Our innovative curriculum combines theory and professional experience, providing you with the knowledge, skills and professional values to become an effective educator. You can choose to specialise in early childhood, primary or secondary education – or a combination of these. Start of expanded content Through engagement with contemporary ideas and practices, you will develop the professional knowledge and skills needed to foster the learning of students of various ages and diverse needs. As a result, you will become an effective educator, able to design learning experiences that ensure your future students have the right balance of challenge and support to progress in areas such as the arts and music, English, mathematics, physical education, health and wellbeing, science and humanities. If you want a rewarding career that influences and shapes lives, but are open minded about the age group and education sector you teach in, then this specialisation is for you. You will be qualified to teach children and adolescents aged five to 18 years in primary and secondary schools from Foundation to Year 12. You will build on the content knowledge developed in your undergraduate degree and qualify to teach adolescents in one secondary subject area. Start of expanded content You will gain an understanding of learning at the heart of teaching by examining the learning process and the aspects that influence it. Drawing on contemporary theories, concepts and practices of primary and secondary education you will gain an appreciation of the positive impact and power teaching can have on influencing young people's learning and development. You will actively develop primary and secondary teaching and learning strategies, which address a diverse range of students' cognitive, social and emotional needs, and will build a repertoire of approaches to manage young people's learning within the classroom. All the key elements of the primary curriculum including English and literacies, mathematics, arts, humanities and social education, science, and health and physical education will be studied. You will develop specialist expertise in teaching one secondary subject area such as English, mathematics, the sciences, history, languages, the arts, business, and health and physical education. You will gain professional experience through 60 days of supervised teaching practice in primary and secondary education settings. This qualification will offer you multiple career options, ensuring your flexible skills remain in demand across primary and secondary schools and a range of community contexts.