Secondary Professional Teaching Practice 2
UndergraduateCUR-EDS2252026
Course information for 2026 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 24 May 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 1 June 2026,
- 30 Nov 2026
- Price from
- $766
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Secondary Professional Teaching Practice 2
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- Apply learning theory to design effective & inclusive lesson for a major curriculum area accounting for the full teaching & learning cycle
- Evaluate formative assessment methods and digital strategies for their purpose and value to record and provide feedback for student learning
- Explore and analyse strength-based strategies to support students' wellbeing within a safe learning environment and apply effective learner collaboration skills in classroom settings
- Select and apply effective interpersonal and communication strategies, focusing on students, colleagues and caregivers.
- Module 1: Learning design, practice & assessment for diverse learners
- Module 2: Positive student management theory & practice
- Module 3: Professional conduct & communication
This subject is the second in a sequence of four professional teaching practice focused subjects. This subject will develop your ability to critically analyse key education theories, concepts, and skills to develop your professional teaching praxis. Within this subject, there are three modules. The first module will further examine evidence based learning and teaching models, philosophies, processes and government policies for inclusive learning design and assessment. The second module explores strength-based strategies to support students' wellbeing within a safe learning environment. The third module will continue to address professional conduct behaviours, and effective interpersonal and communication strategies focusing on communicating with students as well as colleagues and parents/caregivers. This subject is designed to provide an ongoing theoretical and practical foundation of essential skills you will need to demonstrate on your second school-based professional experience placement.
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- Report (30%)
- Evaluate assessment design (30%)
- Evaluate learning design (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-SEN-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (English Education)
- CUR-SGE-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (Humanities and Social Sciences Education - Geography)
- CUR-SAR-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (The Arts - Visual Arts)
Elective
- CUR-FAST-DEG-2026 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (English Education)
UndergraduateCUR-SEN-DEG
Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (The Arts - Visual Arts)
UndergraduateCUR-SAR-DEG
Fast track your Curtin on campus study
UndergraduateCUR-FAST-DEG