Curriculum and Instruction Senior Secondary: Mathematics
PostgraduateCUR-MTS5142025
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Focus on mathematics curriculum planning, teaching strategies and enhancing student learning. Create learning plans to meet the diverse needs of students and establish robust practices for the recording and reporting of student achievement.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 25 May 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $2,735
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Curriculum and Instruction Senior Secondary: Mathematics
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- establish critical and reflective practice in Senior Secondary Mathematics based on local, national and international theory, research and practice
- establish robust practices for the recording, providing feedback and reporting of student achievement in Senior Secondary Mathematics to educational stakeholders
- apply high-level discipline knowledge, principles and concepts to plan and develop assessments to enhance learning for a diversity of students in Senior Secondary Mathematics
- generate assessment strategies and interpret assessment data to evaluate and refine teaching programs to monitor, measure and make consistent and comparable judgements of student learning in Senior Secondary Mathematics
- apply high-level discipline knowledge, principles and concepts to plan and develop inclusive and engaging teaching programs to enhance enhance learning for a diversity of students in Senior Secondary Mathematics
- Curriculum and Pedagogy
- Planning
- Assessment
- Evaluating
This subject was previously known as Curriculum and Instruction Upper Secondary: Mathematics
Curriculum and Instruction Senior Secondary: Mathematics prepares pre-service teachers to teach the Senior Secondary Mathematics curriculum. The focus of the subject is on curriculum planning, teaching strategies, assessment, reporting, the demonstration of positive impact on student learning and research relating to Senior Secondary Mathematics. The subject examines moderation, the provision of feedback and responding to a diversity of learners.
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- Critical Course Review and Reflection (50%)
- Portfolio of Senior Secondary Programming, Assessment and Reflection (50%)
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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
- CUR-EDS-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary Education)
- CUR-SEC-MAS-2025 - Master of Teaching (Secondary Education)
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
Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary Education)
PostgraduateCUR-EDS-GDI
Master of Teaching (Secondary Education)
PostgraduateCUR-SEC-MAS