D6001 Master of Teaching

The course is structured in three parts. You must complete Part A. Orientation studies, while Part B. Specialist education studies and Part C. Applied professional practice are differentiated by specialisation.

Part A: Orientation studies

These studies provide an orientation to the field of teacher education. You will consider the nature of learning and the influences upon it, and the nature of teaching and teachers' work within the broader family and community context within which children's and young people's learning takes place. You will also develop your understanding of literacy as the basis of how we learn, both formally and informally, across the age span.

Part B: Specialist education studies

These studies will provide you with advanced knowledge and skills relevant to thoughtful, innovative and evidence-based practice within your chosen specialisation. You will acquire both the broad principles of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment that underpin the teaching and learning of children and young people in varied education settings, and the specific knowledge required to apply these principles in particular school learning areas.

Part C: Applied professional practice

Professional experience in education settings relevant to your teaching specialisation will enable you to connect the theoretical components of your course with practical aspects of teaching and learning under the valuable guidance of practitioners. You will also study the complex and powerful role that teachers have as leaders in classroom, school and community settings, with the power to change, and develop strategies to enable you to take your place as an active contributor to shaping education locally and globally. If you are in a single sector specialisation, you will also have the opportunity to undertake an extended professional project.

Course progression maps

The following course progression maps provide guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study:

• D60011 - Master of Teaching in Early Years Education
• D60012 - Master of Teaching in Early Years and Primary Education
• D60013 - Master of Teaching in Primary Education
• D60014-D60015 - Master of Teaching in Primary and Secondary Education (Std & Acc.)
• D60016-D60017 - Master of Teaching in Secondary Education (Std & Acc.)

Course requirements

The course requires the completion of 96 credit points including Part A. Orientation studies, Part B. Specialist education studies and Part C. Applied professional practice, and the additional mandatory course requirements detailed below.

You must complete a common Part A, but Parts B and C are differentiated by specialisation. For the units required for Part A, and for Parts B and C in each specialisation, refer to the links under 'Specialisations' below.

The course requires the completion of 96 points including Part A. Orientation studies, Part B. Specialist education studies and Part C. Applied professional practice, and the additional mandatory course requirements detailed below.

You must complete a common Part A, but Parts B and C are differentiated by specialisation. For the units required for Part A, and for Parts B and C in each specialisation, refer to the links under 'Specialisations' below.

Units are 6 credit points unless otherwise stated.

Part A. Orientation studies (24 points)
You must complete:

• EDF4120 Learning at the heart of teaching
• EDF4121 Teaching: The power to change
• EDF4122 Teaching partnerships: Working with families and communities
• EDF4123 Literacy across the years

Part B. Specialist education studies and Part C. Professional practice (72 points)

Early years education

The professional experience units below require 60 days of professional experience, in four blocks of 15 days, completed in early childhood settings.

For specialist studies (54 points), you must complete:

• EDF5016 Inclusive teaching
• EDF5018 Curriculum, assessment and reporting
• EDF5020 Early years mathematics and numeracy
• EDF5021 Lenses on child development
• EDF5022 Science, technology and sustainability in early years
• EDF5023 Creative development for children
• EDF5024 Play and pedagogy
• EDF5025 Early childhood policy transformations
• EDF5026 Early years wellbeing and workplace safety

For professional studies (18 points), you must complete:

• EDF5019 Teacher as professional leader
• EDF5925 Early years professional experience 1 (0 points)
• EDF5926 Early years professional experience 2 (0 points)
• EDF5927 Early years professional experience 3 (0 points)
• EDF5935 Primary professional experience 5 (0 points)

You must select one master's unit from the elective list below (12 points)

Early years and primary education

The professional experience units below require 85 days of professional experience, in five blocks of 15 days and an additional block of 10 days, completed in early childhood and primary school settings.

For specialist studies (66 points), you must complete:

• EDF5016 Inclusive teaching
• EDF5017 Numeracy for learners and teachers
• EDF5018 Curriculum, assessment and reporting
• EDF5021 Lenses on child development
• EDF5023 Creative development for children
• EDF5024 Play and pedagogy
• EDF5025 Early childhood policy transformations
• EDF5030 Science education in the primary years
• EDF5031 Literacy and English education in the primary years
• EDF5032 Numeracy and mathematics education in the primary years
• EDF5035 Health and physical education in the primary years

For professional studies (6 points), you must complete:

• EDF5019 Teacher as professional leader
• EDF5925 Early years professional experience 1 (0 points)
• EDF5927 Early years professional experience 3 (0 points)
• EDF5928 Early years professional experience 4 (0 points)
• EDF5931 Primary professional experience 1 (0 points)
• EDF5935 Primary professional experience 5 (0 points)
• EDF5936 Primary professional experience 6 (0 points)

Primary education

The professional experience units below require 60 days of professional experience, in four blocks of 15 days, completed in primary school settings.

For specialist studies (54 points), you must complete:

• EDF5016 Inclusive teaching
• EDF5017 Numeracy for learners and teachers
• EDF5018 Curriculum, assessment and reporting
• EDF5030 Science education in the primary years
• EDF5031 Literacy and English education in the primary years
• EDF5032 Numeracy and mathematics education in the primary years
• EDF5033 Humanities and social sciences education in the primary years
• EDF5034 Arts and design education in the primary years
• EDF5035 Health and physical education in the primary years

For professional studies (18 points), you must complete:

• EDF5019 Teacher as professional leader
• EDF5931 Primary professional experience 1 (0 points)
• EDF5932 Primary professional experience 2 (0 points)
• EDF5933 Primary professional experience 3 (0 points)
• EDF5934 Primary professional experience 4 (0 points)

You must select one master's unit from the elective list below (12 points)

Primary and secondary education

The professional experience units below require 60 days of professional experience, in four blocks of 15 days, completed in primary and secondary school settings.

For specialist studies (66 points), you must complete:

• EDF5016 Inclusive teaching
• EDF5017 Numeracy for learners and teachers
• EDF5018 Curriculum, assessment and reporting
• EDF5030 Science education in the primary years
• EDF5031 Literacy and English education in the primary years
• EDF5032 Numeracy and mathematics education in the primary years
• EDF5033 Humanities and social sciences education in the primary years
• EDF5036 Arts, design and health education in the primary years
• EDF5040 Lifelong and workplace learning
• Secondary method 1A*
• Secondary method 1B*

* Completed in the teaching specialism for which you have been approved. Refer to the full list of available secondary method units.

For professional studies (6 points), you must complete:

• EDF5019 Teacher as professional leader
• EDF5933 Primary professional experience 3 (0 points) or EDF5943 Secondary professional experience 3 (0 points)**

• EDF5934 Primary professional experience 4 (0 points)
• EDF5941 Secondary professional experience 1 (0 points)

• EDF5942 Secondary professional experience 2 (0 points)

Secondary method units

You must select secondary teaching method units in the specialist teaching area for which you have been approved.  Refer to the full list of available secondary method units. 

** If you need to meet the AITSL skilled migration requirements for secondary teachers, you must complete EDF5943 (secondary). All other students must complete EDF5933 (primary).

Secondary education

The professional experience units below require 60 days of professional experience, in four blocks of 15 days, completed in secondary school settings.

For specialist studies (54 points), you must complete:

• EDF5016 Inclusive teaching
• EDF5017 Numeracy for learners and teachers
• EDF5018 Curriculum, assessment and reporting
• EDF5040 Lifelong and workplace learning
• EDF5041 Engaging adolescent learners
• Secondary method 1A*
• Secondary method 1B*
• Secondary method 2A*
• Secondary method 2B*

* Completed in the teaching specialisms for which you have been approved. Refer to the full list of available secondary method units.

For professional studies (18 points), you must complete:

• EDF5019 Teacher as professional leader
• EDF5941 Secondary professional experience 1 (0 points)
• EDF5942 Secondary professional experience 2 (0 points)
• EDF5943 Secondary professional experience 3 (0 points)
• EDF5944 Secondary professional experience 4 (0 points)

You must select one master's unit from the elective list below (12 points)

Elective list

Note: This elective list will change from time to time and not all units are available on every campus, every semester or every year. Some units are offered in flexible mode.

Elective units are 12 credit points unless otherwise stated.

• EDF5632 Understanding inclusion in learning communities
• EDF5640 Language, culture and curriculum
• EDF5641 Pedagogy and assessment in TESOL
• EDF5642 Bilingualism and content-based programs
• EDF5645 Educating the gifted
• EDF5646 Talent development and diversity
• EDF5647 Technology and education key issues and debates
• EDF5648 Instructional design: Harnessing digital technologies for learning
• EDF5649 Language and literacies across educational contexts
• EDF5651 Developing expertise in mathematics education
• EDF5654 Teaching music: Theory and practice
• EDF5655 Expertise in teaching
• EDF5656 Practising inclusion
• EDF5657 Indigenous perspectives in professional practice
• EDF5658 Young people: Culture, communities and education
• EDF5659 Building partnerships with families and communities
• EDF5661 Designing learning for adults
• EDF5662 Leading local, rural and regional learning and participation
• EDF5663 Education and globalisation in the Asian century
• EDF5664 Learning through participation
• EDF5665 Environmental education, design and learning for sustainability
• EDF5666 Education, development and ecological sustainability
• EDF5667 Positive behaviour support
• EDF5674 Engaging with practices of contemporary science
• EDF5691 Educational inquiry
• EDF5692 Professional practice in special and inclusive education
• EDF5693 Using and evaluating research evidence
• EDF5694 Taking a stand in education debates
• EDF5695 Self-study as professional inquiry
• EDF5810 VCAL and VET at school
• EDF5814 Creative research approaches