Master of Primary Teaching

Educate and inspire a new generation of young Australians

If teaching is your passion, then the Master of Primary Teaching course will prepare you for a long and fulfilling career in education while giving you the skills, qualifications and experience to work across all areas of the primary school curriculum.

This two-year, fully accredited by the ACT Teacher Quality Institute (TQI) program provides foundation knowledge along with work integrated learning opportunities that include: workshops, simulations, microteaching, problem-based learning and case study analysis.

Designed around a central focus of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), this course delivers a teaching strategy that creates student-specific learning curriculums based on many education principles, social, cultural and intellectual environments and students' individual needs.

This course also includes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander component that ensures Indigenous ways of knowing and learning are both considered and appropriately incorporated into the study program.

Study a Master of Primary Teaching at UC and you will:

• develop a high level of theoretical, practical, cultural and ethical teaching methods
• be able to implement teaching strategies designed to improve individual and collective knowledge
• gain a comprehensive understanding of teaching principles from Australian and International perspectives
• possess a deeper appreciation of Indigenous learning, development, and understanding
• complete 60 days of professional teaching experience
• have access to an extensive network of industry mentors and contacts
• be officially acknowledged as holding a Master of Primary Teaching degree that's accredited by the Teacher Quality Institute (TQI) and recognised right around the world.

Work Integrated Learning (WIL)

WIL is a vital component of this course and each year you will participate in 60 days of placements in partner primary schools in and around the Canberra area.
Each of these placements will give you the opportunity to gain hands-on experience and use your new knowledge in real life teaching environments - with the full support and encouragement of education mentors.

This course places emphasis on ensuring that you, as a student teacher, understands and appreciates your students; and your personal development concerning educational learning, professional workplace engagement, and improving personal and professional outcomes.

This placement approach ensures that each UC student graduates with a unique and wide-ranging network of education-related mentors and contacts.

Note: Students must obtain a Working with Vulnerable People Check before their first placement.

Career opportunities

• primary school teacher
• principal
• relief teacher
• adult educator
• children's author
• curriculum adviser
• flexible learning developer
• professional trainer, coach or tutor
• life coach or development executive
• international school teacher
• lecturer
• education entrepreneur
• foreign aid worker/educator
• academia, including pedagogy researcher
• policy design and implementation.

Course-specific information Professional accreditation

This course is registered by the ACT Teacher Quality Institute (TQI) and recognised as a teaching qualification throughout Australia.