Degrees for Education

Special Education

Plan of Study
1st Year
1st Semester - Code of Braille writing 0
Semester 1 - Communication and Language 0
1st Semester - Learning Difficulties 0
1st Semester - Interv. In Socio-Educational Hearing Disability Support Unit at the Deaf (UAS) 0
1st Semester - Interv. Socio-Mental Disabilities in Education / engines UIE 0
1st Semester - Early Intervention 0
1st Semester - Socio-Educational Intervention in Visual Disabilities 0
1st Semester - Introduction to Disability: Hearing / Mental / Motor / Visual 0
1st Semester - language Portuguese / 1st language 0
1st Semester - Portuguese / 2nd Language 0
1st Semester - Research Methodology 0
Semester 1 - Organization and Curriculum Development 0
1st Semester - Orientation and Mobility 0
1st Semester - Pedagogical Thought and SEN 0
1st Semester - Disorders of Language 0
1st Semester - Serious Problems of Behavior 0
1st Semester - Draft 0
1st Semester - alternative / augmentative communication for 0

Commencing Semesters

Program Code 5138
Course List See the Course List for courses that can be studied as part of the Chemical Education plan/major in this program

Plan Description
Employment Opportunities
The program will enable teachers to both acquire new knowledge in chemistry and also work collaboratively with teachers and scientists to develop school work programs based on the new content.

Commencing Semesters Semester 1
Semester 2
Program Code 5431
Delivery Mode Internal/External
Plan Location Herston and web-based
Course List See the Course List for courses that can be studied as part of the Clinical Education plan/major in this program

Plan Description
This field of study provides advanced professionally-oriented coursework designed for clinical educators and others wishing to gain current knowledge and expertise in the theory and practice of clinical teaching and learning.

Some portions of these studies are also offered as continuing education modules. Persons wishing to be awarded a Graduate Certificate in Health Sciences must complete at least 1/3 of the #8 of the Graduate Certificate while specifically enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Health Sciences at UQ.

Commencing Semesters Semester 1
Semester 2
Program Code 5448
Delivery Mode External
Plan Location St Lucia
Course List See the Course List for courses that can be studied as part of the Public Education plan/major in this program

Plan Description
The field of study in public education is designed to provide teachers with relevant professional knowledge, practices and values to ensure high standards of teaching and leadership throughout Queensland schools. Specific areas of interest in Queensland public education will be addressed with reference to key Education Queensland (EQ) policy documents and frameworks that underpin leadership, pedagogy, assessment, and curriculum. Students will draw upon relevant evidence in designing and implementing projects in their teaching and leadership contexts. Teachers’ work and leadership roles will be framed in terms of both a futures orientation and a broad understanding of public education and the role of schools in creating and maintaining a civic realm of shared knowledge values and social practices.

Upon successful completion of the field of study students will be able to: (i) deploy relevant academic and professional knowledge to inform their teaching and leadership roles in schools; (ii) apply educational theories and related practices in relevant ways to improve learning outcomes for students; (iii) conduct field-based research that contributes in a logical and coherent manner to professional knowledge and know-how; (iv) demonstrate local leadership in professional practice; (v) demonstrate the ability to conceptualise, plan, implement and report on practice to an audience of other professionals.

Commencing Semesters Semester 1
Semester 2
Program Code 5171
Delivery Mode External
Plan Location St Lucia
Course List See the Course List for courses that can be studied as part of the Public Education plan/major in this program

Plan Description
The field of study in public education is designed to provide teachers with relevant professional knowledge, practices and values to ensure high standards of teaching and leadership throughout Queensland schools. Specific areas of interest in Queensland public education will be addressed with reference to key Education Queensland (EQ) policy documents and frameworks that underpin leadership, pedagogy, assessment, and curriculum. Students will draw upon relevant evidence in designing and implementing projects in their teaching and leadership contexts. Teachers’ work and leadership roles will be framed in terms of both a futures orientation and a broad understanding of public education and the role of schools in creating and maintaining a civic realm of shared knowledge values and social practices.

Upon successful completion of the field of study students will be able to: (i) deploy relevant academic and professional knowledge to inform their teaching and leadership roles in schools; (ii) apply educational theories and related practices in relevant ways to improve learning outcomes for students; (iii) conduct field-based research that contributes in a logical and coherent manner to professional knowledge and know-how; (iv) demonstrate local leadership in professional practice; (v) demonstrate the ability to conceptualise, plan, implement and report on practice to an audience of other professionals.

In successfully completing a major in Health Education, a student
will be able to:
Assess individual and community needs for health education.
Plan effective health education programs.
Implement effective health education programs.
Evaluate effectiveness of health education programs.
Coordinate provision of health education services.
Act as a resource person in health education.
Communicate health and health education needs, concerns and resources.