
In this unit, you will develop your knowledge of evaluation approaches, and how you can lead evaluation to improve educational quality. This unit will equip you with principles and practical tools to understand a range of practical evaluation approaches. Using real world scenarios, you will explore how to lead evaluation and draw on multiple forms of evidence in a range of educational contexts. By integrating the theory and practice, you will be equipped to critique and design evidence-based plans for evaluation in educational contexts.
EUN668 Psychoeducational Assessment
This unit equips you with a comprehensive understanding of psychoeducational assessment approaches used by school counsellors. You will explore strategies including observation, interviewing, and standardised and non-standardised assessment for learners with learning, behavioural, or mental health challenges. A key component of the course is the emphasis on research skills. You will learn how to conduct and interpret literature reviews, a crucial skill for staying updated with the latest findings in the field. Understanding how to critically evaluate research allows school counsellors to apply evidence-based practices, enhancing their effectiveness in supporting students. This unit is a blend of practical skills and theoretical knowledge, preparing you for a successful career in school counselling.
EUN673 Big Data and Learning Analytics
This unit introduces the fundamental process of data science and provides the necessary computational and statistical foundations for further experimentation in data science. You will learn how and when to use key methods for educational data mining and learning analytics. You will learn how to apply these methods and when to apply them, as well as their strengths and weaknesses for different applications. This unit is designed to be studied as part of the research pathway in the Masters of Education course. This unit helps prepare students for both practitioner research and further postgraduate study. This unit may also be studied as a single unit option.
EUN674 Understanding Large Scale Assessments
In this unit you will engage with the theoretical and practical aspects of Large Scale Assessments (LSAs). Topics covered will include theories of assessment, classical test theory vs item response theory, Differential Item functioning, latent traits, scale development, and issues of error, reliability and validitiy. The knowedge and skills learnt in this unit will give you better insight into the the life cycle of a large scale assessment such as NAPLAN or PISA and equip you with the knowledge to make better educational decisions informed by large scale assessments. This unit is designed to be studied as part of the research pathway in the Masters of Education course. This unit helps prepare students for both practitioner research and further postgraduate study. This unit may also be studied as a single unit option.
EUN676 Case Study and Ethnography
In this unit you will build your capacity to undertake two qualitative approaches to educational research: case study and ethnography. You will begin by exploring how these approaches enable researchers to study practices in specific contexts, and to see patterns between people and systems. You will explore examples of how each approach can be used to critique or inform policy, engage in social transformation efforts, and provide insightful evaluations. You will learn about specific methods and techniques, and how research data is collected and used in different settings. You will consider the affordances of each approach through examining the contributions you could make by engaging with these research approaches. This unit is designed to be studied as part of the research pathway in the Masters of Education course. This unit helps prepare students for both practitioner research and further postgraduate study. This unit may also be studied as a single unit option.
EUN677 Evaluating Programs
Evaluation is a particular subset of research that aims to result in a judgement about the value of a particular approach. Evaluation seeks to understand the effectiveness of programs, practices and policy: what works for whom and how? This unit will introduce you to critical processes and current thinking about evaluation. You will explore how different purposes for evaluation may be applied in educational and other settings. You will learn about the theory and terminology of evaluation; processes for articulating a theory of change for evaluation; design of program logic models; steps for evaluation design; and critical literacy in relation to interpreting and applying evaluation findings. This unit is designed to be studied as part of the research pathway in the Masters of Education course. This unit helps prepare students for both practitioner research and further postgraduate study. This unit may also be studied as a single unit option.
EUN682 Inclusion and Diversity in School Counselling
This unit will equip you with the knowledge, skills, and practical experience necessary to foster inclusive and diverse educational counselling environments. You will develop a foundation in policy analysis with a specific focus on policies related to the role of school counsellors in fostering inclusive educational environments. Through the lens of program logic research, you will explore and evaluate educational counselling services and their response to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles. The unit will include a focus on practical application through a project logic evaluation and policy analysis, allowing you to demonstrate your ability to integrate theoretical knowledge with real-world practice in educational counselling settings.
EUN684 Foundations of Educational Counselling
This unit will introduce you to the essential building blocks of effective counselling practice. By exploring theoretical frameworks, practical techniques, and research methodologies, you will develop a comprehensive understanding of the counselling process, its applications in school settings, and the professional landscape of counselling. You will learn to observe and analyse professional communities, enhancing your understanding of ongoing professional development and ethical considerations in counselling. Additionally, you will delve into ethnographic research methods and explore professional and ethical practices and challenges for educational counsellors. By mastering these foundational skills and research methods, you will be well-equipped to adapt to the evolving landscape of counselling, meet the diverse needs of clients, and embark on a rewarding career characterised by continuous growth, learning, and evidence-based practice.
EUN685 Understanding a Trauma-Aware Approach to Education
In this unit, you will develop an understanding of complex trauma and trauma-aware education by engaging with key research evidence, theories, and concepts. You will explore practical strategies to strengthen educational practices and policies to respond to the holistic needs of trauma-impacted learners. This unit will equip you to create supportive, responsive educational environments across early childhood education and care, primary and secondary schooling, and higher education.
EUN686 The Science of Complex Trauma
In this unit, you will deepen your knowledge of important theories and research on the biology and neurobiology of child and adolescent development, the impact of complex trauma on development and functioning, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma. You will apply these insights to educational settings, including early childhood education and care, as well as primary and secondary schooling. By examining the implications for educational policies and practices, you will develop skills to translate scientific findings and effectively communicate key learnings to colleagues.
EUN689 Designing for Indigenous Australian Education
This unit introduces theories in relation to Indigenous standpoint and the cultural interface. It supports the development of informed approaches for practice in Indigenous Australian education including Indigenous Australian histories and cultures, and Sustainability cross-curricular priorities. In this unit you will critically engage with the implications of Australian Professional Standards for Teachers 1.4 and 2.4. You will consider how the Early Years Learning Framework addresses Indigenous Australian perspectives and education and, develop your knowledge of embedding Indigenous Australian perspectives through culturally responsive pedagogies that enhance learning opportunities for Indigenous Australian learners and deepen understandings of Indigenous Australian perspectives that can be incorporated into your learning spaces.
EUN690 Country as Teacher in Indigenous Australian Education
This unit explores the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures cross-curriculum priority in the Australian Curriculum, with a strong emphasis on understanding Country/Place and one’s connection to it. You will explore the cross-curriculum priority and organising ideas, gaining insights into Indigenous Australian ways of being, knowing, thinking and doing. Understanding the protocols for engaging with Indigenous Australian communities and Country is crucial for fostering respectful and meaningful relationships. The unit also examines the impact of colonisation, the case against terra nullius and reclamation of cultural practices, language and Country. By appreciating these elements, you will be better equipped to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures in the curriculum.
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EUN627 STEM Thinking
This unit explores STEM thinking skills and integration approaches for effective STEM education. Understanding diverse STEM thinking skills and integration methods is vital for developing students’ STEM thinking and disciplinary knowledge. The unit draws on these skills together with curriculum mapping to design engaging, integrated STEM teaching plans. This comprehensive approach ensures educators are well-prepared to create dynamic learning environments that inspire and equip students with the necessary skills to excel in the future.
EUN667 Personal School Counselling Approaches
This unit provides an exploration of major counselling approaches relevant to the schooling context. Understanding these counselling approaches is crucial for school counsellors as it enables them to address diverse student needs, apply appropriate interventions to problem situations, and create tailored counselling plans. The unit also delves into ethical considerations, including the use of GenAI, and emphasises the importance of cultural sensitivity in counselling. By understanding these counselling approaches, school counsellors can enhance their professional practice, ensuring they provide support to students while navigating the complexities of the school environment.
EUN680 Career Counselling and Professional Practice
This unit will equip you with the theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and ethical considerations necessary for effective career guidance and support. Through a blend of theoretical study and hands-on application, you will develop a robust foundation in career counselling practices. This unit bridges theoretical knowledge with practical application, preparing you to navigate the complex and evolving field of career guidance. By mastering these concepts and skills, you will be well-equipped to provide effective, ethical, and culturally sensitive career counselling services in various professional settings. The competencies developed in this unit will provide a framework for continuous professional growth as a careers professional, and adaptation to the changing needs of clients and the evolving job market.
EUN681 Inclusive Education: Policy and Practice Foundations
Inclusive education is a process of systemic transformation that begins with educators acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure that all learners can access and participate in high-quality, age-appropriate curriculum, pedagogy and assessment in regular classrooms and early childhood education and care settings. This unit steps through the fundamental knowledge that inclusive educators need to collaborate as members of multidisciplinary teams in designing accessible learning experiences using inclusive practices. Together with EUN639, EUN681 provides a strong foundation for the three other core units in the Inclusive Education specialization: EUN640 Understanding Reading and Writing Difficulties, EUN641 Multi-tiered Supports for Diverse Learners, and EUN642 Creating Positive Learning Environments.