Offered By	Faculty of Asian Studies
Duration	4 years full-time
Minimum	192 units
Academic Plan	4579XBAPBE
CRICOS Code	CRICOS

This Program is offered to school leavers and those with no previous tertiary qualifications who would like to become secondary teachers. The program also allows students who began as primarily language learners to transfer into the combined Education program. This combined program offers a sound qualification in secondary teaching integrated with two key learning areas from the ANU College of Asia & The Pacific. Graduates will develop in depth critical knowledge in their key learning areas and in the pedagogy of facilitating the learning of secondary students in these subject areas. In addition, graduates will develop sensitivity to the needs and characteristics of learners from Years 7 - 12; awareness of the social context and implications for schooling; understanding of educational challenges and issues, self-awareness including awareness of the influence of teachers' personal theories, values and modes of operation in the motivation of learning, knowledge skills and attitudes; theory and research on effective teaching practices and flexibility to enable constructive work in educational settings.

Prerequisites

None, but there may be prerequisites or levels of assumed knowledge for certain individual subjects.

The ANU College of Asia and the Pacific offers Bonus Points towards university entry scores for all students who successfully complete foreign language studies during Year 12 and who apply to study a single undergraduate degree taught by the College of Asia & The Pacific.

Applicants may be eligible for five bonus points for successful study at Year 11 and 12 of an Asia-Pacific Language and up to two bonus points for any other language. Please refer to the Faculty of Asian Studies website for more details.

The information published on the Study at ANU 2009 website applies to the 2009 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2008 website.