Overview
A specialist stream in the Master of Education program designed to address the increasing demands for knowledge and skills in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), including children and adults learning English as an additional language or dialect (EALD) in an English-medium context or as a foreign language. … For more content click the Read More button below.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate an advanced capacity to recognise and negotiate the complex and often contested values and ethical practices that underlie education
- Professionals
2.
Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of research-based learning and the ability to plan, analyse, present implement and evaluate complex activities that contribute to advanced professional practice and/or intellectual scholarship in education
- Scholars
- Leaders
3.
Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Scholars
- Global citizens
- Professionals
4.
Communicate effectively to a range of audiences, and be capable of independent and collaborative enquiry and team-based leadership
- Global citizens
5.
Demonstrate an understanding of international perspectives relevant to the educational field
- Scholars
6.
Demonstrate an advanced understanding of TESOL as it relates to your specialist area of study, and the ability to synthesize and apply disciplinary principles and practices to new or complex environments
- Scholars
Available in Program(s) Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:
- 8224 - Combined Arts/Social Sciences
Master of Education - MEd8913 - Education
Specialisation Structure
Students must complete 48 UOC.
TESOL Courses
Research Methodology Course6 Units of Credit:
Project
Enrolment Disclaimer
Please note that this Handbook is a comprehensive catalogue of our offerings and includes courses that can be taken to satisfy program requirements irrespective as to their availability for a particular year. Availability of courses is best checked using filters on this site or on the class timetable site.
You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.
You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.
Additional Information
If you are selecting the TESOL specialisation and intend to take EDST5325 TESOL Advanced Professional Practice, please note this is a practicum class and involves 25 days of supervised teaching in an approved school or TESOL institution.
Pre-2019 Handbook Editions
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