UTS course code: C10194
Testamur title: Bachelor of Education in
Adult Education
Abbreviation: BEd
Course Coordinator: Robyn Johnston
Course fee: HECS (local); $6,900 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 144

Overview
Course aims
Admission requirements
Advanced standing
Attendance
Course duration
Course structure
Course programs
Assessment

Overview

This course provides a coherent sequence of study to fulfil the theoretical and practical requirements for people who wish to develop their knowledge and skills as adult educators. Underpinning this course are twin develOpmental themes of the student as learner and the student as professional practitioner in their own workplace. You identify the major in which to applÿ your learning in relation to your workplace, in addition to studying the core subjects and choosing from the electives. The course is designed to be bOth flexible and responsive. You engage in a variety of learning activities, work with academic advisers, workplace practitioners and undertake individual and group learning projects. Theory and practice are integrated in the learning tasks, many of which are negotiated to meet individual needs, and which are important for your professional and personal development.

An important outcome of this course is the potential for all students who meet the degree course requirements to graduate with a recognisable adult-teaching qualification.

Course aims

The course promotes the development of adult educators and practitioners who:

• have a deep understanding of their own learning and a commitment to the learning of others
• incorporate an informed professional approach which takes account of cultural and other diversity, the experience of the learners, and ethical standards for teaching and facilitating
• understand their own workplace contexts
• can provide effective opportunities for learning
• are responsive to the human needs of the people with whom they work
• can effectively design, implement and evaluate a range of teaching and learning strategies
• integrate theory and practice
• are critically analytical
• are aware of globalisation and understand national and international perspectives
• promote lifelong learning
• have the capacity to research their own practice, and
• are interested to increase/improve the standing of the profession.

Admission requirements

Admission is normally on the basis of one of the following categories:

• completion of Higher School Certificate (HSC) or equivalent
• completion of an approved certificate or diploma course from TAFE or equivalent
• possession of equivalent qualifications
• adult entry with appropriate work experience.

In addition, to complete your major you need to have access to an appropriate workplace for supervised work experience. In the case of the Language, Literacy and Numeracy program, workplaces may be nominated by the practicum coordinators.

If your qualifications and experience differ from those described above you may be considered for special admission. Study and writing skills tutorial assistance is available if you require academic support on your entry to tertiary studies.

If you are applying for the Aboriginal Community Program you need to:

• be Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
• qualify as a mature-age student (20 years of age or over)
• have not completed a Bachelor or higher degree previously, and
• demonstrate sufficient literacy skills to participate in the course.

Applicants for the Aboriginal Community Program are required to attend a two-day assessment workshop. Preference is given to applicants who have experience in the field of Adult Education and/or aspirations to work in the field.

Offers made are based on a ranking system taking into consideration literacy skills, degree of relevant experience and/or aspirations. The number of offers made is determined by budgetary constraints. Only one round of offers is made.

Advanced standing

This course recognises that many of you who enrol are already considerably experienced and knowledgeable practitioners in the field. You may already have the content knowledge that is required to satisfy the requirements for the teaching qualification or yÕu may have completed other subjects relevant to this course. Recognition may be given to prior credentialled and uncredentialled learning.

Refer to the Faculty's Advanced Standing Policy at:

www.education.uts.edu.au/fstudents/index.html

Attendance

A variety of attendance patterns is available for most majors, subject to adequate levels of interest.

• Full-time block (five week days, three times per semester) open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students only

• Full-time afternoon/evening (plus three to four Saturday workshops)
• Part-time afternoon (plus two to three Saturday workshops)

• Full-time evening (plus three to four Saturday workshops for electives)
• Full-time block (which requires attendance on Friday and Saturday, four times per semester plus three to four Saturday workshops for electives)
• Part-time evening (plus two to three Saturday workshops)

• Full-time afternoon/evening (plus three to four Saturday workshops)

• Full-time afternoon/evening

Course duration

The Bachelor of Education in Adult Education is normally completed in three years of full-time study. However, it is possible to extend the time to cÕmplete the course by taking fewer than the full-time number of credit points per semester.

Course structure

The Bachelor of Education comprises 144 credit points. There are three components to the course.

Core subjects provide a coherent, theoretical framework covering knowledge, skills and attributes relevant to all professionals across the majors. Core subjects are compulsory and integrate elements related to cultural issues, respect for diversity, communication skills and skills for developing a reflective and responsive practitioner. They deliberately cÕntrast a range of perspectives in the areas studied. They provide a theoretical base which is then applied in the more specific settings of each major and/or further developed in the electives.

You select one of the following majors:

Aboriginal Community Program – a specialised program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students that combines Aboriginal studies and core subjects with the choice of a Community Adult Education or Language, Literacy and Numeracy major.

Community Adult Education – for people working in health care, community development, youth work, supported accommodation and many other community-based services that perform a community education role.

Human Resource Development – for trainers, human resource development personnel and consultants employed in private and government enterprises in areas related to enhancing learning and performance.

Language, Literacy and Numeracy – for educators who work in a variety of public and private adult educational institutions and workplaces offering adults opportunities to learn and build on basic language, literacy and numeracy skills.

Vocational Education – for teachers in the TAFE sector and the armed forces who have trade qualifications and five years' industrial experience or equivalent.

Majors provide the contextual applications in which theoretical and practical learning from the core subjects can be examined, developed and applied to a specific workplace or cultural context. They feature aspects of practice which are particular to a given area of the profession. Supervised field experience in each major includes a teaching practicum.

Electives, majors and individualised projects as well as the option to enrol in subjects in other faculties in the University provide a rich and diverse source for other learning. You may choose electives from your own or other fields of practice. However, students in the Aboriginal block mode complete the Aboriginal Studies major as their electives. University majors in AbÕriginal and Women's Studies are offered to all students in conjunction with the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

If you are enrolled in the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Education major, you are required to take 24 credit points of designated field of practice subjects and 24 credit points of electives.

If you have enrolled in the Community Adult Education or Human Resource Development major, you may be able to exit with an Advanced Diploma in Adult Education after a structured sequence of studies of 96 credit points.

Course programs

Aboriginal Community Program

Spring semester
C 015001 Language, Culture and Communication 6cp
C 015002 Adult Teaching and Learning 6cp
A 015395 Aboriginal Social and Political History 8cp
M 015017 Community Practicum¹ 6cp
or
M 015019 The Language, Literacy and Numeracy Learner² 6cp

Spring semester
C 015007 Adult Learning in Social Context 6cp
C 015005 Psychological Perspectives on Adult Learning 6cp
A 015111 Issues in Aboriginal Education 8cp
M 015033 Program Planning in Community Settings¹ 6cp
or
M 015086 Introduction to Language² 6cp

Spring semester
C 015009 Analysing Current Issues in Australian Education 6cp
A 015140 Aboriginal Studies Project 8cp
M 015012 International Perspectives on Education¹ 6cp
or
M 015031 Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practicum² 6cp

A = Aboriginal Community Program
C = Core subject
M = Major subject

Footnotes:
1. Community Adult Education subject.
2. Language, Literacy and Numeracy major subject.

Community Adult Education major

Spring semester
C 015001 Language, Culture and Communication 6cp
C 015005 Psychological Perspectives on Adult Learning 6cp
M 015033 Program Planning in Community Settings 6cp
M 015189 Adult Teaching Practices 2 6cp

Spring semester
C 015007 Adult Learning in Social Context 6cp
M 015144 Education and Cultural Diversity 6cp
xxxxxx Elective 6cp
xxxxxx Elective 6cp

Spring semester
C 015011 Research and Inquiry 6cp
M 015143 Context and Strategies in Community Education 6cp
xxxxxx Elective 6cp
xxxxxx Elective 6cp

C = Core subject
M = Major subject

Human Resource Development major

Spring semester
C 015001 Language, Culture and Communication 6cp
C 015005 Psychological Perspectives on Adult Learning 6cp
M 015141 Human Resource Development Strategies 6cp
M 015162 Competency Assessment in the Workplace 6cp

Spring semester
C 015007 Adult Learning in Social Context 6cp
M 015046 Influences on the Contemporary Workplace 6cp
xxxxxx Elective 6cp
xxxxxx Elective 6cp

Spring semester
C 015011 Research and Inquiry 6cp
M 015054 Organisational Learning: An Experiential Approach 6cp
xxxxxx Elective 6cp
xxxxxx Elective 6cp

C = Core subject
M = Major subject

Language, Literacy and Numeracy major

Spring semester
C 015001 Language, Culture and Communication 6cp
C 015005 Psychological Perspectives on Adult Learning 6cp
M 015019 The Language, Literacy and Numeracy Learner 6cp
M 015223 Teaching and Learning in Practice (LLN) 2 6cp

Spring semester
M 015086 Introduction to Language 6cp
C 015007 Adult Learning in Social Context 6cp
xxxxxx Elective 6cp
xxxxxx Elective 6cp

Spring semester
M 015164 Technology-enhanced Language Learning 6cp
C 015011 Research and Inquiry 6cp
M 015087 Social Contexts of Language, Literacy and Numeracy 6cp
M 015253 Professional Experience 2: Teaching and Learning in Context 6cp
xxxxxx Elective 6cp

C = Core subject
M = Major subject

Vocational Education major

In order to enrol in this major, you must have a trade qualification and five years' industrial experience or equivalent.

Spring semester
C 015001 Language, Culture and Communication 6cp
C 015005 Psychological Perspectives on Adult Learning 6cp
M 015225 Teaching and Learning in Practice (VOC ED) 2 6cp
M 015032 Field of Practice Specialist Knowledge 2 (VOC ED) 6cp

Spring semester
C 015007 Adult Learning in Social Context 6cp
C 015011 Research and Inquiry 6cp
M 015056 Examining the Organisational Context (VOC ED) 6cp
M 015044 Field of Practice Specialist Knowledge 3 (VOC ED) 6cp

C = Core subject
M = Major subject

Electives

The following subjects may be available. For 2004 subject availability, check on the Faculty website under Timetables.

015110 Aboriginal Cultures and Philosophies 8cp
015112 Aboriginal Initiatives in Education: Towards Community Control 8cp
015395 Aboriginal Social and Political History 8cp
015114 Aboriginal Studies 4cp
015140 Aboriginal Studies Project 8cp
015070 Adolescent and Adult Development 6cp
015309 Computing for Adult Educators 6cp
015073 Developing Group Communication 6cp
015135 Developing Individualised Projects 6cp
015072 Developing Interpersonal Communication 6cp
015074 Developing Systems Communication 6cp
015402 e-Learning Experiences 6cp
015403 e-Learning Theories 6cp
015404 e-Learning Technologies 6cp
015405 e-Learning Project Design 6cp
015075 Independent Study Project in Communication 6cp
015124 Individualised Project 1 6cp
015131 Individualised Project 2 6cp
015138 Individualised Project 3 6cp
015145 Individualised Project 4 6cp
015323 Individualised Project 5 6cp
015324 Individualised Project 6 6cp
015198 Individualised Project A 4cp
015115 Introducing Aboriginal Cultures and Philosophies 6cp
015111 Issues in Aboriginal Education 8cp
015083 Managing Education Programs 6cp
015084 Organising Community Adult Education 6cp
015003 Portfolio Development 6cp
015096 Simulations and Games: Theory and Design 6cp
015113 Teaching Aboriginal Studies 6cp
015191 Torres Strait Islander Studies 8cp

Subjects offered by distance¹:

015002 Adult Teaching and Learning 6cp
015009 Analysing Current Issues in Australian Education 6cp
011069 Designing and Delivering Open Learning 6cp
015011 Research and Inquiry 6cp

Footnote:
1. A non-refundable administration fee applies to all subjects where students choose distance mode (to apply from 2004). This fee is $50 per distance subject (pending final UTS approval).

Sequence of study in Communication Development Studies

The following four subjects form a sequence of study in communication for educators intending to teach communication in industry and further education. Subjects may be taken one at a time, in which case the four subjects can be completed in two years (four semesters). Alternatively, four subjects can be completed in one year by taking two subjects in each semester depending on availability. It is recommended that the subjects be completed in the order listed or in pairs (first two subjects followed by third and fourth subjects).

A Statement of Attainment is provided on completion of the sequence.

015072 Developing Interpersonal Communication
015073 Developing Group Communication
015074 Developing Systems Communication
015075 Independent Study Project in Communication

Aboriginal Studies major

The Faculty of Education, City campus, offers an Aboriginal Studies major in conjunction with Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning. Six subjects from the following list are taken as a major sequence of 48 credit points within the elective stream available in Years 2 and 3 of the Bachelor of Education in Adult Education.

015110 Aboriginal Cultures and Philosophies 8cp
015112 Aboriginal Initiatives in Education: Towards Community Control 8cp
015395 Aboriginal Social and Political History 8cp
015140 Aboriginal Studies Project 8cp
015111 Issues in Aboriginal Education 8cp
015113 Teaching Aboriginal Studies 8cp
015191 Torres Strait Islander Studies 8cp

Elective option

If you do not wish to complete the Aboriginal Studies major but would like to take the subjects, you may enrol in the following reduced credit-point versions of the above subjects. These subjects are not available to students enrolled in the Aboriginal Studies major.

015114 Aboriginal Studies 4cp
015115 Introducing Aboriginal Cultures and Philosophies 6cp

Bachelor of Business Human Resource Development sub-major

Adult Education is offering Business students who wish to pursue a career in human resource development (as trainers, staff development consultants, course designers, etc.) the opportunity to complete formal studies in this area as part of the Bachelor of Business.

To complete a sub-major in HRD you must complete:

015022 Human Resource Development Practices 6cp
015006 Program Development and Needs Analysis 6cp
plus any two of the following
015162 Competency Assessment in the Workplace¹ 6cp
015141 Human Resource Development Strategies 6cp
015066 Leading and Facilitating Change 6cp
015054 Organisational Learning: An Experiential Approach 6cp
015034 Program Delivery and Evaluation 6cp
015018 Workplace Practicum¹ 6cp

Footnote:
1. To complete these subjects, you are required to arrange and complete a practicum component in the workplace.

Assessment

Assessment is criterion-referenced. This means that you are assessed on whether you meet certain criteria, and graded Pass or Fail accordingly.