MASTER OF EDUCATION (SPECIAL EDUCATION)

The course highlights three distinct streams;

all of which address the challenges and issues faced by mainstream teachers in 21st Century educational practice:

Autism stream – provides educators with advanced knowledge and skills in supporting individuals with Autism.

Mental Health stream – provides educators with advanced knowledge and skills in supporting individuals with Mental Health challenges, in particular, the three most prominent issues facing contemporary educators, Anxiety, Depression and Eating Disorders.

Learning stream – provides educators with advanced knowledge and skills in supporting individuals with a range of learning needs.

N.B.

This is not an accredited Australian Initial Teacher Education course and therefore does not qualify the student to teach in Australia.

CORE UNITS

• EMP604 Education Major Project B
• EMP603 Education Major Project A
• LDF402 Learning Differences
• ICP601 Inclusive Classroom Practices
• MHP601 Mental Health for Education Practice
• DYX403 Dyslexia
• MHC402 Mental Health in Context
• IMH402 Introduction to Mental Health Conditions
• ACP601 Autism: Contemporary Practices
• ASL402 Autism Support Across the Lifespan
• PFA401 Person First in Autism

ELECTIVE UNITS

• PUBH6000 Social Behaviour and Cultural Factors in Public Health
• MGT502 Business Communications
• UED602 Understanding and interpreting Education data
• TED403 Technology and Education
• IED402 Innovation for Education
• DTE401 Design Thinking for Education
• PUBH6007 Program Design, Implementation and Evaluation
• EDU6000 Becoming a High Achieving Professional Educator
• DSGN6031 - Social Enterprise
• MGT600 Management People & Teams
• MGT601 Dynamic Leadership

• Demonstrate mastery of the ‘person first’ perspective to critically analyse and problem solve issues and challenges associated with a range of special educational needs
• Advanced understanding of Allied Health, carer support and collaboration skills necessary to improve educational outcomes
• Employ complex cognitive, technical and creative skills to plan, implement and evaluate innovative project-based or research-based change/transformation