Education (BEd) [Primary Teaching] (Four Years) + Australian Indigenous Studies (BA)
Course Code: B1252
This joint degree will enable graduates to bring an understanding of Indigenous issues to primary teaching. Students enrol concurrently in a Bachelor of Arts in Australian Indigenous Studies degree and a Bachelor of Education (Primary).
Primary Teacher Education graduates are qualified to teach across the curriculum at all levels of the primary school. The scope of the Australian Indigenous Studies degree includes both traditional and contemporary forms of Aboriginal society and culture, and develops an overall framework for understanding the variety of traditions that together constitute Aboriginality.
| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Qualification: | Bachelor of Education (Primary) (BEd) +
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Australian Indigenous Studies |
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| Duration: | 4 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
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| Availability: | Murdoch campus (internal)
Murdoch campus (external) (except for one school experience [not EDU101] and one week intensive for EDU207)
Some units may also be available in the following locations and attendance modes:
Rockingham campus (internal) |
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| Restriction: | Enrolment in Primary Teaching is subject to restriction. |
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| Employment Prospects: | Murdoch teacher education graduates are employed in government and non-government schools and other education related occupations. A recent survey of all Murdoch teacher education students who graduated over the past decade showed that most were employed in teaching within a year of graduating. The knowledge of Indigenous issues gained through the AIS degree will be attractive to those systems employing teachers to teach in rural and remote areas, or where there is a significant number of Indigenous students. This joint degree is also useful for students who anticipate working for Indigenous organisations, public service or in allied areas of education, law, media and environmental science. |
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| Special Requirements: | All people wishing to work with children must have two checks to enable them to teach in Western Australian schools.
The first is the WA Department of Education Criminal History Record Check. Refer to the Study at Murdoch section of this Handbook for details on this important matter. Application forms for this check are available on the WA Department of Education web site or from the Murdoch University School Experience Office.
The second is the Working with Children Check from the Department of Community Development. The application forms are available from the Murdoch University School Experience Office.
It is important to understand that these two checks are mandatory and students are not permitted to enter schools without obtaining them. |
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| Excluded Minors: | Australian Indigenous Studies |
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