Master of Teaching (Primary)

at Flinders University

The Master of Teaching (Primary) consists of 72 units over two years, taken as 36 units per year in a full-time load or the equivalent on a part-time basis. The study program includes an introduction to teaching and research in the Education profession, researching learners and learning, and teachers as researchers as well as relationships for learning and teaching. Primary curriculum topics will deal with teaching in and through the expressive arts as well as thinking and working scientifically in the primary years, with numeracy and ICT. Topics will discuss differentiation and inclusive educational practices, and teaching Indigenous Australian students. Literacy in a changing educational context will be analysed with curriculum studies and reflective practices.

Health and physical education as well as the social sciences curriculum studies for history, geography and civics will be included. Language specialist teachers can choose a languages strand if they meet the criteria of two years undergraduate study in a language. The strand will include two topics related to languages pedagogies, literacy and intercultural understanding. The program will include the required professional experience placements with preparation lectures and preliminary work leading to the placements.

Core Modules

• Introduction to Teaching and Research in the Education Profession
• Researching Learners and Learning (Primary)
• English Curriculum Studies 1: Literacy in Changing Educational Contexts
• Professional Experience: An Introduction (Primary)
• Teaching in and through the Expressive Arts: Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual Arts
• Mathematics Curriculum Studies in Context
• Thinking and Working Scientifically Using Design Technologies in the Primary Years
• Professional Experience 1 (Primary)
• Differentiation and Inclusive Educational Practices
• Health and Physical Education (Primary Years) Curriculum Studies
• English Curriculum Studies 2 GE
• Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) Primary GE
• Professional Experience 2: Assessment for Registration (Primary)
• Teaching Indigenous Australian Students GE
• Numeracy and ICT
• Teacher as Researcher
• Relationships for Learning and Teaching

Applicants must hold an approved undergraduate bachelor degree or equivalent qualification. The Master of Teaching (Primary) is a pre-service teaching degree and admission normally will not be granted to applicants who already hold a teaching qualification in the same area. Please note that different teaching courses may have additional entry requirements. Selection is based on academic merit. and non-academic selection criteria.

Applicants must complete a non-academic assessment task known as a Teaching Capabilities Statement as part of their application to demonstrate their motivation to teach, their strong interpersonal and communication skills, willingness to learn, resilience, self-efficacy, and strong organisational and planning skills. This involves a short statement in response to three set questions used to demonstrate suitability for study and work in the teaching profession.
 

Applicants who select this course as a preference during the application process will be directed to a page to meet this requirement.
 

The Australian Government has recently introduced the Literacy and Numeracy Test for all initial teacher education (ITE) students to ensure they have the high level of personal literacy and numeracy skills required of teachers.
 

The test is a single, national instrument designed to assess elements of an individual’s literacy and numeracy skills and will be used to demonstrate that ITE graduates are in the top 30 per cent of the population for literacy and numeracy.
 

International students must satisfy our English language proficiency requirements for admission. If your first language is not English you will need to have:
 

• Achieved the required test score for the course you are applying for. The IELTS and equivalent scores to meet the various levels #. IELTS, TOEFL, PTE and Cambridge tests must be taken in a registered testing centre.; or
• Successfully completed an approved secondary or tertiary qualification, taught in the English language in a country where English is the official language or the main language spoken (for up to an overall IELTS of 7.0) with evidence no more than five years old on the proposed date of commencement of the course; or
• Successfully completed a pre-course English program from an approved ELICOS Provider*.

Annual fees:   $33,000

The Master of Teaching (Primary) prepares graduates to enter the teaching profession with confidence and competence. Although the majority of education graduates go on to employment as a teacher in the public or private sector, some choose to follow other pathways. Graduate roles include community education officer, and education and engagement officer.
 

Potential occupations include:

• teachers in school classrooms

• school coordinators and principals

• curriculum and policy advisors in departments of education

• advisors to government departments and other policy makers.