After the completion of the first year, the training certificate can be taken as needed. Candidates for the second year must have completed the first year of the course or have an equivalent qualification. External candidates are normally required to attend the University for a hearing at a time convenient for School of Education staff.
Only students resident in Victoria will be accepted as external applicants for the first year of the course. Students entering the first or second year of an undergraduate education course should consult Miss 0. All fees must be paid into the University's account at a branch of the National Bank of Australasia.
Branches of the bank can be found next to the Bookroom and in Union House. A timetable of the annual exam will be available a few weeks before the exam starts.
University Halls of Residence
University fees do not include college fees, which are paid to the colleges themselves. For further information about the colleges, students are referred to the sections printed in the University Calendar and the heads of colleges.
Financial Assistance
Scholarship holders are affiliated with the Department of Education for three years after completing the course. The following tables provide an overview of awards other than those described above which are available to Education students. More precise information can be obtained from Appendix 3 or the Notices in the 1964 Calendar, or from the person indicated in the table.
Unrestricted Graduate Awards
Awards Available to Education Students Only
Candidates who have obtained a degree from this university or from another university recognized for this purpose by the Council of Professors can be admitted to the first year of the Bachelor of Education programme. An applicant who has passed throughout the year across the faculty who has not passed the annual examination in or obtained credits in a particular subject will not be recorded as having passed that subject, but may proceed to the second year of the degree . the course:. On the understanding that in such circumstances a candidate must obtain the approval of the faculty for the courses of the second year of the program for which he wishes to register.l.
Candidates may be admitted to the second year of the course who—. i) have qualified for a degree at the University or any other University recognized for the purpose by the University, and. ii) has passed the first year of the course or has undergone a training program approved by the Faculty of Education as equivalent to this. Applicants whose practical teaching or other pedagogical work since the end of 1. year is of a standard approved by the faculty, and who have passed the prescribed tests and have otherwise fulfilled the above conditions. A person may be a candidate for the degree of Master of Education if — (a) he has completed the course for the degree of Bachelor of Education or has. completed a course that is approved as equivalent to this by the Faculty of Education; and.
A candidate enrols no later than the end of the fourth week of the first semester in which he starts studying for the degree. Notwithstanding any contradiction, a candidate for the degree of master of education who before 31 March 1959 has passed one of the subjects Experimental education or Educational research: its methods and results, in the second year of the course for the degree of bachelor or Education is exempt from exams in the theory and method of educational research, but may be required to attend classes prescribed by the faculty.
EDUCATION
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
The main purpose of the course is to provide a comprehensive, if not exhaustive, overview of • educational institutions in representative national areas. The course is also designed to provide an introduction to the use of the comparative method in the study of educational institutions. A comparison of the systems of public education in France, England, the United States and Australia.
New South Wales Department of Education, Report of the Committee Appointed to Inquire into Secondary Education in New South Wales. Students must obtain the Course of Study Guide and Detailed Reading List available on request from the School of Education office, 6th Floor, Barry Building.
EXAMINATION
303. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
The course will cover (a) classroom procedures appropriate especially, though not exclusively, to secondary schools; and (b) matters and arrangements relating to the general life and organization of secondary schools. The subject General method and organization of secondary education will be conducted mainly in the form of lectures. Students will be invited to choose one of a number of special topics and in the third semester work in groups of thirty or fewer students to study the chosen topic over a period of several weeks.
Students should obtain the detailed guide for the organization of the study from the General Office of the School of Education, 6th Floor, Barry Building. These excursions are linked to General Method, and requirements related to them must be satisfactorily completed before a pass can be achieved in this subject. During Term I, students will attend lectures on methods of teaching school subjects for which their earlier studies have prepared them.
They are normally expected to teach either Intermediate or Leaving Certificate classes in their major subjects and Sub-Intermediate Certificate classes in their minor subjects. Part-time students and external students should refer to the Guide for part-time students and external students for details on requirements when selecting teaching subjects. They should, if necessary, make arrangements with their schools to enable them to teach the subjects they choose for their course throughout the year.
Physical Education: may only be taken by students who hold a degree in Physical Education or a recognized equivalent. School Counseling: May only be taken by approved students who have completed a major in Psychology. Since general sciences are taken in the junior classes of all secondary schools, science students must be willing to teach this subject and therefore specify it as a subject.
By arrangement, the first half of the series of Method Lectures in Natural Sciences will deal with the teaching of General Science. General Method and Secondary School Organization; an essay and one 3-hour paper in Special Methods.
305. PRACTICAL TEACHING
To meet these requirements, rural students must commit to coming to Melbourne for two to three weeks of practical training on entry for the course at the time specified by the School of Education. In special cases, with the consent of the Faculty of Education, a different arrangement can be made to replace the above by the Professor of Education. Students must achieve a certain level of practical teaching efficiency during the year.
There is no formal test at the time of the Annual Examination, unless special circumstances warrant the holding of such a test, candidates who normally receive honours, or are returned as passed or failed, according to the standard attained during the year. If a student fails in Practical Instruction, he must undertake whatever extra practice and tests may be prescribed in a subsequent year, and may apply for another test. As a general rule, he will not be allowed to present again until July of the following year.
If he teaches at a recognized school, it can be agreed that the test will be taken at that school. In all cases, the report on his work at his own school is taken into account.
SECOND YEAR
306. PHILOSOPHICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL BASES OF EDUCATION
307. MODERN DEVELOPMENTS IN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE
M.U.P., 1959.) Section B
309. EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATION
- The psychology of adolescence
- The development of cognitive processes in childhood and adolescence; the psychology of thinking and learning
Development of cognitive processes in childhood and adolescence; the psychology of thinking and learning. the psychology of thinking and learning. ed.), The teenager - A book of readings.
312. PRACTICAL TEACHING (ADVANCED )
BOARD OF STUDIES IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION
GENERAL INFORMATION Diploma in Physical Education
Dates
Prerequisites
Matriculation
The Board of Professors will in any case make sure of maturity. i) Persons over the age of 23 who have failed the final examination in any subject may qualify for enrollment by passing the entrance examination in the prescribed manner. ii) Individuals over the age of 35 may be eligible for enrollment by passing a limited number of approved entrance examination subjects and a special test in English or entrance examination in English expression. Applicants with approved technical college qualifications are qualified to enroll if they pass the entrance examination in English expression. Candidates who have qualified to enroll in another recognized university may be admitted to the entrance examination.
All candidates for special forms of matriculation should consult the Special Matriculation Officer in the Registrar's Office who will advise them of the application form required.
Enrolment
Fees for Diploma
Graduation
REGULATION
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
DIPLOMA IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION
FIRST YEAR
321. ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION PART I
323. HYGIENE, DIET AND FIRST AID
824. HISTORY, PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
SYLLABUS
BOOKS
327. TEACHING PRACTICE AND OBSERVATION PART I
Books
SECOND YEAR
328. ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION PART II
A course of two lectures per week, including demonstrations and practical work, during the first two semesters.
330. PLAY AND RECREATION
331. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
332. MODERN PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION
333. PRACTICAL EXERCISES PART II (School and Recreational)
334. TEACHING PRACTICE AND OBSERVATION PART II
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Handbook of Public and Ma tr ic-
FACULTY HANDBOOKS
PUBLIC AND MATRICULATION EXAMINATION PAPERS
MATRICцLATION
LEAVING AND INTERMEDIATE
