School of Education
Faculty of Arts and Education
Deakin’s Master of Education (Special Educational Needs) is the Faculty’s post-graduate, off campus, teacher education course focussing on professional studies in special education. The course is designed to meet the eligibility requirements for qualified teachers seeking employment in the area of special educational needs in Australia. Accordingly, it produces graduates qualified to gain employment across a range of special education facilities in both Australia and overseas. The course supports the view that special education is an integral part of education and should not be seen as separate. Designed to enhance the skills of teachers working in a range of settings that include regular and special schools, the primary goal of the course is for graduates to develop skills to promote positive learning environments and rich educational opportunities for all students. Graduates are expected to possess an understanding of contemporary education issues and discourses, have a high level of critical and evaluative skills and translate understandings of inclusive education into practice. The course recognises the importance of specialist staff such as special educators, to expand the capacity of schools in responding to the educational needs of all students.
The Master of Education (Special Educational Needs) has been designed to enable qualified primary or secondary teachers to meet the Victorian Institute of Teaching requirements for employment in special schools.
The Master of Education (Special Educational Needs)
consists of 8 credit points (three compulsory core units,
three elective units and two practicum units) and includes
45 days of supervised teaching practice, as required
for employment as a teacher of special education in
government schools in Victoria.
The practicum units can be taken across a range of
settings. The requirements for these units comprise 15
days of supervised teaching experience, a supervised case
study (15 days or equivalent) and 15 days of professional
development activities e.g. workshops and seminars
related to special education.
You can choose from the following:
Core units
» Individualised Program Planning
» Teaching Social Behaviour
» Diversity, Difference and Socially-Just Schooling
Elective units
» Education and Development of Exceptional Learners
» Child Protection
» Teaching Social Behaviour
» Teaching Mathematics Successfully
» Literacy and Students with Special Educational Needs
» Student Welfare and Discipline Issues
» Learning Disabilities: Identification and Teaching
Strategies
Practicum units
» Practicum Case Study
» Practicum: Special Educational Needs
You will normally be offered a place in the Deakin Master
of Education (Special Educational Needs) if you have
four years of tertiary study, which includes a teaching
qualification.
Special Entry is also available and assessed at the time of
application.
If you have a three-year teaching qualification and have
completed a Graduate Certificate of Education at a credit
level or higher, you may be permitted to enrol in the Master
of Education (Special Educational Needs).
To gain accreditation to teach in special schools, you must
hold either a primary or secondary teaching qualification
prior to commencing this course.
In addition to minimum entry requirements, international
students for whom English is not their first language are
required to have an overall IELTS score of least 7.
The Special Educational Needs course is offered off campus by part-time or full-time study and is normally completed in four semesters of part-time study or the full-time equivalent.
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