Planning for Positive Behaviour
PostgraduateTAS-EMT5072026
Course information for 2026 intake View information for 2025 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 28 June 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Price from
- $2,562
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Planning for Positive Behaviour
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Evaluate and develop strategies to engage students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds, and across the full range of abilities.
- Evaluate and develop strategies to create inclusive and structured classroom environments that promote student engagement.
- Evaluate and develop strategies to respond to student behaviours in ways that promote student engagement.
- Theoretical Framework: Behaviour as an Indication of Engagement
- The ‘Context’ of Classroom Behaviour
- Classroom Organisation and Structure
- Communication
- Disengaged Behaviours
- Very Challenging Behaviours
- Trauma and Emotional/Behavioural Difficulties
- Bullying and Restorative Justice
- Whole School Approaches
- Alternative and Flexible Education
This subject is designed to provide you with a range of practical strategies to enable your classroom to have a positive learning environment. Situating student behaviour within a strong theoretical framework of engagement, you will evaluate a range of approaches to recognising and responding to diversity, establishing classroom expectations and routines, responding to disengaged behaviours, and supporting students with very challenging conduct. We will also explore common school-wide approaches including multi-tiered systems of support for maintaining a safe and highly engaged classroom and situate the learning within the Australian Curriculum, and Early Years Learning Framework.
- Role Play and Reflection (40%)
- Classroom Preparation Scenario (30%)
- Classroom Behaviour Scenario (30%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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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
- TAS-EDC-MAS-2026 - Master of Teaching (Primary)
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:
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
PostgraduateTAS-EDC-MAS