Study
The Humanities and Social Studies (HASS) Team is involved in the teaching of a range of courses to enable teachers and educators to update their qualifications, expand their knowledge and bring them to the forefront of international humanities education research.
Coursework degrees
We offer humanities education subjects in the following pre-service teacher education courses and degrees for education professionals:
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Master of Teaching (Early Childhood)
The Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) focuses on learning and teaching for children aged birth to eight years and provides our graduates with a qualification for registration with the Victoria Institute of Teaching (VIT) to teach in early childhood settings up to five years of age.
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Master of Teaching (Primary)
The Master of Teaching (Primary) prepares students to teach across all primary years (children aged five-12 years) as a generalist teacher, with specialist knowledge in literacy and numeracy education.
The following HASS coursework options and electives are available:
- Australian Indigenous Education
- Historical Thinking
- Inquiry Learning in the Humanities
- Teaching for a Sustainable World
- Teaching Global Perspectives
- Primary Humanities
- Humanities Capstone Specialised Pathway.
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Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary)
The Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary) prepares students for registration to teach in early childhood education and across all primary years as a generalist teacher.
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Master of Teaching (Secondary)
With a focus on student-centred learning, the Master of Teaching (Secondary) curriculum brings together theory and practice in a way that provides powerful insights into young people and how they learn.
HASS learning areas for the Master of Teaching (Secondary) support the development of teachers with foundational studies in: Accounting, Anthropology, Australian Studies, Business Management, Classical Studies, Commerce and Business Studies (Junior), Criminology, Cultural Studies, Data Processing (Business), Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography, History, Humanities, Human Resource Management, Indigenous Studies, International Relations, Legal Studies, Marketing, Multicultural Studies, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology.
Electives include:
- Comparative Education Systems & Contexts
- Teaching for a Sustainable World
- Leadership in Educational Settings
- Teaching Global Perspectives
- Active Pedagogies
- Australian Curriculum Perspectives
- Australian Indigenous Education
- Promoting Student Wellbeing
- Introduction to Digital Thinking
- Teaching Critical and Creative Thinking
- Historical Thinking
- Personalising Learning with Technology
- Introduction to the IB
- Curriculum Frameworks in the IB DP
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Master of Education
The Master of Education is designed for a range of education professionals who want to develop or extend their expertise in education so they can move into leadership, specialist or coordinator positions.
HASS-related specialisations in the Master of Education include:
Research higher degrees
We welcome graduate students interested in humanities education as part of a research higher degree. For enrolment and eligibility information visit research degrees. For information about the research conducted by the group refer to humanities education research.
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Master of Education (Research)
The Master of Education by research is directed at practising professionals in a broad range of fields related to education - early childhood, primary, secondary, tertiary, vocational and adult.
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Doctor of Education
The Doctor of Education is a research doctorate for experienced professionals with educational responsibilities.
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PhD - Education
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy signifies that the holder has undertaken a substantial piece of original research, which has been conducted and reported by the holder under proper academic supervision and in a research environment for a prescribed period.
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Doctor of Philosophy
The Master of Educational Psychology/Doctor of Philosophy will enable students to become practitioners while developing advanced research skills and experience to enhance their capacity to work in professionally related tertiary programs.
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Master of Philosophy - Education
The Master of Philosophy - Education is an internationally recognised masters (by research) degree. It is designed for students to develop advanced skills in carrying out independent and sustained research.