Secondary Teaching

The Secondary Teaching programs in the School of Education aim to develop graduates who have the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary for a highly successful career in teaching. Graduates of our Secondary programs will be able to seek employment as 7-12 (Secondary) teachers in and beyond the New South Wales (NSW) Government, Catholic, and Independent school sectors.

Secondary Teaching programs involve a combination of Educational Foundation Studies, Specialist Curriculum Studies, Discipline Studies, and Professional Pedagogy Studies. Students studying Secondary Teaching at the University of Newcastle may specialise as teachers of:

  • Aboriginal Studies *
  • Ancient History
  • Biology
  • Business Studies
  • Chemistry
  • Design and Technology
  • Drama
  • Economics
  • English
  • Environmental Science
  • Geography
  • Languages Other Than English (LOTE)
  • Legal Studies *
  • Mathematics
  • Modern History
  • Music
  • Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE)
  • Physics
  • Society and Culture *
  • Studies of Religion *
  • Visual Arts

* Can only be taken as a second teaching area, due to the NSW curriculum structure.

Students may study Secondary Teaching as an initial degree through enrolment in a four-year B Teaching (Secondary)/B Arts double-degree program, or may elect to enter the two-year Master of Teaching (Secondary) program after completing a suitable undergraduate degree in which they have studied the equivalent of six courses in one discipline area (of which 4 courses must be at 200-level of above), and four courses in a second discipline area (of which 2 courses must be at 200-level of above).

Secondary Teaching

Creative Arts
Dr Kath Grushka
Design and Technology
Deborah Trevallion
Drama
David Roy
History, Drama and English - Ourimbah campus
Dr Nicole Mockler
Health and Physical Education
Narelle Eather
History, English and Social Science (HSIE)
Dr Debra Donnelly
Languages and ESL
Associate Professor Shen Chen
Mathematics
Dr Mitch O'Toole
Music
David Roy
Science
Dr Mitch O'Toole
Master of Teaching
David Roy