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Undergraduate TAS-EDS-ADG-2023

Associate Degree in Education Support

Guide students towards a supportive learning experience

Become the true hero of the classroom with skills to support and empower learners experiencing difficulties. Help those who lack confidence, motivation or who might be disengaged. Make a difference to teachers and learners alike.

Available loans

Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)

Total subjects

16

Price

From

$9,620

Study method

100% Online

Assessments

100% online

CSP Available

Yes

Credit available

Yes

Applications Close

  • 05 Feb 23
  • 25 Jun 23
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Australia’s fourth oldest university, the University of Tasmania, is highly regarded internationally for teaching and academic excellence. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate degrees and more than 50 postgraduate programs across a range of disciplines. The university offers students a diverse range of opportunities, the chance to learn from leading experts, and excellent preparation for their future careers.

Learn more about UTAS.

QS Ranking 2022

18

Times Higher Education Ranking 2022

23

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  • 2023

Degree structure

14

Core subjects

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0

Major subjects

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2

Elective subjects

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Degree

Degree details

What you'll learn

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to: 

  1. Exhibit broad theoretical and technical knowledge related to education support work in schools and communities
  2. Identify, demonstrate and assess skills of ethical practice, communication, critical reflection and collaboration needed in diverse, complex and unpredictable learning contexts
  3. Apply knowledge and skills pertinent to education support by planning for and supporting the delivery of a differentiated curriculum for individual learners, particularly in the areas of literacy and numeracy
Career opportunities

Graduates will be highly sought in education careers and in particular in classroom settings as Integration Aides, Teacher Aides, and School Support Officers. Graduates will also be highly sought after in the industry training sector, and will be suited to communication-based jobs, public relations and other sectors that value graduates with well-developed problem-solving, communication and critical thinking skills.

Entry requirements

Higher education via OUA

Successful completion of any 4 OUA open access subjects of study at the equivalent AQF level, unless otherwise specified


Higher education

  • Successful completion of 2 undergraduate subjects (2 x 12.5cp minimum) as part of an Associate Degree level course or higher; OR
  • Completed DUS (Diploma of University Studies) any pathway or equivalent; OR
  • Completed UPP (University Preparation Program) or equivalent.

Secondary education

Completed the TCE (or equivalent)


VET studies

Successful completion of Certificate III or higher

Work and Life

Domestic Applicants with work and life experience: If you have not successfully completed senior secondary, tertiary or TAFE/VET study, but have extensive or sustained work experience. 

Credit for previous study or work

The University of Tasmania grants credit and recognition of prior learning that may include formal and/or informal prior learning. More information is available here. https://www.utas.edu.au/study/apply/admission-requirements/recognition-of-prior-learning.

Description

The Associate Degree in Education Support is a two-year course intended to provide an educational qualification for a range of education support roles including Teacher Aides, Integration Aides, School Support Officers and Home-Schooling parents.


This program values the critical role that Education Support workers play in enabling learners to overcome their barriers to learning success. As a distinctive profession in its own right, Education Support is critical to the provision of educational access and equity, particularly for children and adults who may have distinct learning difficulties, lack confidence or motivation in learning, or who might otherwise be disengaged or marginalised from conventional educational systems or practices.


The program is informed by core theoretical knowledge and evidence-based practice in learning support. It is underpinned by a strong research-practice nexus and is guided by our Faculty’s commitment to social justice as a core value for the work that educators and education support workers do. By experiencing a curriculum that values access and equity, and embeds inclusive education practices as well as attention to social and emotional learning, our students come to recognise that positive relationships with self, others, cultures and place are critical to learning success.


By working with partners to provide work-integrated learning opportunities, we guide and mentor our students to embark on personally and professionally fulfilling learning pathways as they develop:

  • an empathic, critically reflective and global perspective;
  • a collaborative and contextual approach;
  • the capacity to work effectively in highly diverse contexts;
  • the capacity to be creative and resilient practitioners, and lifelong learners.

We engage with students at all stages of their journey toward becoming confident education support workers capable of making a real difference to people’s lives.

Degree structure details

Recommended Study Pattern

For students undertaking full-time study the following study pattern is recommended:


Year 1. 8 subjects in first year including: 

  • 8 core subjects 
    • TAS-EDU102 Foundations of Teaching
    • TAS-EDU104 Growth and Motor Development Across the Lifespan
    • TAS-EDU106 Academic Literacies
    • TAS-EES160 Foundations of Literacy Support
    • TAS-EES161 The Role of Education Support
    • TAS-EES162 Foundations of Numeracy Support 
    • TAS-EES163 Education Support in Practice
    • TAS-EPR130 Arts Education: Music & Visual Arts


Year 2. 8 subjects in second year including: 

  • 6 core subjects 
    • TAS-EDU202 Planning for Positive Behaviour
    • TAS-EPR210 Developing Understandings of English
    • TAS-EPR303 Inclusive Practices in Education Settings
    • TAS-EPR322 Inclusive Mathematics
    • TAS-ESP170 Health Pedagogy 1
    • TAS-ESP326 Social and Emotional Learning
  • 2 electives from
    • TAS-EDU190 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culturally Inclusive Curriculum and Pedagogy
    • TAS-EES201 Educating Students with Multiple Disabilities
    • TAS-EES202 Supporting Disengaged Students
    • TAS-EPR301 Literacy and Numeracy 5 to 8 years 
    • TAS-ESH105 Curriculum and Pedagogy in Early Childhood
    • TAS-ESH241 Early Childhood Theories of Teaching and Learning
    • TAS-ESH345 Play, Pedagogy and Learning
    • TAS-HSS113 Indigenous Lifeworlds: Sovereignty, Justice, Society
    • TAS-HUM113 Indigenous Lifeworlds: Story, History, Country

Award Requirements

Satisfactory completion of 16 subjects, as required in the schedule, within 2-5 years from commencement.

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You can apply direct through Open Universities Australia.

Once you've checked your eligibility, apply and enrol for this degree following the steps. This degree also allows you to get started with Open access.

1

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2

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You can apply for the full degree or if you want to start with Open access, enrol into the subjects using the ‘Single subjects’ option.

You can apply for the degree later and the subjects may be credited towards the degree.

3

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Provide your details and select a funding option. You can pay up-front or apply for government funding in your application.

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Open access

This degree offers Open access entry, exclusive to Open Universities Australia.

There’s more than one way to get a degree. Open access allows you to start with single subjects as a way into eligible degrees, regardless of your study history.

Enrol into and complete the required Open access subjects to earn entry in this degree. Most subjects have no entry requirements, are fully government funded (if you’re eligible) and may be credited when you start the degree.

The best part? You can enrol and get started with single subjects now.

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