Course description
This course is designed to offer studies in:
1. Indigenous culture;
2. Literacy;
3. Mathematics education; and
4. Understanding Indigenous Education.
This course is offered in mixed mode. Students are required to attend compulsory residential schools on campus each semester and to complete course work and assignments within their home communities. Academic support is available to students who require it through the Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme (ITAS). Professional Experience is also a compulsory component of each course and is taken in block-periods that extend from 1 to 10 weeks.
Professional Experience
Students must complete professional experience units during which time they are required to be available full-time.
Employment Screening
Students accepting a place in this course are required to participate in a number of professional placements throughout their program. In order to participate in professional experience if is the responsibility of each student to ensure that they are able to successfully complete the child protection screening required in their state Students, who are not cleared for working with children and therefore not able to be placed in a compulsory professional placement, will not be able to complete their course.
AssocDegIndEd
160 cp
Minimum duration: 2 years full-time or equivalent part-time. This course is normally taken over 2.5 years full-time.
Course available at:
Brisbane, Queensland
Sydney (Strathfield), NSW
EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.
1. Requirements for Completion of the Associate Degree48
To qualify for the Associate Degree, a student must complete:
1. 160 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
1. 80 cp from Curriculum Foundation units consisting of:
1. 20 cp from English;
2. 20 cp from Indigenous Studies;
3. 10 cp from Mathematics;
4. 20 cp from Science;
5. 10 cp from Theology;
2. 30 cp from Education Studies;
3. 50 cp from Curriculum and Pedagogy;
and
2. 2 Professional Experience units.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
Curriculum Foundation
English
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ADLA107 10 Linguistics for Literacy
ADLA108 10 Children’s Literature for Literacy
Indigenous Studies
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ADAB113 10 Australian Indigenous Peoples, Cultures and Identity
ADAB204 10 Australian History in an Indigenous Context
Mathematics
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ADMA103 10 Exploring Mathematics 1
Science
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ADST107 10 Science and Technology for Primary Teachers 1
ADST204 10 Science and Technology for Primary Teachers 2
Theology
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
AHEO162 10 Introducing the Scriptures
ADRE306 10 Indigenous Spirituality 1
Education Studies
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ADFD127 10 Contexts for Learning and Development
ADFD133 10 Understanding Learning (Co: ADFX110)
ADTS210 10 Teaching and Learning Preparing for the Contexts of the Field
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ADAR308 10 Creative Arts Education 1
ADLA204 10 Literacy Education 1
ADMA202 10 Mathematics: Learning and Teaching 1
ADPH103 10 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education 1
ADSS428 10 Connecting Society and Environment
Professional Experience
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ADFX110 0 Professional Experience 1 (Co: ADFD133)
ADFX212 0 Professional Experience 2
47 This course is available only to Australian Indigenous students.
48 Requirements for working with children: All students enrolled must have the appropriate approvals before they may enter a classroom. These are: Blue Card (Queensland), Working with Children Check (ACT, Victoria, NSW).
