Master of Teaching (Primary)
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2026 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Master of Teaching (Primary) |
| Deakin course code | E762 |
| Course Credit Points | 16 |
| Course version | 2 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Course Information | For students who commenced from 2020 to 2025 |
| Final Intake | Offered to continuing students only. The final intake to this course was in teaching period 1, 2025. Students should contact Student Central for course, course map and enrolment information. |
| Duration | 2 years full-time - 16 credit points Deakin courses can also be studied part-time over a longer period. |
| CRICOS code | 088429K Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 9 |
Course sub-headings
- Professional recognition
- Participation requirements
- Mandatory student checks
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Other learning experiences
- Fees and charges
Professional recognition
This course is accredited by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) as a nationally accredited course and students are eligible to apply for registration with VIT upon graduation. If you intend to apply for registration in Victoria or interstate you may be required to provide further information. Applicants are advised to check the registration requirements in their state or territory, carefully.
Participation requirements
Placement can occur at any time, including during standard holiday breaks. Learn about key dates at Deakin.
Completion of a minimum 60-days of supervised professional experience (70-days for Primary Extended Curriculum), and students must successfully complete the Deakin Teaching Performance Assessment. This must be completed in the final year of study. Successful completion of this course indicates that a student has met the expected standard of performance for each of the Graduate Teacher Standards.
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.
Mandatory student checks
Students will be required to hold a valid Working with Children (WWC) Check prior to undertaking professional placements as part of this course. Learn more about Working with Children Checks.
Interstate applicants must check the requirements and meet all conditions for undertaking professional experience in schools for their state or territory before undertaking professional experience placements as part of this course.
Inherent requirements
It is expected that all students will be able to abide by, and ensure their behaviour is in accordance with the Deakin University initial teacher education inherent requirements.
Immunisations
Immunisation and/or vaccination requirements will be communicated by the Professional Experience Office in line with the Department of Education and Training's directions at the time of placement.
For further information contact the School of Education, Professional Experience Office.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Contribute to critical, professional debates about education theory; local, national and global trends; curriculum; Indigenous and intercultural perspectives; and legal, professional and ethical codes and standards, and critique and apply these understandings to inform their own practice. |
| Communication | Apply critical thinking, pedagogical knowledge and effective interpersonal, oral, written and multimodal communication skills to demonstrate empathy, foster learner agency, establish positive and inclusive learning-friendly environments, and build effective professional partnerships and trust with families/caregivers, teaching colleagues and other stakeholders. |
| Digital literacy | Act in accordance with the ethical and legal frameworks and policy that inform responsible and ethical practice in digital environments, and critically discuss, evaluate and employ a range of appropriate digital literacies, resources and technologies for professional/community/learner engagement and agency. |
| Critical thinking | Contribute to critical and professional debates about education trends, theory, policy and research and use these understandings to critically reflect on and evaluate own teaching practices and diverse learning data sets to make informed evidence-based judgements for enhancements and innovations to improve learner agency and outcomes. |
| Problem solving | Collaboratively and independently use evidence and research to identify, prioritise and creatively respond to problems that arise in professional learning and practice. |
| Self-management | Engage autonomously and responsibly with critical self-reflection, self-assessment and feedback from others, to inform their own learning, plan for professional development and to balance academic demands with self-care /self-management. |
| Teamwork | Actively and collaboratively participate in, and/or lead learning communities, involving learners, families, community members, colleagues and the broader profession to deepen understandings of education and to optimise learning and learner well-being. |
| Global citizenship | Engage in research, and with the legal and ethical obligations of the teaching profession, to develop informed positions on and approaches to educational transformation as applied to learner agency and citizenship; Indigenous and intercultural issues; global education trends and issues; and, social justice and sustainability. |
Approved at Faculty Board 2019
Course rules
To complete the Master of Teaching (Primary) you must pass 16 credit points. This includes:
- DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in your first study period
- ELN010 Australian Literacy Test (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
- ELN011 Australian Numeracy Test (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
- 12 credit points of core units
- 4 credit points in the following specialisation^:
- Primary Extended Curriculum
^Internship [Specialisation no longer offered for enrolment]
Most units are equal to one credit point. As a full-time student you will study four credit points per trimester and usually undertake two trimesters per year.
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.
Course structure
Core units
Compulsory 0-credit point units
To be completed prior to study commencing:
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin |
To be completed in the first year of study:
| ELN010 | Australian Literacy Test (zero (0) credit points) |
| ELN011 | Australian Numeracy Test (zero (0) credit points) |
Units
| EEE754 | Language, Literacies and Learning |
| EEE755 | Numeracy, Social Justice and New Pedagogies |
| EEE756 | Health, Wellbeing and Inclusive Education |
| EMP701 | Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy A (replaces EPM742) |
| EMP704 | English and Literacy in Lower Primary (replaces EPL746) |
| EPO701 | Primary Humanities |
| EPS735 | Primary Science and Technology Education |
| EPO702 | Arts, Humanities and Sustainability in Primary Education |
EPL746 Primary Literacy [No longer available for enrolment, EMP704 replaces this unit]
EPM742 Primary Mathematical Development [No longer available for enrolment, EMP701 replaces this unit]
Professional Experience Placement Units*
(*please note unit rules for order in which these must be completed)
| EPR781 | Orientation to the Teaching Profession |
| EPR782 | Building Capacity in Professional Experience |
| EPR786 | Transition to the Profession 1 (replaces EPR785) |
| EPR787 | Transition to the Profession 2 (replaces EPR785) |
EPR785 Reflecting On Practice in Professional Experience (2 credit points) [No longer available for enrolment, EPR786 and EPR787 replace this unit]
(Additional placement units are listed in the specialisation options)
Specialisations
Students complete the remaining four credit points from one of following specialisations
Internship^
EPR704 Internship (4 credit points) [unit no longer available for enrolment]
^Internship [Specialisation no longer offered for enrolment]
OR
Primary Extended Curriculum
4 credit points including;
| EMP700 | The Arts and the Art of Teaching (replaces ECP711) |
| EEH794 | Health, Wellbeing and Physical Education in the Primary School (replaces ECP713) |
| EPR784 | Curriculum Inquiry in Professional Experience (Professional experience placement unit) |
Plus one unit from Primary Specialisations (aligned with undergrad minor) List A
EPR724 Curriculum Inquiry in Professional Experience [No longer available for enrolment, EPR784 replaces this unit]
ECP711 Creativity and the Arts [No longer available for enrolment, EMP700 replaces this unit]
ECP713 Primary Health and Physical Education Pedagogies [no longer available for enrolment, EEH794 replaces this unit]
Primary specialisations
List A
For Primary Extended Curriculum, choose one unit from below (aligned with undergrad minor)
| ECL761 | Teaching English: Middle Years |
| ESM724 | Teaching Mathematics: Middle Years |
| EHU701 | Teaching Humanities: Middle Years |
| ESS744 | Teaching Science: Middle Years |
| ECA731 | Teaching Arts Education: Middle Years |
| ETL710 | Theory and Practice of Languages Teaching |
| ETL700 | Pedagogy for TESOL and EAL Learners |
| ESH702 | Teaching Health and Human Development: Middle Years |
| EEH701 | Teaching Physical Education: Middle Years |
Other learning experiences
Experiences in community and school or early childhood settings are embedded in some curriculum units beyond the professional experience placements. Students are also encouraged to volunteer in these settings. Wherever possible, academic staff work alongside education professionals and preservice teachers in these authentic learning experiences.
Fees and charges
Tuition fees will vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, your study load and/or unit discipline.
Your tuition fees will increase annually at the start of each calendar year. All fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD) and do not include additional costs such as textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment, mandatory checks, travel, consumables and other costs.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.
Commonwealth Prac Payment - Domestic students only
The Australian Government has introduced the Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) to help eligible domestic students enrolled in a Commonwealth supported place studying teaching, nursing, midwifery, and social work cover the costs associated with mandatory placements. For more information on the eligibility criteria and application process please visit our Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) website.