The Master of Teaching (Primary and Secondary) prepares you to work as a teacher across all primary and secondary levels including VCE.
Selecting this course offers you more flexibility in levels you be able to teach when you graduate. Study core units to enhance your teaching skills and decide on which student level you’d like to teach later.
Alongside core studies in education, you will complete 2 secondary curriculum studies from:
English
TESOL
languages other than English
drama
dance
media
visual arts
music
humanities
commerce and business
geography
history
mathematics
health
physics
biology
chemistry
science, and
environmental science.
Practical teaching experiences throughout your Masters of Teaching (Primary and Secondary) course will ensure you have the practical experience you need to launch into your teaching career.
Professional recognition
This program is accredited by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) as an initial teacher education program. Graduates of this course who are intending to apply for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) may be required to provide further information. You are advised to check the VIT registration requirements carefully.
Career opportunities
There is a strong demand for qualified teachers and graduate starting salaries for teachers are high compared to the graduate average. The increased demand for teachers has also resulted in improvements in teaching conditions, resources and career advancement opportunities. As a graduate of this course you may find employment as a teacher within the private or public education sectors.
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. Click here for more information.
Research information
This is a graduate entry teaching course that introduces research based practice throughout the core professional studies units (a total of six credit points), which includes demonstrating their application of knowledge and skills through their 90 days of professional practice in education based contexts e.g. primary and secondary schools. As part of the series of core professional studies units, students are also required to complete a capstone assessment in the final year (1 credit point unit) to demonstrate their evidence based professional practice informed by data analysis and scholarship of teaching and learning.
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on your course, your fee category and the year you started. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit the Current students fees website.
Course Learning Outcomes
Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities
Apply an advanced, integrated understanding of: current theories of child and adolescent development; contemporary theories and early childhood pedagogy; conceptual, cognitive and developmental theories of learning and of barriers to learning to teaching practice, with a particular focus on literacy and numeracy skills of all children.
Demonstrate, analyse and synthesize an advanced and integrated understanding of the complex bodies of knowledge specific to the content areas to be taught and effective pedagogical approaches in primary and secondary education.
Communication
Discern and use high level effective interpersonal, oral, written and electronic communication skills with students, their parents, colleagues and other stakeholders to demonstrate empathy, develop rapport and build teacher/ student/ parent partnerships and trust.
Use expert and specialised professional skills in teaching and learning to interpret and develop new knowledge and multimodal skills with students colleagues and the community.
Contribute to scholarly and professional practice and inquiry using a range of communication methods to engage and motivate students and establish positive and inclusive learning environments.
Digital literacy
Select, create, curate and evaluate a range of digital teaching and learning resources and technologies to support student engagement and learning in accordance with responsible and ethical practice.
Employ a range of digital resources to analyse and disseminate classroom research as a professional practitioner and in scholarly contexts and/or in leadership roles.
Critical thinking
Critically evaluate and synthesise information relating to student learning, using formative and summative assessment data, taking into consideration contemporary theories of curriculum and pedagogy to make judgments about the use of appropriate teaching, learning and assessment strategies and apply this understanding in professional practice, research and/or leadership roles.
Identify, analyse, implement, evaluate and adapt a range of cross-curricula and learning activities in response to the needs of students.
Inquire, research and reflect critically on professional practice and the scholarship of teaching.
Problem solving
Demonstrate expert and specialised knowledge and apply technical and creative skills to research, critically analyse, implement, evaluate a range of problems and issues in the learning environment and communities.
Use leadership, creativity and initiative to identify solutions and develop inclusive and supportive learning environments.
Critically reflect on professional practice and/or leadership role to generate creative approaches to a range of problems encountered in learning environment and communities.
Self-management
Work autonomously and responsibly and identify and plan for professional development as a reflective practitioner committed to high standards of professional practice.
Actively participate in an/or lead professional learning communities to deepen professional skills in and knowledge of contemporary educational issues.
Teamwork
Work collaboratively with colleagues, other professionals, families and members of the wider community who share responsibility for the learning and wellbeing of students to optimise student learning.
Global citizenship
Apply advanced knowledge and skills as an educator to develop learning environments and experiences that address cultural diversity and socioeconomic factors to positively influence students’ learning.
Demonstrate and apply the legal and ethical responsibility required in the teaching profession.
Approved by Faculty Board 2014
Course rules
The Master of Teaching (Primary and Secondary) is typically 16 credit points.
The exact number of credit points you study depends on how much credit you receive as recognition of prior learning (RPL) – your professional experience and previous qualifications – which can save you time and money
To qualify for the award of Master of Teaching (Primary & Secondary), students must complete the following:
11 core units (12 CP)
*2 curriculum study units in a first teaching method area
**2 curriculum study units in a second teaching method area
All Secondary will have two methods (disciplines) as reflected in their undergraduate major and minor sequences related to the Australian Curriculum. At point of selection, students are advised which methods they will need to complete based on their undergraduate major and minor sequences.
In addition there is one 0 Credit Point Compulsory Unit for All Students in the Faculty of Arts and Education and two 0 Credit Points Compulsory Units for All Primary and Secondary Initial Teacher Education Students.
This course includes 80 days of supervised professional experience. ^EPR units have early enrolment dates so that Professional Experience Placements can be arranged. Please check the PEO website.
* Note Students undertaking any two of Visual Arts, Dance, Drama or Music as their two teaching method areas that the units will be ECA731, ECA732, ECA735, ECA736
^ Note Media units ECA735 and ECA736 are also used to deliver Visual Arts, Dance, Drama and Music where students are already enrolled in ECA731 and ECA732 for their first Arts discipline method area.
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.
Research and research-related study
Independent research and practitioner research components are embedded across a number of units. Preservice teachers are expected to engage in critically reflective research on their own practice as a way of demonstrating their progress against the professional standards for graduate teachers.
