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The University of Notre Dame Australia

  • 2% international / 98% domestic

Master of Primary Teaching

  • Masters (Coursework)

The Master of Primary Teaching prepares graduates for the teaching profession, focusing on primary education. It includes 16 courses covering various subjects and professional experience placements, emphasizing literacy, numeracy, and cultural sensitivity.

Key details

Degree Type
Masters (Coursework)
Duration
2 - 10 years full-time
Course Code
5174, 116882H
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul

About this course

Overview

The Master of Primary Teaching offers entry to the teaching profession - influencing the lives of primary school children - to those who have successfully completed an undergraduate degree. Graduates take up positions in State, Catholic and independent schools across Australia, and are very highly regarded internationally. The University of Notre Dame Australia includes more professional experience in its teacher education programs and has a focus on pastoral care and personal connections among students and staff.

Open to anyone with a Bachelor's degree from a recognised university that includes a breadth of topics, this Master's program consists of 16 courses covering the characteristics of students and how they learn, how to teach and assess learning and subjects such as drama, science, dance, visual arts, English, mathematics and physical education, plus specialist instruction in religious education, working with Indigenous students and classroom management. You are also expected to undertake professional experience placements in schools during each year.

This program prepares all graduates to demonstrate the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at Graduate level. Courses focus on the Key Learning Areas (school subjects) taught in primary schools with a focus on literacy and numeracy, as well as on other facets of teaching including cultural sensitivity and understanding, classroom management and brain-based learning approaches. It includes 16 weeks of professional experience in classrooms.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

To be eligible for admission to The University of Notre Dame Australia, all applicants must meet the University's minimum requirements for admission. The requirements for admission are detailed in the University's Policy: Admission and Credit.

Specific Program Requirements for Admission

  • This award is only available to those who hold a Bachelor degree from a recognised Higher Education Provider.
  • Applicants who have not successfully completed their Primary education in an English-speaking country will be required to sit the IELTS Academic Test and achieve a minimum overall score of 7.5 in IELTS Academic, with no score lower than 8.0 in speaking and listening, and no score lower than 7.0 in reading and writing.

Study locations

Sydney

Fremantle

What you will learn

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Bachelor of Primary Education graduates will be able to:

  1. Apply an advanced and integrated understanding of the complex body of knowledge within the curriculum as prescribed through curricular, policy and accreditation bodies;
  2. Research and apply established theories for planning and implementing teaching and learning engagements for children of diverse backgrounds and abilities based on sound understandings of pedagogy that draw on such research and theory;
  3. Synthesise learning gained from applying on-campus studies of research-based theory in multiple, varied and extended professional experience opportunities with accomplished teachers in a mentoring context within classrooms and schools;
  4. Apply an advanced and integrated understanding of child development in the physical, social, cognitive, emotional, and cultural domains that will enable accurate and useful planning, programming, and assessment of learning and for learning;
  5. Demonstrate and critically reflect upon the importance of the appropriate cultural sensitivities necessary to teach primary Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander students in ways that recognise, respect and respond to their unique stories, cultures, practices and ways of knowing, being and seeing;
  6. Demonstrate and understand the importance of the knowledge and skills to engage appropriately and effectively with parents and caregivers, as well as stakeholder professionals and external organisations, through the acquisition of a wide and varied repertoire of assessment, evaluation, reporting and communication strategies;
  7. Demonstrate an understanding of, and critically reflect on, the importance of continual professional development in both formal and informal settings in collaboration with colleagues inside and outside the school, to build collective teacher efficacy;
  8. Integrate and evaluate contemporary information and communication technologies to enhance learning;
  9. Analyse and understand the importance of professional values and ethical standards that demonstrate a commitment to secure socially just and sustainable futures for learners.

Career pathways

Career opportunities

Career opportunities within the education system include lead teacher, faculty or year group coordinator, principal, and assistant principal.

Course structure

Program summaryYear One
  • EDUC6082 Teaching Number and Algebra
  • EDUC6084 English: Writing, Representing and Speaking
  • EDUC6085 Creating Positive Learning Environments
  • EDUC6086 Enriching Inclusive Education
  • EDUC6087 (Fremantle) EDUC6088 (Sydney) Professional Experience 1 - Primary
  • EDUC6031 Primary Arts Education
  • EDUC6089 Social Sciences Pedagogy (HASS/HSIE)
  • EDUC6090 English: Reading, Viewing and Listening
  • EDUC6091 Health and Physical Education
Summer Term
  • EDUC6092 Transforming Learning through ICT Or Religious Education Elective
Year Two
  • EDUC6093 Reading in the Early Years
  • EDUC6019 Science & Technology Education
  • EDUC6094 Teaching Measurement and Statistics
  • EDUC6078 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students: Culturally Responsive Connections
  • Core Elective
  • EDUC6095 (Fremantle) EDUC6096 (Sydney) Professional Engagement & Internship

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Teacher Education courses at The University of Notre Dame Australia.
91.3%
Overall satisfaction
82.7%
Skill scale
83.3%
Teaching scale
88.4%
Employed full-time
$92.8k
Average salary
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