Normally these subjects will be taken concurrently with the education subjects of the designated year. On successful completion of the School Experience 4 placement at the beginning of Semester 2 of their final year, students will spend two days a week for the remainder of the University semester in the school in which they undertook the placement. During that time they will be required to conduct assigned tasks associated with Semester 2 fourth year subjects. The major study includes particular reference to the legal and professional responsibilities and role of the teacher charged with the care of young children and with the need to deal productively with their skills. General principles of curriculum design, implementation and evaluation are learned in association with the complementary studies in the Learning Areas and School Experience components.
Selected subjects are available at standard and advanced level after first year.
All subjects in the education sequence are compulsory except that students will take either the research project or the honours project in fourth year. Studies are designed to match the development of teaching skills through school experience. Opportunities for specialising in a learning area are given either in a sequence of advanced studies or by choosing appropriate options. In fourth year, students are required to negotiate two days a week for 10 weeks in the school in which tey undertook School Experience 4 in Semester 2. During that time they will be required to conduct assigned tasks associated with fourth year subjects.