Our degrees provide you with the skills and knowledge you’ll need to turn today’s students into the leaders of tomorrow.
Designed in conjunction with our industry partners, our courses (early childhood, primary and secondary education, inclusive education and disability studies and leadership development) are always evolving to respond to industry and accreditation needs and incorporate the latest in pedagogical innovation.
ACU is the leading provider of graduate teachers and has a long history of innovative and evidence-based teacher education. Our academics are active researchers making significant contributions to practice and outcomes across a range of learners and contexts. Our major research strengths include mathematics and literacy education, educational leadership, inclusion, career development and early childhood education.
With a focus on social justice, community engagement and lifelong learning, your degree will help you make an impact and inspire young minds.
We’re ranked in the top 75 universities for education internationally1 and in the top three in Australia for undergraduate employment. We have strong ties to industry and respond quickly to the changing needs of employers.
Our education courses are designed to meet industry standards and accreditation requirements. Developed in consultation and collaboration with our industry partners, our courses are reviewed regularly to ensure they include the latest innovations.
To ensure you’re taking the latest teaching and leadership methods into the classroom, our experienced academics have carefully developed our teacher education degrees, placing an emphasis on embedded programs that will build your skills through gaining real-world experience. Our degrees are student-centric, flexibly delivered and evidence-based.
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Regardless of what stage you’re at in your learning journey, our professional learning programs equip you to maximise your impact as an educator. Whether you’re at the beginning of your journey, or sharing your wealth of experience, we’re building relationships to ensure the next generation of teachers have the benefit of accumulated knowledge.
ACU offers a range of diverse education programs across the early childhood, primary and secondary sectors — including special education, inclusive education and disability studies, and leadership development.
Learn more about the National School of Education staff, read their profiles and see their publication history.
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Find us hereGet ready for the classroom in our specialist teaching spaces, including fully equipped art and music studios, early childhood rooms, maths and science teaching labs.
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Dr Jim Bright is an organisational psychologist, Professorial Fellow in Career Education and Development at ACU, Visiting Professor of Career Development at the University of Derby, UK, and a director of Become. Through Bright and Associates, he offers career coaching, medico-legal assessment, speaking and training. For over a decade he has written a column for the Sydney Morning Herald.
He has published 112 books, peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters, reports and tests. Dr Bright has presented invited keynotes recently in the USA, Canada, UK, China, Taiwan, and Australia. He is a regular guest on radio and television.
Dr Bright has a PhD in Psychology (University of Nottingham, UK). He is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, Career Development Association of Australia, and National Institute of Counseling Education and Guidance UK, and an Honorary Board Member of the British Columbia Career Development Association.
Dr Josephine Ryan’s interests in the field of education have developed from experience as a secondary English teacher in Australia and in the USA, and through doctoral work on gender, class and English teaching.
Since working in higher education in Australia, Dr Ryan has taught English and literacy to pre-service and in-service teachers and published in this field.
Across our faculty, we’re living the ACU mission by going out into the community and working for the benefit of society.
Browse programsGain a new perspective on the world to take into your classroom. Learn more about the overseas opportunities available to education students.
See the worldAre you a current or former domestic ACU student wanting to enrol in a postgraduate education program? You may be eligible for a 10% discount.
Get a rebateAll our initial teacher education students need to successfully meet literacy and numeracy benchmarks before they graduate.
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