埃迪斯科文大学

This course provides the opportunity for those with a passion in a particular subject specialisation and the desire to work with young people, to become secondary teachers.

Students study their preferred areas of specialisation, in addition to a suite of core education units that address key educational needs of young people. Graduates of this course will have the flexibility to take up employment in both private and government secondary schools. A central feature of this course is the range of professional practice experiences Pre-Service Teachers undertake throughout their training. This provides valuable and diverse employability skills and enables them to connect theory to practice.

Home Economics Education Major

Prepares students to take on the challenges of teaching home economics in a range of subject areas across Years 7 to 12.

Students receive specialized instruction in both the theory and practical components relating to hospitality and food science, family and community studies, and textiles.

Learning Outcomes

Adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts to create positive learning environments in home economics.

Communicate knowledge and ideas clearly in both written and oral formats.

Critically reflect using accredited standards, mentor feedback and the ECA Code of Ethics to demonstrate responsibility and accountability and plan for continued collaborative and autonomous professional learning and development.

Demonstrate broad and coherent knowledge of home economics education and the Australian curriculum and teaching strategies for home economics teaching in secondary education.

Demonstrate leadership, exercise professional judgement and collaborate to plan, problem solve and make decisions in home economics.

Exercise critical thinking and judgement to plan and implement home economics programs for a range of students with diverse abilities and needs, and assess the outcomes.

Review analyze and synthesize knowledge of teaching strategies to plan for the content of home economics teaching.

Structure

Students are required to complete 10 Content units and 2 Curriculum units. Content units educate students in the subject area and the Curriculum units explain how to teach the subject area to others.

Employment Opportunities

Graduates will be eligible to seek employment in both government and non-government secondary schools teaching Home Economics.

Possible future job titles

Secondary Home Economics Teacher