Teaching and Leading in the Middle Years of Schooling
PostgraduateUND-EDUC66402025
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 21 July 2025
- Price from
- $2,930
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Teaching and Leading in the Middle Years of Schooling
About this subject
At the completion of this course you should be able to:
- Review and critically analyse contemporary literature to demonstrate an appreciation of the issues and challenges facing early adolescents in the 21st century.
- Analyse and interpret pedagogies and practices associated with best practice for early adolescent learning
- Critically evaluate the research literature and develop a position paper on one aspect of middle schooling processes and practices.
- Analyse and synthesise accumulated understandings of middle schooling by conducting an audit of practices at their own schools to ascertain the extent to which these practices promote the needs of early adolescents.
- Getting to know early adolescents
- Pedagogy in the Middle Years
- A Culture not a structure
- Action PLan
This course examines the guiding principles of middle schooling and the ways that student learning can be enhanced through a consideration of practices, processes, strategies and structures that best accommodate the needs of early adolescents. Students will examine the specific learning needs of early adolescents, early adolescent brain research and how this influences the pedagogy in middle school classrooms. Underpinning the course will be theme of “middle schooling” as a culture rather than a structure. Students will also explore how to lead pedagogical change in the middle years To this end, the course will conclude with participants engaging in an audit of their own schools to determine the extent to which middle schooling practices are evident and then recommend appropriate changes.
- Research Essay (50%)
- Article Critique (30%)
- Written reflection (20%)
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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:
Elective
- UND-ELM-MAS-2025 - Master of Education (Leadership & Management)
- UND-ELM-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Education (Leadership & Management)
PostgraduateUND-ELM-MAS
Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management)
PostgraduateUND-ELM-GCE