Bachelor of Education (Honours) and Bachelor of Science

The Bachelor of Education (Honours) double degree course will prepare you for a career as a skilled, critical and effective teacher and educator in the primary or secondary sector. Participants build a strong base for decision making in relation to their practice and establish themselves as future educational leaders in a global workforce. You will build a high level of expertise in one of two specialisations: Primary education Secondary education The course will prepare you for teaching in an increasingly diverse, complex and changing world. You will engage with contemporary ideas and practices and learn how to foster the learning of children and young people with varied needs. This will enable you to develop your students’ creative, intellectual, physical, personal and social capabilities. While learning to navigate the complex nature of teaching, you will develop the specific professional knowledge and teaching skills needed to engage students of various ages and developmental stages with particular school subjects. Depending upon your specialisation, you will develop the skills and knowledge needed to teach in learning areas such as the arts and music, English, mathematics, humanities, physical education, health and wellbeing, science, and digital technologies. Professional experience offered throughout the course in urban, rural, remote or international locations and education settings, will build your knowledge of teaching and learning. As a result, you will become a thoughtful, effective and inclusive educator, able to design learning experiences that ensure that your future students have the right balance of challenge and support. The Bachelor of Education (Honours) prepares you for the global workforce. You will have a strong foundation for decision making about your practice and you will be in a position to establish yourself as an educational leader of the future. The course is available for either primary or secondary school teaching. Secondary education students will prepare as specialist science or mathematics teachers, while primary education students will be prepared to teach across the school curriculum with specialist expertise in either, English and literacy, or mathematics and numeracy, as well as with highly valued specialist expertise in science-related areas. In each case, you might also turn your skills to broader science education contexts such as science communication, museums and publishing. This double degree course offers you a high quality education in science and the possibility of a career in science or science education to inspire and engage young developing minds.