Teaching (Primary)
Overview
Graduates who wish to teach at the primary school level can undertake a Master of Teaching (Primary). The course provides you with the background necessary to apply for registration as a Primary teacher and it includes education studies, curriculum studies and professional experience. A languages strand is available if you wish to teach languages and have the necessary prerequisites in your undergraduate degree.
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Course
Master of Teaching (Primary)
Duration: 2 years
Delivery mode:
On campus
Availability:
Full-time
Part-time
Start dates:
March
SATAC code: 2CM116
Annual indicative fees (2022):
$3,985 (Commonwealth supported)
Course
Master of Teaching (Primary)
Duration: 2 years
Delivery mode:
On campus
Start dates:
March
CRICOS code: 105089B
Annual fees:
2022: $33,000
Your career
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.
Professional accreditation/recognition
This academic qualification will enable you to apply for registration with the Teachers Registration Board of South Australia. You are advised to check registration requirements as they are subject to change. Graduates looking for employment in other parts of Australia and overseas may be required to meet additional conditions.
What you will study
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.
You will be engaged throughout the entire program in developing the skills to become a teacher. The course includes blocks of professional experience in first and second year as required by the Teachers Registration Board of South Australia.
All College of Education, Psychology and Social Work pre-service teachers must obtain a Child-Related Employment Screening before undertaking their professional experience. This is a requirement of the Department for Education and Child Development (DECD), in agreement with the Catholic Education and Independent Schools Boards. Pre-service teachers who are not cleared will therefore not be able to complete the requirements of the course.
Instructions about applications are provided on the professional experience website.
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Entry requirements
Masters
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.
Visit the Teaching Capabilities Statement page for further information
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.
All students commencing an ITE program after 1 January 2017 will be required to meet the benchmark prior to graduation. For further information, including registration details, please check the test administrator’s website.
There are also important inherent requirements for this course and applicants are strongly advised to become aware of these requirements.
Entry requirements
Masters
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.
Visit the Teaching Capabilities Statement page for further information
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.
All students commencing an ITE program after 1 January 2017 will be required to meet the benchmark prior to graduation. For further information, including registration details, please check the test administrator’s website.
There are also important inherent requirements for this course and applicants are strongly advised to become aware of these requirements.
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