Master of Teaching (Secondary)
MTeach(Sec)
160 cp
Minimum duration: 2 years full-time or equivalent part-time.
(The course may1 be completed in accelerated mode in 18 months at some campuses).
Master of Teaching (Secondary) (Professional Practice)
MTeach(Sec)(ProfPrac)
160 cp
Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies
(Exit qualification only)
GradDipEdSt
80 cp
Course available at:
- Brisbane, Queensland
- Canberra, ACT
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Sydney (Strathfield), NSW
EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.
1. Admission Requirements
An applicant must comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must:
- have successfully completed a Bachelor degree or equivalent qualification, with:
- a major study in one teaching area; and
- a separate minor study in a second teaching area, that may be separate from or related to the major study area;
- be able to select from teaching areas that are available within the course and meet the requirements of applicant's local state/territory registration authority; and
- the combination of teaching areas identified would usually prepare the applicant to teach across all year levels of secondary schooling.
- demonstrate suitability for teaching.
Applicants who completed Bachelor degrees outside Australia should review Admission to Coursework Programs Policy to determine if they are required to meet additional English Language Proficiency requirements for entry into the course.
Applicants seeking teacher registration in Australia should check with state registration bodies to confirm English Language Proficiency requirements for teacher registration.
International applicants need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.
2. Additional Approvals
All students enrolled must have the appropriate approvals before they may enter a classroom.
These are: Blue Card (Qld), Working with Vulnerable People (ACT) or Working with Children Check (NSW and Vic).
International students must provide a police check from their home country. All students who have lived in another country for twelve months or more must provide a police check from that country for that period.
3. Admission Requirements for the Professional Practice specialisation
To be eligible for admission to the Master of Teaching (Secondary) (Professional Practice) specialisation, an applicant is required to:
3.1 have completed the first year of the course with a grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.0 and a demonstrated strong performance in the professional experience units in Year 1,
OR
3.2 be from an approved sponsored cohort and meet the Master of Teaching (Secondary) course entry requirements.
4. Requirements for Completion of the Degree
4.1 To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 160 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 50 cp from Education Studies;
- 40 cp from Curriculum Studies, consisting of either:
- 20 cp in each of two teaching subjects;
or - 40 cp from one teaching subject;
- 20 cp in each of two teaching subjects;
- 40 cp from Specified Units - Master of Teaching (Secondary);
- 10 cp from Electives;
and - 20 cp from Year 1 Professional Experience Units.
5. Requirements for Completion of the Degree with a named Specialisation in Professional Practice
To qualify for the degree with a named specialisation in Professional Practice, a student must complete 160 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 50 cp from Education Studies;
- 40 cp from Curriculum Studies, consisting of either:
- 20 cp in each of two teaching subjects;
or - 40 cp from one teaching subject;
- 20 cp in each of two teaching subjects;
- 20 cp from Professional Experience Units;
- 50 cp from the Specified Units - Professional Practice.
6. Exit Point
A student who has completed the following requirements may exit from the course with the Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies:
80 cp from Stage 1 of the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 40 cp from Education Studies;
- 40 cp from Curriculum Studies.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
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Prerequisite (Pre) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicates in parentheses where applicable.
Education Studies
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
EDFD546 | 10 | Development and Learning |
EDFD548 | 10 | Effective Teaching and Professional Practice |
EDFD604 | 10 | Fostering Positive Behaviour |
EDFD653 | 10 | Social and Cultural Contexts of Education |
EDFD687 | 10 | Catering for Diversity in the Classroom |
Specified Units - Master of Teaching (Secondary)
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
EDFD663 | 10 | Transition into the Profession (Pre: EDFD548 Effective Teaching and Professional Practice) |
EDFX613 | 20 | Research-informed Pedagogy and Graduate Professional Experience Secondary 3 (Pre: EDRS688 Interpreting and Designing Educational Research and 80 cp of Year 1 units, EDFX512 Graduate Professional Practice Secondary 2, LNTE100 LANTITE Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students, LNTE101 LANTITE Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students) |
EDRS688 | 10 | Interpreting and Designing Educational Research |
Specified Units - Master of Teaching (Secondary) (Professional Practice)
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
EDFD683 | 10 | Evidence-based Practice |
EDPP600 | 20 | Critical Enquiry and Evidence-based Practice A (Pre: EDFD683 Evidence-Based Practice; and Advanced standing equivalent to the ACU Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary) with a GPA of credit or above) |
EDPP601 | 20 | Critical Enquiry and Evidence-based Practice B (Pre: EDFD683 Evidence-Based Practice, EDPP600 Critical Enquiry and Evidence-Based Practice and Advanced standing equivalent to the ACU Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary) with a GPA of credit or above) |
Professional Experience Units - Master of Teaching (Secondary)
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
EDFX511 | 10 | Graduate Professional Practice Secondary 1 (Pre: EDFD548: Effective Teaching and Professional Practice; Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment Major 1; Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment Minor 1) |
EDFX512 | 10 | Graduate Professional Practice Secondary 2 (Pre: EDFX511 Graduate Professional Experience Secondary 1; Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment Major 2; Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment Minor 2) |
Professional Experience Units - Master of Teaching (Secondary) Professional Practice
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
EDFX531 | 10 | Graduate Professional Practice 1 |
EDFX532 | 10 | Graduate Professional Practice 2 (Pre: EDFX531 Graduate Professional Practice1; LNTE100 LANTITE Literacy Test of Initial Teacher Education Students; LNTE101 LANTITE Numeracy Test of Initial Teacher Education Students) |
Curriculum Studies
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
EDAR516 | 10 | Visual Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDAR517 | 10 | Visual Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDAR516 Visual Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDAR518 | 10 | Visual Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 3 (Pre: EDAR516 Visual Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDAR519 | 10 | Extension Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 3 (Pre: One Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 unit) |
EDAR521 | 10 | Media Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 (Pre: EDFD548 Effective Teaching and Professional Practice) |
EDAR522 | 10 | Media Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDFD548 Effective Teaching and Professional Practice and EDAR521 Media Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDCU519 | 10 | Extension Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 3 |
EDCU520 | 10 | Extension Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 4 |
EDDR501 | 10 | Drama Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDDR502 | 10 | Drama Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDDR501 Drama Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDLA531 | 10 | Language Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDLA532 | 10 | Language Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDLA531 Language Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDLA538 | 10 | English Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDLA539 | 10 | English Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDLA538 English Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDLA612 | 10 | Assessment and Curriculum Design in TESOL |
EDLA618 | 10 | Teaching Strategies for TESOL |
EDMA517 | 10 | Mathematics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDMA518 | 10 | Mathematics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDMA517 Mathematics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDMA519 | 10 | Mathematics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 3 (Pre: EDMA518 Mathematics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2) |
EDMA520 | 10 | Mathematics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 4 (Pre: EDMA519 Mathematics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment) |
EDMU508 | 10 | Music Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDMU509 | 10 | Music Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDMU508 Music Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDMU510 | 10 | Music Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 3 |
EDMU511 | 10 | Music Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 4 (Pre: EDMU509 Music Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2) |
EDPH512 | 10 | Health Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDPH513 | 10 | Health Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDPH512 Health Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDPH514 | 10 | Physical Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDPH515 | 10 | Physical Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDPH514 Physical Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDPH521 | 10 | Health and Physical Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDPH522 | 10 | Health and Physical Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDPH521 Health and Physical Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDPH523 | 10 | Health and Physical Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 3 |
EDPH524 | 10 | Health and Physical Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 4 |
EDPH525 | 10 | Outdoor Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDPH526 | 10 | Outdoor Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDPH525 Outdoor Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDRE527 | 10 | Religious Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDRE528 | 10 | Religious Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDRE527 Religious Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDRE533 | 10 | Religious Education Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment 3 |
EDRE534 | 10 | Religious Education Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment 4 |
EDRE540 | 10 | Religion Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (Pre: EDSS520 History Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 OR EDSS534 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDSS516 | 10 | Commerce and Business Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDSS517 | 10 | Commerce and Business Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDSS516 Commerce and Business Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDSS520 | 10 | History Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDSS532 | 10 | Geography Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDSS534 | 10 | Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDSS538 | 10 | Society and Culture Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 (Pre: EDFD548 Effective Teaching and Professional Practice) |
EDSS615 | 10 | History Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDSS520 History Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDSS616 | 10 | Geography Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDSS532 Geography Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDSS617 | 10 | Society and Culture Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (Pre: EDSS534 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDSS618 | 10 | Legal Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (Pre: EDSS516 Commerce and Business Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 OR EDSS534 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDSS619 | 10 | Politics and International Relations Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (Pre: EDSS534 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDSS621 | 10 | Business Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (Pre: EDSS516 Commerce and Business Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 OR EDSS534 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDSS622 | 10 | Accounting Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (Pre: EDSS516 Commerce and Business Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 OR EDSS534 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDSS624 | 10 | Economics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (Pre: EDSS516 Commerce and Business Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 OR EDSS534 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDST535 | 10 | Psychology Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDST541 | 10 | ICT and Digital Technologies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDST542 | 10 | ICT and Digital Technologies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDST541 ICT and Digital Technologies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDST543 | 10 | Science Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDST544 | 10 | Science Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDST543 Science Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDST547 | 10 | Design and Technologies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 |
EDST548 | 10 | Design and Technologies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDST547 Design and Technologies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDST620 | 10 | Earth and Environmental Studies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (Pre: EDST543 Science Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDST623 | 10 | Psychology Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2 (Pre: EDST535 Psychology Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDST655 | 10 | Biology Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (Pre: EDST543 Biology Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDST656 | 10 | Chemistry Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (Pre: EDST543 Science Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
EDST657 | 10 | Physics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (Pre: EDST543 Science Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1) |
Electives
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|---|---|
EDAB661 | 10 | The Space In-Between Indigenous Knowings and Western Knowledges |
EDFD690 | 10 | Educational Assessment |
EDFD691 | 10 | Curriculum Literacies |
EDRE642 | 10 | Religious Foundations of Catholic Schools |
EDST616 | 10 | ICT and Learning: Research and Practice |
Other Education electives at Master's/AQF Level 9 as approved by the Course Coordinator.
Page last updated: 2017-06-28
Short url: https://handbook.acu.edu.au/1282943
Page last updated: 2017-06-28
Short url: https://handbook.acu.edu.au/1282943