Master of Teaching (Secondary)

at Flinders University

The Master of Teaching (Secondary) 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 relationships for learning and teaching.

Curriculum topics will deal with understanding and developing curriculum in context in the middle years of school as well as senior years specialisations, and assessment in education.

Topics will discuss differentiation and inclusive educational practices, teaching Indigenous Australian students as well as professional issues in secondary education, and the reflective professional in action. Literacies and numeracies for the middle and secondary years and ICT will be covered. The program will include the required professional experience placements with preparation lectures and preliminary work.

Core Modules

• Introduction to Teaching and Research in the Education Profession
• Researching Learners and Learning (Secondary)
• Literacies for the Middle and Secondary Years
• Professional Experience: An Introduction (Secondary Schooling)
• Relationships for Learning and Teaching
• Professional Issues in Secondary Education
• Professional Experience 1 (Secondary)
• Differentiation and Inclusive Educational Practices
• Professional Experience 2: Assessment for Registration (Secondary)
• Teaching Indigenous Australian Students GE
• Teacher as Researcher
• Numeracy and ICT
• Assessment in Education

Applicants must hold an approved undergraduate bachelor degree or equivalent qualification with topics that enable them to teach to Year 12 in at least one subject specialisation and to Year 10 in a second subject specialisation offered by the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work. View the specialisations on offer within the 'Admission Requirements'' tab here. Selection is based on academic merit.
 

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 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 advisers in departments of education

• advisers to government departments and other policy makers.