Teaching Areas

Students may study 2 Group X or 2 Group Y, providing one teaching area is in external mode (allowing them to study both curriculum studies units if there is a timetable clash). Any combination of Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts is acceptable.

Course Structure

Year 1, Semester 1

Engaging in Learning

Secondary Field Studies A: Engaging in Learning

Curriculum 1X

Curriculum 1Y

Year 1, Semester 2

Teaching in the Knowledge Society

Secondary Field Studies B: Teaching in the Knowledge Society

Curriculum 2X

Curriculum 2Y

Year 2, Semester 1

Inclusivity in Teaching and Learning

Secondary Field Studies C: Immersion in Inclusive Education Practices

Curriculum 3X

Curriculum 3Y

Year 2, Semester 2

The Professional Work of Teachers

Secondary Field Studies D: The Professional Work of Teachers

Secondary Professional Internship Secondary Curriculum Project

OVERVIEW

The Faculty of Health is an industry leader that educates professionals for a range of health related areas, conducts research and is actively engaged in continuing education and community service.

The Faculty has more than 3500 students enrolled in

undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Undergraduate degree programs are delivered through five discipline-based schools of Human Movement Studies, Nursing, Optometry, Psychology and Counselling, and Public Health.

The School of Human Movement Studies offers programs that respond to the increasing community awareness of health, exercise, well-being, and fitness. A degree in Human Movement Studies equips graduates with the knowledge and skills for an active career in physical education, health education, rehabilitation, weight management, or exercise and sports science. The School has close links with the Queensland Reds and has formed a Centre for Rugby Studies to further develop and promote the sport of rugby.

The School of Nursing is Queensland’s oldest provider of nursing education. Always at the cutting-edge of its field, the School offers the latest in clinical facilities and equipment, and a wide range of local, rural, and overseas opportunities for practical placements. Nursing graduates go on to work in a range of areas, including and beyond the traditional hospital ward. The School offers an undergraduate program in nursing, as well as specialised postgraduate programs.

The School of Optometry is the only optometry training facility in Queensland and one of three in Australia. As such, Optometry graduates are always in demand. The optometry degree prepares graduates for entry into the professional workforce and for Australia-wide registration. Students apply their knowledge through supervised clinical practice both in the School’s purpose- built public optometry clinic and in the community. Postgraduate research programs are offered by the School at Masters and PhD level.

The School of Psychology and Counselling is located on QUT’s spacious bushland campus at Carseldine. The School offers excellent teaching, technology and research facilities for its undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Programs provide graduates with the opportunity to gain practical qualifications that are well regarded in the community. The Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) is a three-year degree program that prepares graduates for further studies in psychology and for employment in a number of fields. Graduates aiming for professional registration may seek admission to a fourth year of study in either the Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) or the Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology. The School’s postgraduate offerings include Masters in Counselling, Clinical Psychology and Psychology (Educational and Developmental), and Graduate Diplomas or Certificates in Psychology and Road Safety. Studies can also be undertaken at doctorate level.

The School has a Family and Counselling Clinic, which is open to the public, and a research centre in Road Safety and Accident Prevention.

The School of Public Health is the most diverse of the Faculty’s schools, offering undergraduate majors in areas such as podiatry, nutrition and dietetics, health information management, health services management, paramedic practice, and public health. A range of articulated postgraduate programs is also offered in a number of these areas plus other special fields such as

environmental health, health promotion, occupational health and safety, risk management, and health science.

Faculty staff maintain excellent ties with the health industry and work closely with national and international health and welfare organisations. These industry ties ensure that the Faculty’s programs deliver relevant skills and respond rapidly to new and

emerging needs in health education in an era of advancing health technology.

The Faculty of Health is primarily based at QUT’s Kelvin Grove campus, with the School of Psychology and Counselling located at Carseldine campus in the northern suburbs of Brisbane. At Kelvin Grove campus, two purpose-built complexes house state- of-the-art facilities including:

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teaching clinics for Podiatry, Optometry and Human

Movement Studies (children’s activity and weight management programs, balance and gait assessment, health and fitness appraisals, and exercise prescriptions)

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a Nursing clinical practice laboratory

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Human Movement laboratories for biomechanics, exercise physiology, motor control, and functional anatomy

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student computer laboratories with the latest in general and health-related software

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multimedia lecture theatres and tutorial rooms

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fully equipped research laboratories

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and an ergonomics laboratory.

At Carseldine, a Family Therapy and Counselling Clinic provides supervised clinical experience for Counselling students.

SENIOR STAFF

Faculty Office

Dean: Professor K. J. Bowman AM, MScOptom Melb, LOSc,

FAAO

Assistant Dean (Research): J.E. Lovie-Kitchin, MSc(Optom) Melb, GradDipRehab La Trobe, PhD QUT, LOSc, FAAO Assistant Dean (Teaching and Learning): R.E. Nash, DipAppAc QIT, BA Qld, MHlthSc C. Sturt, FRANA

Faculty Administration Manager: M. Rimland, BA Qld Health Project Manager: C.J. Cliff, BSc ANU, PhD Keele,

CChem DipEnvStud Macq, GradDipOutdoorEd Brisbane CAE,

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