Secondary Education - Arts University of Canberra

Overview

You’ll study a choice of two teaching streams from a range of arts and humanities disciplines, including English languages, history, business studies, the creative arts, geography, religious studies, psychology, media studies, legal studies, and more.

Thanks to a series of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) units, you’ll put your teaching theories to the test in a real-world environment, regularly engaging with secondary school students across the entire range of year levels. 

At the completion of the course, you’ll be ready to hit the ground running as a newly qualified teacher, confident in helping to enthuse young people aged 12 to 18 about a range of subjects across the arts spectrum.

Study Secondary Education - Arts from University of Canberra and you will: 

• demonstrate specialised knowledge and skills in two arts disciplines, across a range of classes and year groups, within a secondary school environment

• learn the theories and principles that are the foundation for educational practice in secondary settings

• demonstrate an understanding of student needs and differences, and develop teaching activities for a range of indigenous, English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD) and mainstream settings

• develop and implement effective assessment strategies and carry out evaluation of teaching programs, resources and your own teaching

• apply the required content knowledge for all secondary school curriculum areas to teaching and reporting methods, alternate/enhanced literacy and numeracy strategies, and the effective use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in teaching and learning.

Career opportunities

• Secondary school teacher
• English teacher
• History teacher
• Visual arts teacher
• Drama teacher